Hockey season is once again upon us, and according to a recent survey, the Montreal Canadiens are now widely considered to be Canada's team, which is fair, given that many of the other teams in this country are actually pretty awful.

To celebrate this fact, as well as just take a minute to remember what a total genius Freddie Mercury was, here he is in Montreal in 1981, singing "Another One Bites the Dust" in nothing but tiny white shorts and a Habs hat.

Each week, CBC Radio 2's In Concert looks at new classical music releases and selects one recording that you need to know about. Here's your classical disc of the week for Oct. 19. 

Album: The Art of Fugue
Artists: Angela Hewitt, piano
Repertoire:  J. S. Bach's The Art of Fugue
Label:  Hyperion

Did you ever take piano lessons? If so, you might remember having an Invention or Fugue by J. S. Bach placed in your pile of pieces to learn. They were always such a different undertaking from everything else because the melody kept showing up in all kinds of places, not just the right hand. That compositional technique is called counterpoint, and it can be tricky business to get under your fingers. But the payoff for the effort is mesmerizing, magical music with a wonderful coherence and arc.

Bach is considered the master of contrapuntal technique — the writing of fugues — and his ultimate achievement in the form comes in his final composition, The Art of Fugue. It's a long, complex work, consisting of 14 fugues and four canons, all based on one brief melody and gaining in complexity as it progresses. This is challenging stuff — the kind of music that musicians save for a point in life when they feel ready to take it on. For Angela Hewitt, that time is now.

Hewitt was launched into the spotlight in 1985, when she won the Toronto International Bach Piano Competition. Since then, she's been particularly celebrated for her Bach interpretations and has recorded almost all of his keyboard music, the one missing piece being The Art of Fugue. She admits, in her liner notes, that she deliberately put off learning the work, in part because she hadn't found something in it to excite her very much. However, in 2012–13 she undertook the task, motivated by her engagements in the International Piano Series at London's Royal Festival Hall.

So what happened when she opened up the music and set her fingers and mind to work unravelling all that counterpoint? "Its severity can be daunting," she declares, but goes on to say that it is also "completely overwhelming, both intellectually and emotionally. And now I realize it is anything but boring."

Satisfaction comes in many ways with this new recording of The Art of Fugue. For Hewitt, she has reached the ultimate contrapuntal summit in her lifelong journey through the music of Bach. For the rest of us, we have the pleasure of hearing this monumental work shaped and unfolded in the hands of one of the great Bach interpreters of our time. 

Sure, we're probably most excited about all the explosive pop happening in Halifax this week, but there's also a ton of other great stuff taking place across the country. Check out what's happening near you.

The biggest music event east of Montreal kicks off next week, and features a solid mixture of big-name international touring acts, beloved Canadian staples and interesting up-and-comers. If you're struggling to figure out your schedule for the Halifax Pop Explosion, above is our rundown of which acts to see.

Hundreds of artists from universities and colleges across the nation entered, you voted in your thousands, you narrowed it down to a top 100 — and we now have a top 10 in CBC Music's Rock Your Campus.

Congratulations, top 10! Now get to campaigning! You have less than one week left to push yourself into the top five to be considered for the $10,000 cash prize and a concert at your own campus. Our celebrity judges — CBC's Talia Schlanger, Max Kerman from Arkells and superstar music producer Cirkut— will get together on Oct. 24 with Rock Your Campus Review host Gunnarolla to decide the contest winner.

Want to vote for your favourite contestant? Click here to vote and enter to win a sweet new Samsung tablet. 

It seems Buck 65 has gone through a bit of a shake-up in his personal life: his new album, Neverlove, is filled with cathartic songs about the loss of a love. To say that the record is a break-up record is a bit of an understatement when you consider song titles like "Gates of Hell," "Love Will F--k You Up," "That's The Way Love Dies" and "She Fades."

While the tone of the songs' titles from Neverlove are about the negative side of love, you would never know that Buck 65 has been feeling down by his recent First Play Live performance. The energy was high, and Buck 65 was at his best. He put on a fun set that included some of his best output inrecent years, and a handful of new songs that were lyrically on the sad side. But just because the content is sad doesn't mean that it can't also be uplifting. Buck 65 had the intimate crowd dancing, laughing and humming along.

From the upbeat mood of these First Play Live performances, it seems that maybe Buck 65 has gotten through the worst part of heartbreak. Now that he's gotten it out of his system, he can celebrate a bit with his live performances.

Check out the First Play Live performances of songs from Buck 65's latest album, Neverlove, below.

