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Bonjay Capture Toronto Sound on New Indie-Dancehall Album, 'Broughtupsy'

Myspace Forward-thinking electro-dancehall duo Bonjay has been causing a commotion in Toronto's indie music scene. After covering-slash-remixing songs by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Feist and Brazilian electro-pop project Bonde do Rolê, singer Alanna Stuart and beatsmith Ian 'Pho' Swain took their one-time musical side-project on ...

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Alex Cuba's Latin Grooves Inspired by ... Canada?

Alex Cuba may have been born in Fidel Castro's stomping grounds, but the singer-songwriter currently calls small town Smithers, BC his home. So even though the then-named Alexis Puentes was classically trained in guitar, percussion and bass as a child, his current work strips down the multi-layered sound of Cuban music to find its sweet, soulful ...

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Ghislain Poirier Takes 'Karnival' Cruise to Caribbean

"Slow down" is a phrase that doesn't generally fit into Ghislain Poirier's lexicon. After exhaustively touring the US, Canada and Europe in support of his speaker-smashing 'Soca Sound System' EP, Poirier returns with 'Run the Riddim,' the second release in his three-EP series on Ninja Tune that mashes-up electro with bass-heavy Caribbean sounds but ...

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Alex Cuba Is Nelly Furtado's Latino Timbaland

Alex Cuba has been pretty busy for the past year since the crossover success of his second album, 'Agua de Pozo,' sent the Cuban-Canadian touring across Europe, Asia and North America. But not too busy to work with one of the world's biggest pop stars, Nelly Furtado, on her first Spanish-language album, 'Mi Plan.' "We met through Daniel Stone, ...

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