Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Mr. Lif

  I Heard It Today

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2009

  Beantown rhyme-slinger Mr. Lif deals with the current state of affairs like possibly no other in the music biz, and in a way that breathes...

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  Ian Kamau

  September 9 Mixtape

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2009

  As a precursor to an official full-length due on the titular date, the September 9 Mixtape from Toronto, ON poet provocateur Ian Kamau show...

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  Lushlife

  Cassette City

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2009

  Perhaps best known for his Kanye-meets-Beach Boys West Sounds experiment a few years back, multi-instrumentalist songwriting MC Lushlife ha...

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  Nomadic Massive

  Nomadic Massive

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

  For their second full-length, Montreal-based cross-cultural super-group Nomadic Massive spare no sonic, stylistic or linguistic ingredient...

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  Stee Downes

  All In A Day

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

  As the summer patio season kicks into high gear, so too does that number of breezy soul releases hitting record shelves, making this quite...

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  Chester French

  Love The Future

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2009

  Even without the backing of trendsetting music celebs like Kanye and Pharrell Williams, Chester French members and Harvard alumni D.A. Wall...

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  Charles Mingus

  Epitaph

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2009

  One of the most important figures in the dauntingly immense world of jazz, Charles Mingus no doubt left behind many unrecorded gems after h...

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  Tanya Morgan

  Brooklynati

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2009

  As concept records go, the ambitious new disc from hip-hop three-piece Tanya Morgan keeps well away from the predictably one-dimensional cr...