Alanis Morissette was at the 2015 Juno Awards, where she was entered into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. When we ran into her on the red carpet, it only seemed appropriate to ask her what advice she would have for young artists.
Watch her response above. Apologies for the audio quality — we blame the screaming fans.
Follow Jesse Kinos-Goodin on Twitter: @JesseKG
We've got the 2015 Junos covered. CBC Music has been in Hamilton, Ont. all weekend, bringing you all the action from the stage and behind the scenes. Our complete Junos coverage is right over here.
But right now, you're looking for the winners. Check out everyone who took home a trophy from the Sunday night ceremony in the gallery above, and the complete list of winners below.
Artist of the year
Bryan Adams
deadmau5
Leonard Cohen
Sarah McLachlan
WINNER: The Weeknd
Fan choice award
Arcade Fire
Bobby Bazini
Drake
Hedley
Leonard Cohen
Magic!
WINNER: Michael Bublé
Nickelback
Serge Fiori
You+Me
Breakthrough artist of the year
Glenn Morrison
Jess Moskaluke
WINNER: Kiesza
Mac DeMarco
Shawn Mendes
Album of the year
Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong
Hedley, Wild Life
WINNER: Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
Nickelback, No Fixed Address
Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori
Single of the year
Drake feat. Majid Jordan, "Hold On, We're Going Home"
Hedley, "Crazy For You"
Kiesza, "Hideaway"
WINNER: Magic!, "Rude"
Sam Roberts Band, "We're All in This Together"
Rock album of the year
WINNER:Arkells, High Noon
Big Wreck, Ghosts
Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy
The Union, The Glorious Sons
Your Favourite Enemies, Between Illness and Migration
Junos awarded Saturday night in the Junos Eve awards ceremony:
International album of the year
Katy Perry, Prism
Lorde, Pure Heroine
One Direction, Midnight Memories
WINNER: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift, 1989
Group of the year
WINNER: Arkells
Chromeo
Mother Mother
Nickelback
You+Me
Breakthrough group of the year
Adventure Club
Alvvays
WINNER: Magic!
USS
Zeds Dead
Songwriter of the year
WINNER: Bahamas
Catherine MacLellan
Henry "Cirkut" Walter
Jenn Grant
Magic!
Country album of the year
Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night
Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams
MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter
The Road Hammers, Wheels
WINNER: Dallas Smith, Lifted
Adult alternative album of the year
WINNER: Bahamas, Bahamas is Afie
Jenn Grant, Compostela
Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze
Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator
Alternative album of the year
Alvvays, Alvvays
Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust
WINNER: July Talk, July Talk
Tanya Tagaq, Animism
Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams
Pop album of the year
Down with Webster, Party for Your Life
Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
WINNER: Lights, Little Machines
Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic
Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret
Rap recording of the year
WINNER: Naturally Born Strangers, The Legends League Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
Marco Polo, PA2: The Director's Cut
P Reign, Dear America
Saukrates, Amani
Tre Mission, Stigmata
Dance recording of the year
Adventure Club, Calling All Heroes
Chromeo, White Women
WINNER: Kiesza, Sound of a Woman
Glenn Morrison, "Goodbye"
Trevor Guthrie, "Soundwave"
R&B/Soul recording of the year
Melanie Durrant, "Four Seasons"
jacksoul, "Got to Have It"
JRDN, JRDN
Ben Stevenson, Dirty Laundry
WINNER: The Weeknd, "Often"
Reggae recording of the year
Kirk Diamond feat. Bob da Builda, "Love Inna Wi Heart"
Mikey Dangerous, Wake Up
WINNER: Exco Levi, Welcome the King
Steele, Hold On Till I Die
Tasha T, Real Talk
Aboriginal album of the year
Crystal Shawanda, The Whole World's Got the Blues
Digging Roots, For the Light
Leela Gilday, Heart of the People
WINNER: Tanya Tagaq, Animism
Tomson Highway, The (Post) Mistress
Roots and traditional album of the year: solo
Matt Andersen, Weightless
Del Barber, Prairieography
Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy
James Hill, The Old Silo
WINNER: Catherine MacLellan, The Raven’s Sun
Roots and traditional album of the year: group
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South
WINNER: The Bros. Landreth, Let it Lie
The Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee
Elliott Brood, Work and Love
The Once, Departures
Blues album of the year
Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess
WINNER: Steve Hill, Solo Recordings, Vol. 2
JW-Jones, Belmont Boulevard
Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It to You
The 24th Street Wailers, Wicked
Contemporary Christian album of the year
Chelsea Amber, Introducing Chelsea Amber
Drew Brown, Analog Love in Digital Times
Manafest, The Moment
WINNER: Manic Drive, VIP
