
Toronto – The first thing I noticed about the Toronto Jazz Festival this year is that it has moved. I can easily detect these kind of things because I'm a detail-oriented kind of guy. Also, I'm a quick study. You can't easily slip things like a major venue change past me. No sir. Especially after a few meandering circles around and through the old venue at Nathan Phillips Square, and then confusing the jazz fest for a homeless man on Queen Street, and then listening to him yell and sing at me while tending to his pet rats. Like [...]

She had liked the young man's looks, and his short-sighted eyes, and his odd way of speaking, that was abrupt yet soft, just as his hands were sun-burnt and sinewy, yet with smooth nails like a woman's. His hair was sunburnt-looking too, or rather the colour of bracken after frost; his eyes grey, with the appealing look of the shortsighted, his smile shy yet confident, as if he knew lots of things she had never dreamed of, and yet wouldn't for the world have had her feel his superiority. But she did feel it, and liked the feeling; for it [...]

DUBMATIX - One of Canada's premiere dub, reggae & electro artist / producers & 2010 JUNO Award Winner for Best Reggae Recording. Having imprinted his name in the minds of reggae fans Worldwide with his debut release Champion Sound Clash in 2004, the Toronto-born producer is now firmly established as one of the top reggae producers worldwide - with three chart-topping releases, that includes the 2009 JUNO Nominated "Renegade Rocker" and the2010 JUNO Award Win for Best Reggae Recording plus International acclaim and a list of collaborations that include some [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs , who died today at age 59 in London, England, possessed one of the most recognizable and beloved voices in reggae over a career that spanned five decades. Though he'd been in ill health for a long time, he succumbed to lung cancer contracted in the past year. During the past couple of decades, his wounded and beguiling voice had deteriorated into a shadow of its former self [...]

The MANITOBA ELECTRONIC MUSIC EXHIBITION is the first proper electronic music festival to grace Winnipeg. I admit, I dreamed of organizing something similar so I'm super glad to be part of it. From June 17 to 20 the city will get their dance on with a huge local DJ showcase opening the festival. LOTEK and Manalogue will throw it down as THE SHAKE . We've been tag-teaming for over four years now in the clubs and on our radio show of the same [...]

Dubmatix | Mikey Dread For one week, we're dropping several dub/dubstep tracks each day to lighten your mood and lengthen your summer. To check out other Dub Week posts, click here . Download: Dubmatix - Happy Dub Mikey Dread - Demo Dub Mikey Dread - Stereo Dub

Dubmatix | Mikey Dread For one week, we're dropping several dub/dubstep tracks each day to lighten your mood and lengthen your summer. Download: Dubmatix - Happy Dub Mikey Dread - Demo Dub Mikey Dread - Stereo Dub
Upcoming Valentine's Day got you down? Ain't got no love? Say it with dub! Dubmatix "Ain't Got No Love Dub" (mp3) from "Dread & Gold - Dub from the Smoke Factory" (7 Arts Entertainment) Buy at iTunes Music Store More...

Download "Mary Ann" (mp3) from "Steel Band Music of the Carribbean" by Jamaican Steel Band Legacy International Buy at Napster Download "Dick Dagger's Theme" (mp3) from "Porno Sonic: Unreleased 70's Porno Music" by Don Argott Valley Entertainment Buy at eMusic [...]