"Super Pretty Naughty" by Buck 65

"Superhero In My Heart" by Buck 65

"Only War" by Buck 65

"Love Will F--k You Up" by Buck 65

"Heart Of Stone" by Buck 65

Toronto Fashion Week kicks off Oct. 20, and we at CBC Music couldn't help but be inspired by the long, rich, complicated love affair between the music industry and the fashion world. 

Throughout the week we'll explore that relationship with an epic gallery celebrating 100 looks (and sounds) for 100 years, saluting the best-dressed classical musicians and delve deep into the rich partnerships between bands and their creative directors.

We've invited Canada's favourite fashion bloggers to pay tribute to the iconic fashion and music moments that have influenced them, and we've spent time looking back at beloved shoe designer John Fluevog's many musical inspirations. Radio 3 hosts will honour the styles of favourite Canadian indie bands, and we'll also look back at the provocative history of musicians using fashion to make political statements. 

In the spirit of our beloved David Bowie dress-up paper doll, we've crafted a brand new dress-up paper doll featuring a modern Canadian super star — and we can't wait to show him off. Plus, we'll be resurfacing some of our favourite fashion pieces from the archives.

To get you in the fashion frame of mind, please click through the gallery above and enjoy some of our favourite quotes from some of the most stylish musicians over the last 40 years, including Blondie's Debbie Harry, David Bowie, Grimes, Kanye West and more.

Each day, Rich Terfry and Radio 2 Drive wraps up your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. 

RICH'S PICK: "Car Song" by Woody Guthrie

JUNK IN THE TRUNK:

The laziest hamster in the world:

Robot dancer girl:

Belly rubs on the pitch:

REAR-VIEW MIRROR:

Three times a week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. Today, Johnny Cash and "Folsom Prison Blues."

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“Folsom Prison Blues” is one of Johnny Cash’s signature songs. The original version of the song was released in 1955. A more successful live version of the song, recorded at the actual prison, was released in 1968. The recordings struck a chord with audiences for the gritty reality they portrayed, but they were infused with a healthy dose of fantasy as well.

Cash was inspired to write the song while serving in the US Air Force after watching the movie Inside The Walls of Folsom Prison. He was just getting his start as a songwriter at the time and borrowed a few melodic ideas from a song called “Crescent City Blues,” which was written by Gordon Jenkins, a composer who had worked with The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald.

The part of the song that is 100 per cent Cash is its most famous line: “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." Cash said, "I sat with my pen in my hand, trying to think up the worst reason a person could have for killing another person, and that's what came to mind.”

On the famous 1968 recording of the song, Johnny Cash’s audience of Folsom Prison inmates can be heard cheering wildly after he sings this line. That didn’t happen in reality. You could say that was a bit of movie magic too. The cheer was a sound effect added in a studio later, during post-production on the album. While the concert was actually happening, the prisoners were cautious not to respond to any of Cash’s comments about criminal behavior or the prison itself for fear of reprisal from prison guards.

But that live version of the song fired up the record-buying public. It went to number one on the country charts and revived Johnny Cash’s career. His previous number one hit was four years in the past.

Here’s one of the songs that launched Johnny Cash’s career and helped put him back on top again 13 years after its original release. This is “Folsom Prison Blues.”

Here are some other great editions of Rear-view Mirror:

The Velvet Underground "I'm Waiting For The Man"

Bobby Fuller "I Fought The Law"

Big Star "September Gurls"

The Hollies "Bus Stop"

Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions"

Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe"

Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World"

Dolly Parton "Jolene"

The Left Banke "Walk Away Renee"

Lou Reed "Walk On The Wild Side"

James Taylor "Fire And Rain"

The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"

Marvin Gaye "Sexual Healing"

Radiohead "Paranoid Android"

M.I.A. "Paper Planes"

The Animals "We Gotta Get Out of this Place"

Dusty Springfield "Son of a Preacher Man"

Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You"

Cheap Trick "Surrender"

Mott The Hoople "All the Young Dudes"

Beach Boys "Sloop John B"

Amy Winehouse "Rehab"

New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"

Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"

George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"

The Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends"

Rolling Stones 'Miss You'

The Coasters 'Run Red Run'

Elvis Costello, 'Alison'

James Brown, 'Hot (I Need to be loved loved loved)'

Inner Circle, 'Tenement Yard'

Ray Charles, 'I Don't Need No Doctor'

Curtis Mayfield, 'Freddy's Dead'

Gang Starr, 'Beyond Comprehension'

Bo Diddley, 'Bo Diddley'