Tim Neufeld, The Joy
World music album of the year
Ayrad, Ayrad
Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
WINNER: Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night
Emmanuel Jal, The Key
Pierre Kwenders, Le dernier empereur bantou
Jack Richardson producer of the year
Gavin Brown, "I Am Machine," Three Days Grace; "Reaper Man," Mother Mother
WINNER: Adam Messinger, "Rude," Magic!; "Change Your Life," Iggy Azalea
Eric Ratz, "Ghosts," Big Wreck; "Leather Jacket," Arkells
Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, "Soundwave, "Trevor Guthrie; "Up We Go," Lights
Jesse Zubot, "Caribou," "Uja," Tanya Tagaq
Recording Engineer of the year
John "Beetle" Bailey, Because of Billie, Molly Johnson
Jeremy Darby, Mandala, Monsoon
Lenny DeRose, Very Good Bad Thing, Mother Mother
WINNER: Eric Ratz, Ghosts, Big Wreck
George Seara, Greatest Hits, jacksoul
Recording package of the year
WINNER: Steve Bell, Pilgrimage
The Lost Fingers, Wonders of the World
Pup, Pup
Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams
Bry Webb, Free Will
Video of the year
Kandle, "Not Up to Me"
WINNER: Kiesza, "Hideaway"
Pup, "Guilt Trip"
SonReal, "Preach"
Zeds Dead, "Lost You"
Electronic album of the year
Lydia Ainsworth, Right from Real
WINNER: Caribou, Our Love
deadmau5, while(1<2)
Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time
Plastikman, EX
Metal/hard music album of the year
WINNER: Devin Townsend Project, Z2
Kataklysm, Waiting for the End to Come
Shooting Guns, Brotherhood of the Ram
Single Mothers, Negative Qualities
Skull Fist, Chasing the Dream
Adult contemporary album of the year
Jann Arden, Everything Almost
Alysha Brilla, Womyn
Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la série télé (saison no. 5)
WINNER: Sarah McLachlan, Shine On
Ndidi, Dark Swing
Vocal jazz album of the year
Julie Crochetière, Counting Dreams
Angela Galuppo, Angela Galuppo
Molly Johnson, Because of Billie
WINNER: Diana Panton, Red
Elizabeth Shepherd, The Signal
Jazz album of the year: solo
Lenny Breau, LA Bootleg 1984
Jim Head, Zoetrope
Owen Howard, Drum Lore Vol. 2 – More Lore
WINNER: Kirk MacDonald, Vista Obscura
Marianne Trudel, La vie commence ici
Jazz album of the year: group
WINNER: Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
Brian Dickinson Trio, Fishs Eddy
Andrew Downing, Jim Lewis& David Occhipinti, Bristles
Myriad3, The Where
Bobby Rice, Bobby Rice Latin Jazz Big Band: X-Treme Latin Jazz
Instrumental album of the year
Canadian Brass, Great Wall of China
Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine
WINNER: Quartango, Encuentro
John Stetch, Off with the Cuffs
Sultans of String, Symphony!
Francophone album of the year
Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit
Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori
WINNER: Jimmy Hunt, Maladie d’amour
Klô Pelgag, L'alchimie des monstres
Sagot, Valse 333
Children’s album of the year
Bobs and LoLo, Wave Your Antlers
LuLu et le Matou, Le chat botté
WINNER: Fred Penner, Where in the World
Raffi, Love Bug
Splash'N Boots, Happy Times
Classical album of the year: solo or chamber ensemble
Jonathan Crow & Paul Stewart, Prokofiev: Sonates & Mélodies
Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Blanc
WINNER: James Ehnes, Bartok: Chamber Works for Violin Vol. 3
David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Socalled, Jonathan Crow & Geoffrey Burleson, Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Karl Stobbe, Ysaÿe Sonatas for Solo Violin
Classical album of the year: Large ensemble or soloist
James Ehnes, Khachaturian/Shostakovich
WINNER: Angela Hewitt, Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24
Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain, Bruckner 3
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Kent Nagano, Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7, Departure - Utopia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Classical album of the year: vocal or choral performance
Julie Boulianne, Clavecin en concert & Luc Beauséjour, Handel & Porpora: The London Years
WINNER: Gerald Finley and Julius Drake, Schubert: Winterreise
Karina Gauvin, Les Violons du Roy & Bernard Labadie, Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Terra Tremuit
Theatre of Early Music, Schola Cantorum, Daniel Taylor, The Heart's Refuge
Classical composition of the year
WINNER: Brian Current, Airline Icarus
John Estacio, "Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra"
Gordon Fitzell, "Magister Ludi"
Jacques Hétu, "Sextet, OP. 71"
Alice Ping Yee Ho, "Glistening Pianos"
What with a song on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, a duet with Ariana Grande, a Beyoncé remix and an artist of the year Juno, it's been a big year for the Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye.
And this weekend, Tesfaye returned to home turf for an appearance at the Junos, where he performed his sultry hit, "Earned It" live, with stars in behind, and ropes and chandeliers above.
