Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Seun Kuti

A Long Way To The Beginning

PUBLISHED May 27, 2014

For his third studio record, Seun Anikulapo Kuti — the youngest son of legendary Afrobeat champion Fela Kuti — takes the Nigeri...

Shi Wisdom on the Trippy R&B Vibe of 'Stranger Things Have Happened'

PUBLISHED May 9, 2014

"Young Gunner" is included on Shi Wisdom's latest Stranger Things Have Happened EP, and it's been creating a bit of buzz for its Toronto-ce...

Apollo Brown

Thirty Eight

PUBLISHED May 6, 2014

The latest from Apollo Brown — his first instrumental project since 2011's Clouds — tackles a funked-up blaxploitation aestheti...

Kelis

Food

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2014

Food is musically delicious, sonically nutritious. The woman known as Kelis can rightly be termed a veteran in this game, with her debut al...

Shi Wisdom

Stranger Things Have Happened

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2014

There's something about Shi Wisdom's Stranger Things Have Happened EP that separates it from your average Canadian indie release. Maybe it'...

Kelis

What's Cooking with Kelis?

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2014

To hear Kelis tell it, rolling into South By Southwest in a food truck smothered in the sounds and images of new album Food and stocked ful...

SZA on 'Z' and Having Kendrick Lamar as a Co-worker

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2014

SZA's first Canadian show ended with the singer-songwriter in tears. These were the good kind however — the fact that the crowd was s...

SZA

Z

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2014

Trying to delineate the sound of SZA's new album Z is perhaps a futile exercise, chasing rainbows and all that. The Maplewood, New Jersey n...