Aretha Franklin, 'Rocksteady'

CCR, 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'

Howlin' Wolf, 'Smokestack Lightning'

Bobby Womack, 'Across 110th Street'

Roy Orbison, 'In Dreams'

Foggy Hogtown Boys, 'Man of Constant Sorrow'

Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'

Neil Young, 'Cortez The Killer'

Bob Dylan, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'

Little Eva, 'Loco-Motion'

Elvis Costello, 'Watching the Detectives'

Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come'

The Verve, 'Bittersweet Symphony'

Roberta Flack, 'Killing Me Softly with his Song'

R.E.M., 'Radio Free Europe'

Radiohead, 'No Surprises'

Led Zeppelin, 'Ramble On'

Glen Campbell, 'Wichita Lineman'

John Cougar Mellencamp, 'Pink Houses'

Rolling Stones, 'Beast of Burden'

The Ronettes/Walking in the Rain

Buddy Holly/Peggy Sue

Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto/The Girl From Ipanema

Norman Greenbaum/Spirit in the Sky

Elvis Presley/Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Cash/Ring of Fire

The Kinks/You Really Got Me

The Beatles/Yesterday

Al Green/Let's Stay Together

Simon and Garfunkel/The Boxer

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles/Tracks of my Tears

Elvis Presley/Heartbreak Hotel

Bruce Cockburn/Lovers In A Dangerous Time

The Doors - Light My Fire

Bob Dylan & Jimi Hendrix/All Along The Watchtower 

The Clash/London Calling

Phil Spector and the Ronnettes/Be My Baby

Os Mutantes/Ando Meio Desligado

The Diamonds/Little Darlin

Captain Beefheart/Yellow Brick Road

Elton John/Bennie and the Jets

Hank Williams/Long Gone Lonesome Blues

R.E.M./What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Neil Diamond/Sweet Caroline

The Who/Pinball Wizard

Buffalo Springfield/For What It's Worth

Five Man Electrical Band/Signs

Band Aid/Do They Know It's Christmas

John Lennon/Imagine

The Ugly Ducklings/Nothin

Bob Dylan/Tangled Up In Blue

The Beatles/Norwegian Wood

The Pursuit of Happiness/I'm An Adult Now

Bruce Springsteen/Born To Run

Arcade Fire/Wake Up

Gnarls Barkley/Crazy

Big Joe Turner/Shake Rattle and Roll

Martha and the Muffins/Echo Beach

Wilson Pickett/In The Midnight Hour

The Band/The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Fleetwood Mac/Go Your Own Way

The Animals/House of the Rising Sun

Ian and Sylvia/Four Strong Winds

James Brown/Please Please Please

John Cougar Mellencamp, 'Pink Houses'

Leonard Cohen/Suzanne

The Ramones/I Wanna Be Sedated

Blue Rodeo/Try

The Guess Who/American Woman

U2/I Still Have't Found What I'm Looking For

Janis Joplin/Me and Bobby McGee

Gordon Lightfoot "If You Could Read My Mind"

The Byrds "Eight Miles High"

Simon and Garfunkel "The Sound of Silence"

Bill Haley and his Comets "Rock Around The Clock"

Season 2, episode 7

In this episode of CBC Music Backstage Pass, Bahamas performs four brand new songs for a live audience in Toronto Studio 211.

Just days before the release of his latest record, Bahamas and his band took over CBC Music Studio 211 for an intimate performance of the new songs. It was the first time they got to test the material in front of an audience and, as you will see, the results were stunning.

Afie Jurvanen (Bahamas) is a natural with an intimate crowd, and he had them in the palm of his hand from the moment he walked into the room. The new record is entitled Bahamas is Afie, and it has been touted as his most intimate and personal work to date. Fitting, then, that he premiered it in front of the intimate CBC Music First Play Live audience.

Bahamas performs 'Stronger Than'

Bahamas performs 'Can't Take You With Me'

Bahamas performs 'Like A Wind'

Bahamas performs 'Montreal'

CBC Music Backstage Pass airs Friday nights at midnight and Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. on CBC-TV. Check out the entire episode streaming at the very top. 

Click here to vote on the #R220!

This week, four songs debut on the chart, including one by Toronto's Lowell, Halifax-based Amelia Curran and another by a group called the Lone Bellow. Carleton Stone won the online vote and jumped 12 places. Find out whether the Black Keys keep their number one status from last week, below. 

New to the vote:

Scott Helman, "Bungalow."

Elle King, "Ex's & Oh's."