Watch:
Find all of CBC Music's Juno coverage here.
Related:
Watch: Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson stars in steamy new video by the Weeknd
The Weeknd remixes Beyoncé’s ‘Drunk in Love’
The Weeknd remixes Lorde’s ‘Royals’
The hunt for Canada's best new musical act is back.
We are partnering with CBC Radio One to find the best local music acts to compete for the crown. The winner will receive $20,000 in gear from Yamaha Canada Music, a gig at a major festival and more.
Here's another wrinkle: you can vote for up to 10 acts a day in each region. That means you and your friends in other bands can work together to help promote the local music scene and support each other, and can carry that support on to the national round. There is also a powerhouse panel of celebrity judges at the national round, so we can balance the voice of the fans with an impartial jury of music experts.
We want you to enter. Your town wants you to enter. Canada wants you to enter. So how do you enter?
You'll need a CBC Music account. If you don't have one, sign up for a CBC Music artist account (and fill out the bio and upload a picture, because it will make it easier for journalists covering the contest to do stories about you). Then you'll need a song that's been written by you or the roster of musicians performing in your band (it should be fewer than five minutes, too).
We want new bands (and solo acts, duos, combos, etc.) to step up, and bands who entered last year to put their experience to work and try again this time around.
If you have any questions, email us at searchlight@cbc.ca.
Listen to some of our favourite discoveries from last year, and find out more about them in this gallery.
For more on Searchlight, follow @mikeminer.
Listen to the 2014 Searchlight discoveries playlist
Click here to enter Searchlight 2015 now!
We've recruited three of Canada's most respected musicians to join us in the hunt for Canada's best new artist. Together, our Searchlight judges will be responsible for selecting five of the 10 national finalists, as well as announcing the final four acts live on Q on CBC Radio on May 12. Finally, they'll crown a winner on Friday, May 15.
This year, our esteemed panel includes one of Toronto's foremost hip-hop pioneers, a British Columbia ex-pat responsible for some of the best indie groups to come out of Montreal over the last decade, and one of the East Coast's most beloved singer-songwriters. Meet your 2015 Searchlight judges:
Dan Boeckner
Dan Boeckner’s resumé reads like an indie music fan’s desert-island playlist. Between Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits and now Operators— his latest synth-tinged, hook-laden musical project — the British Columbia-born, Montreal-bred musician has established himself as one of the most respected and creative minds in Canadian rock. Twice shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and with more than 10 critically acclaimed releases under his belt, Boeckner brings a wealth of experience to this year’s Searchlight judges' panel.
Jenn Grant
Prince Edward Island native Jenn Grant is one of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriters. Now based in Halifax, she has charmed audiences at home and abroad with five celebrated albums of varying styles that have jumped effortlessly between irresistible pop songs and intimate folk ballads. In just the last few years alone, she has won multiple East Coast Music Awards and, most recently, earned nominations for two 2015 Juno Awards, including songwriter of the year. Having collaborated with a variety of homegrown artists like Buck 65, Rose Cousins and Ron Sexsmith, Grant's keen musical ear makes her a perfect addition to Searchlight 2015.
Saukrates
A longtime anchor in Toronto's hip-hop scene, Saukrates has collaborated with some of the most well-known names in the genre, including Drake, Nelly Furtado, Nas, Common, Redman and Xzibit. As a producer with multiple Juno nominations to his name, Saukrates has worked with such Canadian mainstays as K-os, Swollen Members, Jully Black, Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Classified and Shad. You can even look up just about any Canadian major label rap release from the past 20 years and find him present, as performer or producer. His most recent release, Amani, was nominated for a 2015 Juno Award. Saukrates’s sharp sense for new talent will be invaluable to this year’s Searchlight panel.
It's been three years since the last Loon Choir record, but the Ottawa-based nine-piece (that's three too many for a bowling team) have returned with one hell of a statement in "Bug."
CBC Music is pleased to premiere the gorgeous, animated music video that accompanies the first single off the as-yet-untitled record, coming this fall. The video is almost a reverse Wizard of Oz, beginning in a fully saturated world of soft colours and a safe, homespun environ. Rather than Kansas, though, we're on a frozen lake that cracks open and reveals a disturbing, hand-drawn, black-and-white world below.
Loon Choir performs April 11 at the Blacksheep Inn in Wakefield, Que.
Find me on Twitter: @_AndreaWarner
Etiquette
Reminisce
Stream to March 23
Etiquette is a new band, but its members are anything but new to Canadian music fans. The project is a collaboration by real-life couple Graham Walsh and Julie Fader. Walsh is best known as a member of Holy F--k, as well as for his work as producer and engineer, having lent his studio talents to albums by Alvvays, Metz, Viet Cong and Hannah Georgas. Fader is a visual artist, keyboard player and singer, who released her first solo album, Outside In, in 2009, and has provided keys and backing vocals for acts like Chad VanGaalen, Great Lakes Swimmers and Sarah Harmer.
