Toronto electro-pop artist Lowell returns with new single 'High Enough'
It’s been two years since Toronto electro-pop artist Lowell released her debut album, We Loved Her Dearly, which we named one of the best Canadian albums of that year. Now Lowell is back with a new EP...
View ArticleBluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley dead at 89
Bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley has died at the age of 89, following complications with skin cancer. Stanley's death was confirmed by his publicist and his grandson Nathan Stanley, also a musician, who...
View ArticleMy Playlist: The Trews’ John-Angus MacDonald shares his favourite music
LISTENaudio My Playlist with John-Angus MacDonaldNo question, The Trews are Canadian rock royalty. They play it hard and they play it loud and that’s the way their fans like it. A dozen top ten radio...
View ArticleFirst Play Live: Weaves
Weaves' heavily hyped self-titled debut album came out last week. The band has been working at a feverish pace over the past couple years, playing showcases filled with influential tastemakers - like...
View ArticleCBC Radio 3 Podcast with Louise Burns featuring Daniel Romano, Repartee and...
Summer is upon us friends!But...To be frank, I'm not the biggest fan of the summer. I'm often left with an overwhelming feeling of guilt as I turn down opportunities to camp, hang at the beach, attend...
View ArticleSoprano Wendy Nielsen hosts This Is My Music
LISTENaudio Wendy Nielsen hosts This Is My MusicWendy Nielsen has spent more than 25 years in opera houses and concert halls all over North America, Europe and Asia. She's performed great works by...
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Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing ‘Stairway to Heaven’
Led Zeppelin have been cleared by a Los Angeles jury of stealing the opening riff to their 1971 song "Stairway to Heaven."Guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were cleared of lifting the riff...
View ArticleListen to the new Ghostbusters theme song featuring Missy Elliott and Fall...
Out with the synths and in with the pop-punk: the new Ghostbusters theme song is here. The new version, performed by Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliott, will serve as the theme for the upcoming...
View ArticleListen to Joel Plaskett’s tribute to Gord Downie
Joel Plaskett has turned a poem he wrote for Gord Downie into a song. The Halifax singer-songwriter posted "Just Because (for Gord Downie)" on his Soundcloud page."Here's a poem turned song I wrote and...
View ArticleWatch the trailer for Yannick Nézet-Séguin's new Marriage of Figaro recording
"It's love, it's sex. It's fun, also." That's how soprano Sonya Yoncheva describes Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) in the trailer for Deutsche Grammophone's new recording of the...
View Article'We weren't afraid to keep trying different things': Hot Hot Heat bids...
After 17 years, Victoria, B.C., indie-rockers Hot Hot Heat are calling it quits. The band, which has put out four albums and numerous hits throughout its career including “Bandages,” “Talk to Me, Dance...
View ArticleRobyn Phillips discusses David Lynch, gender equality and her band, Vallens
After being an active member of the Toronto music scene for the past few years, guitarist and singer-songwriter Robyn Phillips has finally branched out on her own with Vallens, which releases its debut...
View ArticleHow Gregory Porter spreads the gospel of jazz
You may have recently encountered Gregory Porter's smooth, honeyed voice on dance music duo Disclosure's recent single "Holding On," which is not exactly the first place you'd look for a jazz...
View ArticleRear-View Mirror: Gene Vincent’s Borrowed Ideas Make a Hit
Each week on Rear-view Mirror, Rich Terfry and the Radio 2 team look back at a great song from the good ol’ days. Today, it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" by Gene Vincent.LISTENaudio Rich Terfry explains how Elvis,...
View ArticleWatch Andrew Huang play his song 'Hi Fi' using only a balloon
If you haven't seen Andrew Huang in action, you're missing out. The talented musician from Toronto makes music out of any object you can imagine — everything from a wine glass to a bag of frozen...
View ArticleWatch Broadway for Orlando’s touching ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’...
Actors and singers on Broadway have come together in the wake of Orlando's mass shooting under the umbrella of Broadway for Orlando.Featuring headlining performers such as Audra McDonald, Lin-Manuel...
View ArticleWatch the Tragically Hip perform to tiny crowd on Canada Day, 1989
Before the Tragically Hip were Canada's official house band, it was five kids just trying to get their music heard. In a recently posted archival video, dug up from the Hipbase website by YouTube user...
View Article'I will make decisions without any fear': How Hannah Georgas conquered her...
On the opening track of Hannah Georgas’s third full-length album, For Evelyn, the Toronto-based artist is met with a crisis in the middle of the night. She wakes up, perhaps paralyzed with fears and...
View Article5 records that changed my life: Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington's The Epic was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2015. It was also one of the longest. The tenor saxophonist's cosmic and spiritually infused album clocked in at just...
View Article'I think he's getting old... We're going to be 30!': Kids review Lukas...
We rounded up some opinionated kids to review Lukas Graham's chart-topper "7 Years." Watch what they have to say in the video above.For more hilariously adorable kids reviewing the latest from Drake,...
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