Nice to see Lowell on the chart this week — I love her new video for "Bells"! She's in pigtails cavorting on a football field with skull-faced dancers and cheerleaders.

The chart

1. George Ezra, "Budapest" (up one)

2. Hey Rosetta!, "Kintsukuroi" (up one)

3. Lorde, "Yellow Flicker Beat" (up five)


4. WiL, "Make, Make" (up three)

5. You+Me, "You and Me" (up one)


6. Carleton Stone, "Blood is Thicker Than Water" (up 12, most online votes!) 

7. The Black Keys, "Gotta Get Away" (down seven)

8. Paolo Nutini, "Let Me Down Easy" (up four)

9. Lowell, "The Bells" (new entry) 

10. U2, "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" (down six)

11. Elliott Brood, "Jigsaw Heart" (same)


12. Mo Kenney, "Telephones" (down three)

13. Adam Cohen, "Love Is" (down eight)

14. Sloan, "You've Got a Lot On Your Mind" (up one)

15. Damien Rice, "I Don't Want to Change You" (new entry) 


16. Jeremy Fisher, "I Love You... So?" (down two)


17. Bahamas, "Little Record Girl" (up two)

18. Bryan Ferry, "Loop De Li" (up two) 

19. The Lone Bellow, "Then Came the Morning" (new entry) 

20. Amelia Curran, "Somebody Somewhere" (new entry)

The Strombo Show will run the gamut this Sunday night, keeping the spirit of radio alive by delivering the best records in the best order. It's a show for music lovers by music lovers.  

We'll be ranging over three hours of commercial-free music to honour both old and new. George Stroumboulopoulos will be joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden for an intimate conversation and an exclusive acoustic performance from George's home. 

Hayden is a celebrated Toronto folk-veteran with seven critically acclaimed records to his name. In conversation, Hayden talks about the inaugural Dream Serenade concert, meeting Neil Young, Billy Idol borrowing his guitar, finding out he was dead and the special relationship he shares with his daughter.


When Hayden was courted by Young in the mid-'90s, he visited Young's ranch and Lionel train collection: "I was very happy to see his trains. But, I mean, the beautiful thing about his trains is that he set up a whole world of trains as a way to experience things with his son, Ben, and that's the whole impetus for that. That was a very emotional thing to see."

His relationship with Uncle Neil included a Bridge School Benefit double-night billing, alongside many iconic names: Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Pete Townsend and an instrument-free Billy Idol.



"I don't know why he arrived there without an instrument to play with, but he did and he asked me if he could borrow mine," remembers Hayden. "I was sitting backstage watching him perform 'Rebel Yell' and 'White Wedding' on my acoustic guitar. Just the coolest thing. At the end of the set, he got up and lifted the guitar above his head and went right up, walking towards the monitor pretending like he was going to. But then he looked at me and winked and put it down softly. "

Bridge School Benefit's spirit was one of the main sources of inspiration for Hayden's own curated benefit concert, Dream Serenade. It features a cattle call of musicians that include Matt and Aaron from The National, Feist, Sarah Harmer, Billy Talent, Barenaked Ladies and more at Massey Hall on Oct. 25 for children with developmental disabilities. Tickets and further information are found at www.MasseyHall.com

Also this weekend on The Strombo Show, we'll be joined by a few friends to share stories and request songs: Tim Baker of Hey Rosetta!, Juno Award-winning Corb Lund, celebrated artist Mr. Cartoon, Toronto sludge rockers Biblical and George Pettit of Alexisonfire's new project, Dead Tired. 

As always, we'll be tipping our hats to those groundbreakers and game-changers with a Nod to the Gods, spinning the best new tracks, paying tribute to Tom Waits on 10 with Tom and we'll send you into the collective horizontal with the Big Lie Down. 

Get on in here! Join the collective.

For further musical exploration with George Stroumboulopoulos, tune in to The Strombo Show every Sunday night on CBC Radio 2 or CBC Music from 8 to 11 p.m. for three hours of uninterrupted music for music lovers. 

Five organists from four countries remain as the 2014 Canadian International Organ Competition moves to Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal for its final elimination round. Watch this highly anticipated Round 3 with exclusive videos below.

Each finalist will perform an hour-long recital on the four-manual organ built by Casavant Frères for Notre-Dame in 1891. This instrument was an early triumph by the Canadian firm and established its makers' excellent reputation for organ-building internationally. Over the years this organ has been modified and expanded, and now houses over 7,000 pipes — some standing three stories tall, with others measuring no longer than a baby's finger nail.