And yet, Etiquette's debut is nothing like what you'd expect based on its members' previous output. It's full of slow, pulsing, dreamy synth clouds and melancholy lyrics, with the occasional blast of uptempo, dancefloor-ready electro to change things up.
Reminisce tracklist
1. "Brown and Blue"
2. "Attention Seeker"
3. "Sleep to Wake"
4. "Twinkling Stars"
5. "Promises"
6. "On and On"
7. "Outside In"
8. "Island"
When it comes to hometowns, some bands are deeply connected to their roots. Sam Roberts, Stars, Half Moon Run all have Montreal to thank; Hey Rosetta! has St. John’s, and you can't think of Mother Mother without immediately thinking Vancouver. Each band had that first hometown show they'll always look back on as the first step that led them to success. For Hamilton's Arkells, it was their show at McMaster University.
CBC Music met up with the hometown favourites the Sunday of Juno weekend for an exclusive look at what the guys got up to during the day, including a rehearsal, a performance and a second Juno win.
Below are some highlights from the day, and be sure to click through the gallery above to see the entire day unfold.
10:45 a.m.: The day got off to a rough start for some of the Arkells. Not all of the band members were staying at the hotel (frontman Max Kerman lives in Hamilton), but the hotel stayers were gently awoken to a fire alarm, which caused everyone to miss our first photo shoot together.
11:30 a.m.: I met up with the guys for their last soundcheck before the big show. There’s a famous line in show business, "Hurry up and wait," and that’s pretty much how the day went. The band was rushed to certain places for certain times, and then everyone would sit there for another 30 minutes.
12:40 p.m.: A dress rehearsal is held the day of the Junos, which is more less an entire run through of the show to ensure everybody is on the same page and that all the kinks are worked out. In the case of the Arkells soundcheck, it proved beneficial: there were some sound issues that needed to get resolved before the night's show. Unfortunately, the kinks made some of the band members uneasy, and a meeting was held after the rehearsal to ensure production staff were aware of all the issues.
4:30 p.m.: Time to hit the red carpet! Arkells teamed up with the local Hamilton bike-share program Sobi to hit the red carpet, and boy did the crowd love the entrance. See the below video as we followed the guys (on a bike ourselves) straight into the show.
5:00 p.m.: If you've never had the chance to hit the red carpet before, let me tell you it is likely the most organized chaos you will have ever be a part of. Fans screaming for their crushes, dozens of news organizations with cameras and hosts desperately trying to hear who they are interviewing. It is quite the experience.
7:30 p.m.: Arkells hit the Junos stage and blew away the audience. That's also where we said farewell to the boys. Their night was only getting started, though, with a second Juno win later during the broadcast, this time for rock album of the year. The hometown boys definitely had a lot to celebrate, and everyone in Hamilton was right there with them.
Have a Juno highlight? Let us know on Twitter and tag it #CBCJunos: @CBCMusic
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Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, the Guess Who and "American Woman."
One of the biggest hits and greatest successes in Canadian music history started on a night when everything went wrong.
Listen to the audio version of Rear-view Mirror by hitting the Play button
One fateful night in 1970, the Guess Who were playing a curling rink in Kitchener–Waterloo when guitarist Randy Bachman broke a string, bringing the show grinding to a halt. He didn't have a spare guitar or a guitar tech to help him out, so he had to call a time-out to re-string. Knowing it might take a few minutes, Burton Cummings explained to the audience that the band had to take a break and then he and the rest of the band walked off the stage. Any momentum the band had built up during the show was now dead. It would take a miracle for the band to get it back, and that's pretty much exactly what happened.
Once a new low E string was in place, Bachman began to play an improvised riff in an effort to re-tune his guitar. Something about that riff drove the crowd wild. Sensing something magical was happening, the band raced back onstage and jumped in. Cummings even began improvising lyrics and playing the flute!
Cummings had a lot on his mind that night. He'd recently returned from a U.S. tour and had grown tired of the negativity stemming from the Vietnam War and racism he felt in the States.
After the show, the band raced to the studio to lay the new song down while the ideas were still fresh. The song went on to be a mega-hit, topping the charts in Canada and in the U.S. Shortly after the release of the song, the Guess Who was invited to play at the White House. But due to the anti-American sentiments expressed in the lyrics, first lady Pat Nixon asked the band to exclude the song from their set list.
Here's the hit song that may never have been if it weren't for a broken string in a curling rink: this is the Guess Who with "American Woman."
