Posts in category Music

Published February 2000. In 2015 The Music Gallery’s panel Music: Racism, Power And Privilege 101, about racism in the indie music scene sparked an uproar. Now …

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul”, grew up in Detroit, MI, across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  The two international cities face …

It has been an incredible time for Toronto’s Soul/R&B artist The Weeknd. Yesterday’s press conference by the organizing committee saw him get six Juno nominations …

She’s been called Canada’s Queen of R&B! Jully Black has defied expectations to become a huge success in the Canadian music industry. Not the easiest …

On February 6th, 2016, the late Robert Nesta Marley would have been celebrating his 71st birthday. Gone too soon. Still we all take comfort in …

It’s a fact. Only three white male artists have ever appeared on Soul Train, but more on that later. 2016 has started off shaky for …

There is sad news to report for lovers of classic soul and r ‘n b. On Friday January 8, 2016, Otis Clay, one of the greatest …

Soul singer Angie Stone has always impressed fans of soul music as a true talent by the generation that preceded her and the neo-soul artists …

Fifty years after it was issued to the public, John Coltrane’s seminal record, A Love Supreme, is back in the spotlight. Dubbed, one of the …

It’s been a year since D’Angelo released a 3rd studio album, Black Messiah, a critically acclaimed and commercially successful album — after a 14-year break …