The finalists are competing for over $70,000 in prizes, one of the largest award disbursements by an international organ competition. The first prize winner receives $25,000 and a record contract with ATMA Classique.

Videos from the finals will be posted following each performance as soon as they are available, as well as the jury results when the prize winners are announced.

Friday, Oct. 17, 2014
2 p.m. ET

Johannes Lang, 24, Germany

Daria Burlak, 27, Russia

Andrew Dewar, 32, United Kingdom

7:30 p.m. ET

Mária Budáčová, 23, Slovakia

David Baskeyfield, 30, United Kingdom

Related:

Click to watch Round 1 of the Canadian International Organ Competition at Église de l'Immaculée-Conception in Montreal.

Click to watch Round 2 of the Canadian International Organ Competition at Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal.

Follow Scott Tresham on Twitter: @tresham

The Foo Fighters are spending this week as David Letterman's musical guests-in-residence, and have been spiking their appearances with various high powered guest appearances, including one from Heart and another from Dave Grohl's good buddy Zac Brown.

Last night, they brought on Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play Cheap Trick's classic song "Stiff Competition." You may notice that Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins switched jobs for this performance. We dig it.

Thirty-year-old David Baskeyfield from the United Kingdom has won first prize at the 2014 Canadian International Organ Competition, following his Round 3 performance of Mozart, Willan, Isoir, Alain and Widor on the Casavant Frères organ at Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal.

Baskeyfield's first place finish comes with a cash award of $25,000, the $5,000 Polly Bales Memorial Prize, a recording contract with ATMA Classique, as well as management and career development support over the next three years.

The $5,000 Royal Canadian College of Organists Prize for best interpretation of a Canadian composition was also given to Baskeyfield, for his Round 3 performance of Healey Willan's Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue. 

The $15,000 second prize goes to Andrew Dewar, age 32, also from the United Kingdom. Dewar had already picked up the $5,000 Bach Prize (which includes an invitation to perform at the Montreal Bach Festival in 2015) after his first round performance.

The $10,000 third prize is awarded to 27-year-old Daria Burlak of Russia.

The $5,000 Richard Bradshaw Audience Prize (decided by public vote) will be awarded at a gala on Sunday, Oct. 19, featuring performances by all the prize winners on the Grand Orgue Pierre Béique at Montreal’s Maison symphonique.

This year’s distinguished international jury was comprised of John Grew (Canada), Jacques Boucher (Canada), James David Christie (United States), Stefan Engels (Germany), Janette Fishell (United States), Marnie Giesbrecht (Canada), Olivier Latry (France), Pier Damiano Peretti (Italy/Austria) and Gillian Weir (United Kingdom).

The next edition of the Canadian International Organ Competition will take place in 2017.

Related:

Click to watch Round 1 of the Canadian International Organ Competition at Église de l'Immaculée-Conception in Montreal.

Click to watch Round 2 of the Canadian International Organ Competition at Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal.

Click to watch Round 3 of the Canadian International Organ Competition at Basilique Notre-Dame in Montreal.

Follow Scott Tresham on Twitter: @tresham

When we think about the evolution of fashion, there may be no better mirror than that of music, particularly popular music. Technology goes way faster, literature goes slower, art keeps its own pace, but music and fashion tend to operate in sync, feeding off each other, growing and receding in equal measure.

To celebrate this rich, symbiotic relationship, I’ve delved deep into the archives of our modern era (1914-2014) in search of the best-dressed or most stylish musicians and their music. From Irving Berlin to Mamie Smith, Glenn Miller to David Bowie, Blondie to Beyoncé, you’ll find 100 looks for 100 years in the gallery above, as well as a bit of context about their place in the music and fashion timeline. You’ll also hear songs from each year, and if you press play on the video playlist below, you can keep it going while you explore the gallery.

Check out the rest of the great content for Music and Fashion week, updated daily.

Find me on Twitter: @_AndreaWarner

We've started a new series, suggesting the songs you need to hear right now. Staff from CBC Music, Radio 2, 3 and Sonica will all chime in with tracks they just can't get out of their heads, be it a reimagined cover via banjo greats or an inkling of how Nancy Sinatra and the Black Keys would've sounded like together. Let us know in the comments if anything really catches your ear — or if you have new song suggestions.

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, ‘Railroad’

This, in simplest terms, a husband-and-wife duo comprised of maybe the two greatest banjo players in the world. Something's bound to bring you together — may as well be that. Bela Fleck is widely considered to be the greatest banjo player that has ever lived. He took the instrument from its roots in country and folk music to jazz, rock, West African, South Indian and everything in between. Abigail Washburn carved a career path for herself out of playing the old-time clawhammer banjo and singing in Mandarin. She worked in China for a while, studying law before she fell in love with the banjo.