Here are some other great editions of Rear-view Mirror:
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"
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"
Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions"
Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World"
The Left Banke "Walk Away Renee"
Lou Reed "Walk On The Wild Side"
The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
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"
Mott The Hoople "All the Young Dudes"
New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"
George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"
The Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends"
James Brown, 'Hot (I Need to be loved loved loved)'
Ray Charles, 'I Don't Need No Doctor'
Curtis Mayfield, 'Freddy's Dead'
Gang Starr, 'Beyond Comprehension'
CCR, 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'
Howlin' Wolf, 'Smokestack Lightning'
Bobby Womack, 'Across 110th Street'
Foggy Hogtown Boys, 'Man of Constant Sorrow'
Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'
Neil Young, 'Cortez The Killer'
Bob Dylan, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
Elvis Costello, 'Watching the Detectives'
Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come'
The Verve, 'Bittersweet Symphony'
Roberta Flack, 'Killing Me Softly with his Song'
Glen Campbell, 'Wichita Lineman'
The International Day of Happiness is Mar. 20 and in honour of the third annual event, the UN is building the biggest, broadest, happiest playlist of all time. But they need our help.
According to the Guardian, Ed Sheeran and John Legend are among the musicians who have contributed songs to the playlist. Tweet them your go-to happy song with #HappySoundsLike and join this global initiative to spread a little sunshine around the world.
Need some suggestions for great happy songs? Check out these playlists: Happiest songs of 2015 and Upworthy! A positivity playlist.
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: "Misdemeanor" by Foster Sylvers
Junk In The Trunk:
Dog helps with weather report
The awesome power of bubbles
Cats that have lost their car keys
Rear View Mirror:
Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, the Guess Who and "American Woman."
One of the biggest hits and greatest successes in Canadian music history started on a night when everything went wrong.
Listen to the audio version of Rear-view Mirror by hitting the Play button
One fateful night in 1970, the Guess Who were playing a curling rink in Kitchener–Waterloo when guitarist Randy Bachman broke a string, bringing the show grinding to a halt. He didn't have a spare guitar or a guitar tech to help him out, so he had to call a time-out to re-string. Knowing it might take a few minutes, Burton Cummings explained to the audience that the band had to take a break and then he and the rest of the band walked off the stage. Any momentum the band had built up during the show was now dead. It would take a miracle for the band to get it back, and that's pretty much exactly what happened.
Once a new low E string was in place, Bachman began to play an improvised riff in an effort to re-tune his guitar. Something about that riff drove the crowd wild. Sensing something magical was happening, the band raced back onstage and jumped in. Cummings even began improvising lyrics and playing the flute!
Cummings had a lot on his mind that night. He'd recently returned from a U.S. tour and had grown tired of the negativity stemming from the Vietnam War and racism he felt in the States.
After the show, the band raced to the studio to lay the new song down while the ideas were still fresh. The song went on to be a mega-hit, topping the charts in Canada and in the U.S. Shortly after the release of the song, the Guess Who was invited to play at the White House. But due to the anti-American sentiments expressed in the lyrics, first lady Pat Nixon asked the band to exclude the song from their set list.
Here's the hit song that may never have been if it weren't for a broken string in a curling rink: this is the Guess Who with "American Woman."
Here are some other great editions of Rear-view Mirror:
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"
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"
Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions"
Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World"
The Left Banke "Walk Away Renee"
Lou Reed "Walk On The Wild Side"
The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
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"
Mott The Hoople "All the Young Dudes"
New York Dolls "Personality Crisis"
George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"
The Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends"
James Brown, 'Hot (I Need to be loved loved loved)'
Ray Charles, 'I Don't Need No Doctor'
Curtis Mayfield, 'Freddy's Dead'
Gang Starr, 'Beyond Comprehension'
CCR, 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'
Howlin' Wolf, 'Smokestack Lightning'
Bobby Womack, 'Across 110th Street'
Foggy Hogtown Boys, 'Man of Constant Sorrow'
Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'
Neil Young, 'Cortez The Killer'
Bob Dylan, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
Elvis Costello, 'Watching the Detectives'
Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come'
The Verve, 'Bittersweet Symphony'
Roberta Flack, 'Killing Me Softly with his Song'
Here they are, your top 30 Canadian indie tracks this week!
Click here to listen to this week's chart!
The R3-30 for March 16, 2015
30. Weed "Thousand Pounds"
29. Alex Calder "Strange Dreams"
28. The High Dials "Echos and Empty Rooms"
27. Programm "Like The Sun"
26. Oh No! Yoko "Hoodie"
25. Holy Oker "Love Like A Gun"
24. Del Bel "The Stallion"
23. Calvin Love "Daydream"
22. Nancy Pants "Happy"
21. McEnroe "Futura Bold "
20. Dada Plan "Who's the Thief"
19. The Golden Dogs "Do It For You"
18. The Gay Nineties "Hold Your Fire"
17. Rural Alberta Advantage "This City"
16. Moon King "Roswell"
15. Faith Healer "Again "
14. Astral Swans "September"
13. Michael Feuerstack "The Devil"
12. Humans "Tell Me"
11. Thomas D'arcy "All Over Your Face"
10. Operators "Ecstasy In My House"
9. Dear Rouge "Black To Gold"
8. Hollerado "Firefly"
7. Dan Mangan "Mouthpiece"
6. Jordan Klassen "Firing Squad"
5. Savvie "It’s OK"
4. Dagan Harding "Naked Eye"
3. The Elwins "So Down Low"
2. Mardeen "Silver Fang"
1. Coyote "Proof Of Life"
And now on to... the Listener List!
