Articles by Kevin Jones

Raheem Jamal

Boombox

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2007

If a hip-hop record can truly be viewed as any other in a wider musical context, then the amount of genuine depth and revelation found on t...

Gil Scott-Heron

New Morning: The Paris Concert

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

Though long hailed on a cult level as one of the most inspirational warriors of ’70s soul music for his pointed social commentary and richl...

Run-DMC

Live At Montreaux 2001

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

As the final audio and visual documents recorded before the tragic death of group DJ Jam Master Jay, this release of Run DMC’s first and on...

Amir Sulaiman

Like A Thief In The Night

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

The tricky reality in releasing a spoken word full-length is that, in a genre so predicated on dropping profound science with every verse,...

Various

Human Element: The World's First Human Beatbox Compilation

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

Sometimes called hip-hop’s fifth element, the timeless art of beatboxing rarely gets the respect it deserves, in part due to its truly old...

Ampop

PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

Already making waves in their native Iceland, Ampop took to the El Mocambo stage with their characteristically amiable Icelandic charm, on...

The Dears

PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

An event billed as one of the festival's centrepieces felt like just another night, as Montreal's the Dears played to a half-capacity crowd...

K'naan

PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

Toronto's "dusty foot assassin,” the immigrant Somalian poet/MC K'naan set the tiny Drake stage ablaze with a solid dose of perspective, mi...