Music Rags: Music of the heart with Dirty Grace

Music Rags: Music of the heart with Dirty Grace

Island-based gypsy folk artists Dirty Grace came together in a natural, easy way. Vocalist/guitarist Betty Supple recalls the origins of the group. “Marley (Daemon) and I were both in a group in Victoria called the SeaStars that did vocal improvisation and beatboxing....
Music Rags: Defining Canadian rap music

Music Rags: Defining Canadian rap music

On “The Great Rhyme Dropper,” the first single from Grand Analog’s new album Modern Thunder, MC Odario Williams raps, “I do the damn thing proper/I ain’t a rapper, I’m a great rhyme dropper.” To the uninformed listener, that might seem like an arbitrary distinction,...