You've probably heard “I've Been Working on the Railroad” before, but you've never heard it quite like this. — Tom Power



HIGHS, ‘Mango’

Toronto alt-pop band HIGHS plays the kind of bubbly, upbeat, sun-soaked tunes that make you believe it's still summer (and if it is still warm where you are, you'd better turn this up and throw a tropical pool party and invite us all immediately). The band’s latest offer, "Mango," sounds like a millennial's take on Paul Simon's “Graceland” with a chorus so cheery, you'll be humming it all the way through to next June. — Emma Godmere



Smalltown DJs feat. Shad and Neon Steve, ‘Bad’

I like everything about this song. The production is aggressive but fun, with so much stuff going on that it reveals something new with each listen. Shad's flow is straight fire, bouncing all over the place, whether it's rapid-fire staccato or a straight-up smooth delivery with punchlines like, "Just talking fierce, not like Waka fierce, more like Sasha Fierce." — Jesse Kinos-Goodin

Bear's Den, 'Above the Clouds Of Pompeii'

In anticipation of their new record, Islands, next week, U.K.-based Bear's Den have released a video for "Above the Clouds of Pompeii." From what we heard on their last EP, Without/Within, it's a song that stands true to their form: incredible vocal harmonies and gut-wrenching lyrics. If that's not enough to bring you to tears, just watch the video. These guys have been signed to Communion Records (Edward Sharpe, Foy Vance, Boy & Bear) and if you think you'll be able to catch them in a 500-capacity club next time they're in town, you're wrong. — Matt Fisher

Elle King, ‘Ex’s & Oh’s’

OK, let’s get the “famous parent” thing out of the way: Elle King is the daughter of former SNL cast member Rob Schneider. So there’s that. But the Los Angeles-born artist grew up with her mom in Ohio after her parents divorced, and she points to a moment when, at age nine, her stepfather bought her an album by all-girl punk band the Donnas. One listen to King’s music, and the famous parent thing fades away pretty quickly because of “that voice.” It’s powerful and fun, and her breakout track, “Ex’s & Oh’s,” brings to mind what might have happened if Nancy Sinatra had teamed up with the Black Keys. — Julian Tuck



New Orford String Quartet, 3rd movement (Andante) from String Quartet No. 2, Op. 50 by Jacques Hétu

Everyone should know some music by Jacques Hétu, one of the most frequently performed Canadian composers. The New Orford String Quartet makes a strong case for him on their new release on Naxos, Jacques Hétu: Complete Chamber Works for Strings. If you like smart, complex music that's easy to listen to, Hétu's compositions are for you. The third movement of his String Quartet No. 2 was written in memory of his mother, and it is hauntingly beautiful, especially in the loving hands of these accomplished musicians. — Robert Rowat

Jesse LeBourdais, ‘The First Time I Screamed’

Vancouver's Jesse LeBourdais, former lead singer of Cambridge, returns with a new solo album called Long Winter. Hardcore guys sing folk songs all the time, but no one belts them out like LeBourdais. No one can capture the honesty, the raw emotion quite the way he can. These aren't your average sing-along songs, but you'll find yourself singing along anyway. — Mary-Anne Korosi

Votive, ‘Stay Away’

Cam Findlay has been a known quantity in the Torontonian industrial and synth-pop scenes for a while now, both for his solo project Kontravoid and his work in Parallels as well as having been the touring drummer for both Crystal Castles and Trust. His new project, Votive, has him teaming up with vocalist Kat Duma. The result is an uncomfortable but compelling combination of breathy, come-hither vocals, white noise-burst drum machines and jagged, urgent synths. — Chris Dart

Agnes Obel, 'Words Are Dead'

You know how sometimes you miss something amazing and then once it's pointed out to you, your heart comes undone, fully wrenched into a million pieces and you can't imagine how you lived without it? And then you can't quit listening to everything you can get your hands on? That's how I feel about Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel. There's a beautiful scarcity and restraint to every moment, but nothing feels slight or inconsequential. It's thrilling, actually. Start with this amazing live version of "Words Are Dead" and go from there — possibly to the new deluxe edition of her record, Aventine. — Andrea Warner

Each day, Rich Terfry and Radio 2 Drive wraps up your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. 

RICH'S PICK: "Jungle Fever" by Chakachas

JUNK IN THE TRUNK:

100 mind-blowing facts:

REAR-VIEW MIRROR:

Three times a week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. Today, we celebrate "Where Are They Now Week" with Norman Greenbaum and "Spirit In The Sky."

