Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the stories of the day, some videos of music (or maybe just videos interesting to music fans) and a place to speak your voice.
Friday November 30th
Welcome to Shift on the last Day of the month of November. Hold onto your hats here comes the winter.
Today Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes.
Today Robert Harris joins Tom to explain why it is OK to enjoy Christmas Carols. Robert explains us how many carols, have been around for a long time indeed...
Good king Wenceslas dates back to the 13th century and rowdy 8 year olds belt it out to this very day...
The Irish Rovers do a lovely Celtic version...
Bing did it...
The Skydiggers still do it...
Shifty Stories:
If you could go back, would you? Are you kidding? says the jellyfish. I do it all the time.
Daniel Lanois sang "Here is what is"
Robert De Niro explains "This is This"
You can contact us at SHIFT with your ideas, questions, or anything else by sending us a message on our Facebook page. Through email, you can reach show producers Alison Howard ( alison.howard@cbc.ca ) or Alex Redekop ( alex.redekop@cbc.ca ) or Pete Morey ( peter.morey@cbc.ca )