Every week, we take a little detour from the R3-30 to play a few of the tracks you've chosen around a theme, we call it the Listener List. This week we’re looking at the bands opened the doors to the world of Canadian indie for you.
And now for a new theme. Seeing as R3 will be changing in the coming weeks, so will the R3-30. Next week will be the last listener list on the R3-30, which has me wondering:
What song reminds you of Radio 3?
Post your comments and suggestions on the blog or tweet @CBCradio3
Buena Vista Social Club
Lost and Found
Stream until March 24
Almost 20 years after releasing the album that made them stars outside of the world music community, the supergroup known as Buena Vista Social Club releases Lost and Found.
This collection of previously unreleased tracks draws from the historical recording sessions in Havana with producer Ry Cooder all those years ago. So, what was left off of an album that has gone on to sell eight million copies?
"Over the years we were often asked what unreleased material was left in the vaults," World Circuit's Nick Gold said in a statement. "We knew of some gems, favourites amongst the musicians, but we were always too busy working on the next project to go back and see what else we had. When we eventually found the time, we were astonished at how much wonderful music there was."
It's also a glorious opportunity to again hear original members Compay Segundo, Rubén Gonzalez and Ibrahim Ferrer, who have since died.
Lost and Found will be released by World Circuit on March 23. You can pre-order the album here.
Tracklist:
1. "Bruca Manigua"
2. "Macusa"
3. "Tiene Sabor"
4. "Bodas De Oro"
5. "Black Chicken 37"
6. "Habanera"
7. "Como Fue"
8. "Guajira En F"
9. "Quiéreme Mucho"
10. "Pedacito De Papel"
11. "Mami Me Gustó"
12. "Lágrimas Negras"
13. "Como Siento Yo"
14. "Ruben Sings"
Van Morrison
Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue
Stream until March 24
Van Morrison's 35th studio album, Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue, has the Irish legend paired up with some of the greatest names in music, including Mark Knopfler, Michael Bublé, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Natalie Cole, Joss Stone and more, singing deep cuts from Morrison's vast catalogue of songs.
"Real Real Gone," Morrison's duet with Bublé, is a high-energy standout, with Bublé's vocals meshing perfectly with Morrison's while also showing a slightly ragged yet relaxed delivery that we don't normally see on Bublé's more polished albums. And that's part of the appeal of this record: all of these marquee vocalists sing with Morrison the way we've been singing with Morrison's records for more than 50 years — openly, joyously, freely.
Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue will be released via Sony Music on March 24. You can pre-order the album here.
Tracklist:
1. "Some Peace of Mind" with Bobby Womack
(original version released on Hymns to the Silence, 1991)
2. "Lord, If I Ever Needed Someone" with Mavis Staples
(original version released on His Band and the Street Choir, 1970)
3. "Higher Than the World" with George Benson
(original version released on Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, 1983)
4. "Wild Honey" with Joss Stone
(original version released on Common One, 1980)
5. "Whatever Happened to P.J. Proby" with P.J. Proby
(original version released on Down the Road, 2002)
6. "Carrying a Torch" with Clare Teal
(original version released on Hymns to the Silence, 1991)
7. "The Eternal Kansas City" with Gregory Porter
(original version released on A Period of Transition, 1977)
8. "Streets of Arklow" with Mick Hucknall
(original version released on Veedon Fleece, 1974)
9. "These are the Days" with Natalie Cole
(original version released on Avalon Sunset, 1989)
10. "Get on With the Show" with Georgie Fame
(original version released on What’s Wrong With This Picture, 2003)
11. "Rough God Goes Riding" with Shana Morrison
(original version released on The Healing Game, 1997)
12. "Fire in the Belly" with Steve Winwood
(original version released on The Healing Game, 1997)
13. "Born to Sing" with Chris Farlowe
(original version released on No Plan B, 2012)
14. "Irish Heartbeat" with Mark Knopfler
(original version released on Irish Heartbeat, 1988)
15. "Real Real Gone" with Michael Bublé
(original version released on Enlightenment, 1990)
16. "How Can a Poor Boy" with Taj Mahal
(original version released on Keep It Simple, 2008)
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New: Songs You Need to Hear stream
Each week, staff from CBC Music, Radio 2, 3, Sonica, CBC Hamilton and Whitehorse collect songs they just can't get out of their heads, and make a case for why you should listen, too. Press play below and you may just find your new favourite track.
Let us know in the comments what catches your ear, or if you have new song suggestions.