One of the biggest one hit wonders of all time is Norman Greenbaum, a Jewish guy who wrote a song about Jesus with some inspiration from a country legend, a guitar god and cowboy movies.

Norman Greenbaum was a big fan of classic westerns. He liked the idea that the heroes always wanted to "die with their boots on", as he put it. After watching a couple of cowboy movies in 1969, Greenbaum was watching the Porter Wagoner Show and heardWagoner and Dolly Parton sing a gospel song.

He thought to himself, 'I could do that.' He sat down with a pad and paper and fifteen minutes later, a cowboy-inspired gospel song called "Spirit In The Sky" was written. More than anything else, it was a creative exercise for Greenbaum. The song has clear Christian themes, but Greenbaum was and still is devoutly Jewish.

When the song was released, guitar geeks marvelled over the sounds in the recording.Russell DaShiell of the band Crowfoot had been hired to play guitar during the recording session. In an interview years after the release of "Spirit In The Sky", DeShiell said he used tricks he learned by closely watching Jimi Hendrix perform the song "Voodoo Child" in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin.

"Spirit In The Sky" was a huge hit, selling two million copies. And Greenbaum had fans in high places. When John Lennon gave his first interview to Rolling Stone magazine following the breakup of the Beatles, he was highly critical of the recent work of many of his peers including Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney. Asked what song on the radio, if any, that he did like, he singled out "Spirit In The Sky".

Here's the song that went to #1 on the charts in Canada and in many countries around the world in 1969 and 1970, a success Norman Greenbaum never again matched in his musical career. This is "Spirit In The Sky" on Rear View Mirror. 

Here are some other great editions of Rear-view Mirror:

Elvis Presley/Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Cash/Ring of Fire

The Kinks/You Really Got Me

The Beatles/Yesterday

Al Green/Let's Stay Together

Simon and Garfunkel/The Boxer

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles/Tracks of my Tears

Elvis Presley/Heartbreak Hotel

Bruce Cockburn/Lovers In A Dangerous Time

The Doors - Light My Fire

Bob Dylan & Jimi Hendrix/All Along The Watchtower 

The Clash/London Calling

Phil Spector and the Ronnettes/Be My Baby

Os Mutantes/Ando Meio Desligado

The Diamonds/Little Darlin

Captain Beefheart/Yellow Brick Road

Elton John/Bennie and the Jets

Hank Williams/Long Gone Lonesome Blues

R.E.M./What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Tom Waits/Jockey Full of Bourbon

Neil Diamond/Sweet Caroline

The Who/Pinball Wizard

Buffalo Springfield/For What It's Worth

Five Man Electrical Band/Signs

Band Aid/Do They Know It's Christmas

John Lennon/Imagine

The Ugly Ducklings/Nothin

Bob Dylan/Tangled Up In Blue

The Beatles/Norwegian Wood

The Pursuit of Happiness/I'm An Adult Now

Bruce Springsteen/Born To Run

Arcade Fire/Wake Up

Gnarls Barkley/Crazy

Big Joe Turner/Shake Rattle and Roll

Martha and the Muffins/Echo Beach

Wilson Pickett/In The Midnight Hour

The Band/The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Fleetwood Mac/Go Your Own Way

The Animals/House of the Rising Sun

Ian and Sylvia/Four Strong Winds

James Brown/Please Please Please

John Cougar Mellencamp, 'Pink Houses'

Leonard Cohen/Suzanne

The Ramones/I Wanna Be Sedated

Blue Rodeo/Try

The Guess Who/American Woman

U2/I Still Have't Found What I'm Looking For

Janis Joplin/Me and Bobby McGee

Gordon Lightfoot "If You Could Read My Mind"

The Byrds "Eight Miles High"

Simon and Garfunkel "The Sound of Silence"

Bill Haley and his Comets "Rock Around The Clock"

The Velvet Underground "I'm Waiting For The Man"

Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"

Bobby Fuller "I Fought The Law"

Big Star "September Gurls"

The Hollies "Bus Stop"

Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions"

Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe"

Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World"

Dolly Parton "Jolene"

The Left Banke "Walk Away Renee"

Lou Reed "Walk On The Wild Side"

James Taylor "Fire And Rain"

The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"

Marvin Gaye "Sexual Healing"

Radiohead "Paranoid Android"

M.I.A. "Paper Planes"

The Animals "We Gotta Get Out of this Place"

