Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

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  BKO Quintet

  Bamako Today

  PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2015

  The West African country of Mali has been no stranger to strife and insurgency, which have served in part to fuel the euphonious urgency in...

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  TreeHouse!

  Lifted

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2015

  TreeHouse! have been doing their thing for a minute now. The South Carolina group have fashioned a contemporary reggae vibe and largely hav...

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  Hugh Masekela / Vusi Mahlasela

  Koerner Hall, Toronto ON, February 28

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2015

  Hugh Masekela has been touted as being perhaps the most important jazz and world musician alive today. Vusi Mahlasela is acknowledged as th...

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  Theophilus London

  Tattoo, Toronto ON, February 20

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2015

  For such a seemingly talented dude, Theophilus London seems hell-bent on mediocrity. Right off the jump last night (February 20) at Tattoo...

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  Ntjam Rosie

  The One

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2015

  Four albums in, Cameroon-born, Netherlands-raised Ntjam Rosie has a nice handle on folksy soul music. A stylistic through line can be immed...

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  Machel Montano

  Monk Monté

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2015

  For the uninitiated: Know that Trinidad's Machel Montano is the longstanding king of soca music. For those in the know: His new album, Monk...

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  Jazmine Sullivan

  Show Time

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2015

  "Just living for a while. Just getting my life back together." That's how Philly-raised R&B songstress Jazmine Sullivan describes her retur...

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  Novellus

  Untitled

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

  Atmospheric, ethereal alt-R&B is the order of the day on this debut EP by upstart singer-songwriter Novellus. Dubbed "weirdo R&B," Untitled...