Articles by Brent Hagerman

Florent Vollant

Katak

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

Katak is a truly Canadian roots album. Crafted by Juno-winning former Kastin member Florent Vollant, it weaves Vollant's native tongue with...

Chris Warren

Beautiful Ruins

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

Really there is nothing with more beauty than a ruin — it preserves the memory of its venerable past and offers a new transformation as an...

Kali & Dub Inc.

Weapons of Mass Construction

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

Montreal's Hayes "Kali" Thurton is the mastermind behind Kali & Dub Inc. and his fingerprints spread from the vocals, guitars, keys and dru...

SMAC

Yigi Yigi

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

When was the last time you saw a sign that said "didgeridoo player seeks musicians for band”? Vince Sanregret's arsenal of didges is the ba...

Various

Version City Sessions

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

King Django is the don. Version City Sessions features 20 tracks recorded by the reggae producer with a mixture of bands, some hardcore reg...

Early Evening

And We Can Fell Happy

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

It is both an ambitious and precocious move to release a double album early in your career. The Early Evening have decided to spring 34 new...

Zox

Take Me Home

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

A lot of people would argue that there's no place for classical music in rock, much less reggaeified rock. Zox would beg to differ. From th...

Dapp Theory

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

Y'All Just Don't Know is an ambitious album that brings together what at first may seem like disparate elements: a jazz band, an MC and a p...