Loon Choir, 'Bug'
The Ottawa-based avant-pop band is back, and this excellent first single from their new record is full of urgent, climbing strings, pounding keys and the soaring, strangled vocals of lead singer/guitarist Derek Atkinson. The band says "Bug" was inspired by Timothy Findley's 1977 book, The Wars, which focuses on a young Canadian officer in the First World War. The description of the book fits beautifully with the song's feeling of tightly restrained chaos and palpable tension. Check out the remarkable animated music video for "Bug" below, and find out more about the band's comeback here. — Andrea Warner
Like a Motorcycle, 'Hands' (Searchlight contestant)
This song wraps up the energy of Halifax's north end music scene in three ways: crunch, energy and attitude. That's exactly what you get with Like a Morotocycle, who are Searchlight entries from the Halifax neighbourhood. It's like a donair for your ears, minus the clean up. — Kerry Martin, Searchlight associate producer
"Hands"
Jamie Lidell, 'Believe in Me'
It's been a few years since we've heard anything from U.K. soul singer Jamie Lidell. His most recognizable work comes from his 2005 album, Multiply, but he's been active since then, with his most recent eponymous album (there are two, just to confuse you: one is Jamie Lidell, the other simply Jim) coming out in 2013. "Believe in Me" is a bit of a departure for Lidell, eerie vocals expressing a darkness that isn't his usual MO. That being said, the track lives up to the standard we've come to expect from Lidell — which is, to say, very good. — Nicolle Weeks
Kendrick Lamar, 'u'
On his new album, How to Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar grabs from a whole range of influences. While much of the album is heavily funk-infused, the furious "u" is more jazz than anything. Full of discordant saxophones, the two-movement song is half spoken-word, half rage-filled rap, and a worthy but uncomfortable listen on an album that’s already one of the best rap records of the year. — Chris Dart
Editor's note: strong language warning, NSFW.
Andrew Bird, 'The Fake Headlines' (New Pornographers cover)
The Yellow Bird Project is the Montreal-based charitable organization that does good things for good people. Their latest project is a compilation of stellar cover songs called Good People Rock, out on April 14 on Dan Mangan's Madic Records. On it you'll find Hayden interpreting TV on the Radio, Dry the River taking on Metric and this song, Andrew Bird performing "The Fake Headlines" by the New Pornographers. Cover songs are always popular, as demonstrated by the love for the Under the Covers feature on Radio 2 Morning (heard twice daily at 6:30 and 8:30 a.m.), and this track is a great one. Bird takes the jaunty rock of the original and transplants it with whimsical violin-playing and plucking, plus his signature whistling. — Jeanette Cabral
Sufjan Stevens, 'Should Have Known Better'
We’ve seen a lot of different sides of Sufjan Stevens over the years. He's most famously known for his folk-indie side, but we’ve also heard electronica throughout the years, including his most recent work, The Age of Adz (2010), which has a slew of different genres woven throughout the record. On his latest, Carrie & Lowell, Stevens returns to the lo-fi folk many of his fans have come to expect, but this time he's gone even further: most of the tracks don’t have anything more than his vocals, a guitar and a piano. The sombreness of the tracks may be a reflection of the relationship, or lack thereof, that he had with his deceased mother, after whom the record is partially named. "Should Have Known Better" is the second track from the new album, coming March 31 on Asthmatic Kitty Records. — Matt Fisher
Braids, 'Taste'
One of my favourite quotes comes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower: "We accept the love we think we deserve." Braids' new song, "Taste," takes that thought and expands on it. The result is a sweetly delivered song about a blossoming love with the person you didn't think you deserved. If only second chances weren't so rare. A lovely track that goes along quite nicely with the promise of a crisp Canadian spring. — NW
Lindi Ortega, 'Tell it Like it Is'
Straight-talk seems to be the new-country theme this month: last week it was Kacey Musgraves with "Biscuits" ("Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy"), and this week it’s Canada’s own Lindi Ortega with the lyric video for her new track, "Tell it Like it Is." I am a fan of the message, and also Ortega’s delivery: her vocals sit so nicely with what starts as a country tune, and then gets all blues nitty-gritty. — Holly Gordon
League of Wolves, 'Runaway' (Searchlight contestant)
The Fratellis and the Arctic Monkeys must have stopped in Saskatoon for a little while, because this song from Saskatchewan Searchlight contestants League of Wolves summons those bands' inner indie garage-rock dance jams like few others can. — KM
"Runaway"
LeE HARVeY OsMOND, 'Blue Moon Drive'
Beautiful Scars is the third of what one can only hope will be a long line of albums from LeE HARVeY OsMOND, and "Blue Moon Drive" is the lead single. Produced by Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies), the song makes the most of singer Tom Wilson's rich baritone, keeping it at once both menacing and warm. It's like Leonard Cohen meets Tom Waits, and they're in your arteries drag racing toward your heart. Beautiful Scars is available April 7 on Latent Recordings. — Judith Lynch
Mating Ritual, 'Hum Hum'
If you need a little more (accessible) rrrock in your life, might I suggest Mating Ritual's "Hum Hum"? If you need a strutting song, "Hum Hum" is just the thing. It has a good yell-y part, there's a guy shouting, "Hey!," there's a real electric guitar solo and it's just catchy as heck. I have a feeling the remixes will be the icing on the indie pop-rock cake. — NW
South by Southwest begins today, and as usual the schedule seems filled with once-in-a-lifetime showcases and events, all seemingly designed to make us seriously consider the possibility of hopping on a last-minute flight to Austin.