Dusty Springfield "Son of a Preacher Man"

Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You"

Cheap Trick "Surrender"

Mott The Hoople "All the Young Dudes"

Beach Boys "Sloop John B"

Amy Winehouse "Rehab"

New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"

Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"

George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"

The Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends"

Rolling Stones 'Miss You'

The Coasters 'Run Red Run'

Elvis Costello, 'Alison'

James Brown, 'Hot (I Need to be loved loved loved)'

Inner Circle, 'Tenement Yard'

Ray Charles, 'I Don't Need No Doctor'

Curtis Mayfield, 'Freddy's Dead'

Gang Starr, 'Beyond Comprehension'

Bo Diddley, 'Bo Diddley'

Aretha Franklin, 'Rocksteady'

CCR, 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'

Howlin' Wolf, 'Smokestack Lightning'

Bobby Womack, 'Across 110th Street'

Roy Orbison, 'In Dreams'

Foggy Hogtown Boys, 'Man of Constant Sorrow'

Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'

Neil Young, 'Cortez The Killer'

Bob Dylan, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'

Little Eva, 'Loco-Motion'

Elvis Costello, 'Watching the Detectives'

Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come'

The Verve, 'Bittersweet Symphony'

Roberta Flack, 'Killing Me Softly with his Song'

R.E.M., 'Radio Free Europe'

Radiohead, 'No Surprises'

Led Zeppelin, 'Ramble On'

Rolling Stones, 'Beast of Burden'

Glen Campbell, 'Wichita Lineman'

It's Music and Fashion week here at CBC Music, so what better time to unveil another edition in our popular paper doll series (if you haven't already, check out our Bowie paper doll). This time, we decided to keep it Canadian with one of the country's biggest musicians: Drake.

Now, while Drake isn't exactly the most fashionable musician, it's not for lack of trying. Cosby sweaters, Miami gigolo silk blouses, MJ-inspired all-white, retro tuxes, vintage North Face jackets, Drizzy has tried it all, to varying levels of success. Now it's your turn to help him out by dressing up your very own Drake paper doll, illustrated by Heather Collett. Click on the image below to make it larger. If you'd like to cut him out, here's a larger, easy-to-cut printable PDF version.

How will you dress your Drake? Take a pic and send it to us on Twitter, tagging it #DrakePaperDoll. And whatever you do, just keep those clothes lint free!

(Heather Collett/CBC Music)

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Tell 'Em I'm Gone is the first new album in five years from legendary singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens). The album contains five covers and five original tracks, and features contributions from Richard Thompson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite. Stream it below from Oct. 20-26.

Co-produced by Rick Rubin and recorded all over the world — Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels, London — Tell 'Em I'm Gone sees Yusuf look to the early blues and R&B that inspired him in his youth.

"Although I was to venture through many lyrical terrains, melodious valleys and cadences during my 55-year musical and spiritual exploration, and though many would agree that I have covered a lot of ground, there was always one path I meant to take," says the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in a press note. "Hidden in the background behind my renowned troubadour persona lurked an R&B alter-self waiting to be let free."

Tell 'Em I'm Gone by Yusuf/Cat Stevens is available Oct. 28. Pre-order it here. Yusuf also plays Toronto's Massey Hall Dec. 1, which is his only Canadian date.

Follow Jesse Kinos-Goodin on Twitter: @JesseKG

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Rumours of Glory is a box set with music that spans Canadian songwriting legend, Bruce Cockburn's mighty four-decade career.

Designed as a companion piece to his upcoming published memoirs, the limited edition set is comprised of nine discs and includes 16 rare and previously unreleased tracks.

In addition to the over 100 songs, the set also contains a live concert DVD. Filmed over three shows in 2008, it is Cockburn's only full-length concert video performance.

Rumours of Glory will be released on Oct. 28 on True North Records. CBC Music is streaming 14 of the rare and unreleased tracks in the player above.

You can pre-order the album here.

Tracklist:
 1. "The Juan Carlos Theme"
 2. "Waterwalker"
 3. "Avalon, My Home Town"
 4. "Wise Users"
 5. "Going Down The Road"
 6. "The Whole Night Sky"
 7. "Grinning Moon"
 8. "A Song For Touring Around The Stars"
 9. "Come Down Healing"
10. "Mystery Walk (Instrumental)"
11. "The Trains Don't Run Here Anymore"
12. "Ribbon Of Darkness"
13. "Turn, Turn, Turn"
14. "Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down"

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Listen to the rest of CBC Music's First Play streams this week, including Daniel Lanois, Yusef Islam and more.