Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

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  Corinne Bailey Rae

  Corinne Bailey Rae

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Corinne Bailey Rae is of the blues/soul variety. Don’t let them tell you otherwise. The sultry songstress from Leeds is the new millennium...

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  Chelo

  360

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  A potent mix of Latin, R&B, hip-hop and pop, Chelo seems destined to join the ranks of the disingenuously media-driven "Latin crossover exp...

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  Scienz of Life

  The Blaxploitation Sessions

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Bronx/New Jersey/Queens collective Scienz of Life (founded by Bobbito Garcia) delivers a refreshing project of funky old school-flavoured h...

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  India.Arie

  Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Sincerity is a virtue with India.Arie. So too are preachy lyrics but that’s beside the point. Let it be known that the multi-Grammy winner...

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  Lynn Olagundoye

  Africa Violet

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Calgary’s Lynn Olagundoye blooms on Africa Violet, a ten-track project that fuses R&B and soul with a grab bag of jazz, roots reggae, rock...

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  Canada's Got Soul?

  Why Our R&B Artists Get Left in the Cold

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  There was a recent flurry of media activity surrounding the release of Jamaica To Toronto, a compilation that exposes the "lost” history of...

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  Philosopher Kings

  Castles

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Having been on hiatus for nearly six years, you’d figured the Philosopher Kings would come back hungry. Instead, Gerald Eaton and the boys...

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  Fuzz Band

  Collision

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  The mandate of Virginia-based indie outfit the Fuzz Band is "bringing live music back to the forefront of urban culture.” Who am I to argue...