In reality, most of us will be observing the proceedings from the sidelines. But, even if you can't be there, you still want to know which artists are getting the most buzz, right?
From the suddenly famous Tobias Jesso Jr. to Montreal's enchanting Milk & Bone to the upstart punk of the OBGMS, we look at 10 bands poised to have a breakthrough at this year's festival.
Which Canadian artists do you think will make the biggest splash at SXSW? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @CBCRadio3.
Listen to the best in new and emerging Canadian music on CBC Radio 3 with hosts Louise Burns, Grant Lawrence and Lana Gay.
There's so much music and yet so little time to listen to it, which means you barely have enough time to find it. Let us help you with this little roundup of some albums you can stream online this week.
Artist: Tinashe
Album: Amethyst
Where: Stereogum
"The seven-track tape features production from internet beat genius Ryan Hemsworth and the Bay Area’s rising star Iamsu!, among others."
Artist: Courtney Barnett
Album: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Where: NME
"My songs follow me as a normal human with normal emotions, so there are great highs and great lows. They span everything in my life."
Artist: Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Album: Moorka
Where: Exclaim.ca
"Sounding unlike anything else out there, the new album combines traditional musical styles with a raucous energy, bringing deep-rooted culture from afar into a modern, Canadian setting."
Artist: Dave Segedy
Album: Schrodego
Where: Exclaim.ca
"The album opens with what Segedy knows best — drums. 'Kevin Durant' is a minute-and-a-half drum solo tribute to the titular basketball star that rolls into the rest of the record... [i]t's lo-fi one-man rock 'n' roll at its finest."
Artist: Van Morrison
Album: Duets: Re-working the Catalogue
Where: CBC Music
"[T]he appeal of this record: all of these marquee vocalists sing with Morrison the way we've been singing with Morrison's records for more than 50 years — openly, joyously, freely."
Artist: Hayden
Album: hey love
Where: Exclaim.ca
"Hey Love is a continuation of a music career that 'has woven one of the most consistent through-lines of musical narratives imaginable, leading his audience through a scrapbook of downtimes fought and resolved, love lost and love solved.'"
Artists: Various
Album: Catch the Throne: The Mixtape Vol II
Where: Soundcloud
"Last year, someone at HBO had the frankly absurd idea to put together Catch the Throne, a mixtape compilation built around Game of Thrones. This year, they’ve made another one, and they’ve gone ahead and made it even weirder."
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.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day: "If I should Fall From Grace With God" By The Pogues
Rich's Pick: "It's Not Easy" by Ofege
Junk In The Trunk:
Pets and their tongues
Battle for the bird feeder
Cats and mirrors
In case you haven't heard, Shad was named the newest host of CBC Radio's Q, and yes, he is a rapper. In fact, he's one of our favourite rappers. So much so that when we tried to pick his 10 best songs, we wound up with 14.
Back in December, Shad and longtime bandmate DJ T.Lo released a collaborative EP, Boarding Pass, so we invited them into the studio for some fun segments. If you liked how they did on Jam or Not a Jam, which you can watch below, you're also going to enjoy the Rap Quiz, in which Shad tries on some first-time impressions of Jay Z, Rakim, Q-Tip and more. Watch it above.
Watch our full collection of Games with Bands.
George Stroumboulopoulos was joined by a cavalcade of Canadian guests as we testified to the 2015 Juno Awards.
Over the past season, we've welcomed countless artists to perform intimate acoustic sessions in the House of Strombo. On Sunday night, we celebrated some of our favourites that featured many Juno Award winners and nominees such as Arkells, Bahamas, Basia Bulat, City & Colour, Coeur de pirate, Daniel Lanois, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Death from Above 1979, the Flatliners, Hayden, Kandle, Kevin Drew, Lindi Ortega, Shad, Stars and Tegan & Sara.
Also, we delivered some brand spankin' new performances from our friends Sloan, Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies and journalist/former CBC personality Malka Marom opened up about her latest work, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words. There were appearances from Chromeo, Lights and George Pettit of Alexisonfire/Dead Tired.
And if that weren't enough, how about a little St. Patrick's Day party with a few friends from the Mahones and Dropkick Murphys dropping requests?!
Lock it. Crank it. Join the collective!
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