Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Manika Kaur

I Bow To You Waheguru

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2015

Infused with the vibe of a spiritual awakening, Manika Kaur's I Bow To You Waheguru represents a mix of contemporary awareness and traditio...

Jazmine Sullivan Talks Her "Therapeutic" Return with 'Reality Show'

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

After taking a break for nearly five years, Jazmine Sullivan's return with new album Reality Show is a personal and professional triumph, t...

Mark Ronson

Uptown Special

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2015

Let's get one thing out of the way: musician-producer Mark Ronson isn't a singer, or someone who pretends to be. What Uptown Special repres...

Kat Dahlia

My Garden

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2015

Releasing an album is often a matter of timing — who knows what might have occurred if Miami-born singer-songwriter Kat Dahlia didn't...

The Afrorockerz

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2015

For the most part, Paris-based group the Afrorockerz satisfyingly mix elements of funk, soul and Afrobeat, and have the vibe down pat. As c...

Jazmine Sullivan

Reality Show

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2015

Even after being missing in action for half a decade, in the space of 12 tracks, Jazmine Sullivan shows why she's a highly underrated artis...

Jhené Aiko / SZA / Internet

Sound Academy, Toronto ON, December 18

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2014

"You guys see Drake enough. You guys are from Toronto," said headliner Jhené Aiko after her performance of "From Time" didn't bring out the...

D'Angelo and the Vanguard

Black Messiah

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2014

Black Messiah has arrived and it has found us wanting. In certain religious denominations, churchgoers are familiar with the phrase, "He ma...