TORONTO CULTURE
SoulMatters had a chance to check out Kae Sun live at The Supermarket. He's the real deal people! Sun headlined with a set of soul-inspired rock on April, 22. Alongside newcomer Miles Jones and an East Coast artist by the name of Marinda, the event was Canadian talent at its best. Check out our review of the show. [Read It]
CLASSIC ALBUMS
Is Neil Young’s 1972 album Harvest truly the greatest Canadian album ever produced? According to Bob Mersereau’s recently published book, Top 100 Canadian Albums, it is. Do you agree? Read Dan Verbin's thoughts on the matter. [Read It]
ARTIST CORNER
San Francisco Bay area native, singer/songwriter Sakai is no stranger to singing. While she has performed with Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, and Chaka Khan, Big Dream has an indelible essence that clearly belongs to Sakai alone. The R&B songstress took time out to talk to SoulMattersMag about her new album, life, and what inspires her to do what she does so well. [Read It]
OPEN MIC
Initially Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T.) was a pleasant, long over-due part of this "new" Canadian programming, given the assumed lack of positive images of visible minorities in the media.
However, it has proved to be anything but a welcome addition to combat the problem of stereotyping and bamboozling of black people on television; in reality the "E" in B.E.T. has turned out to be the embodiment of exploitation rather than entertainment.
Read Cheryl Thompson's critical essay originally published on vivelecanada.ca in 2004. [Read It]
SOULMATTERS BLOG
Another one of Canada's legendary authors has a book that's coming to the big screen. Margaret Laurence's 1960s classic, The Stone Angel. Adapted by Kari Skogland, the film stars Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, and the newest of Canada's biggest exports, Nova Scotia's Ellen Page. We've started a blog to talk about this up-coming film. SoulMatters wants to hear what you think! [Join the Blog Discussion]
BOOK REVIEW
How Strong Women Pray
By Bonnie St. John
(FaithWords)
How Strong Women Pray is not a book about religion. It is about faith. What do you do when things get rough? Is there a right way to pray? And, how do other people who have gone through great hardships continue to persevere? [Read It]
POETRY LOUNGE
In the dating maze
I feel strandedAnd branded
By my single hood
If only I could
Meet that dashing mate
And go on a date
Meet someone with depth
Who is socially adept
I have been with these low lives
