How I write: Henry Wagons
This series asks songwriters to describe their writing process, and what influences them. Here, Australian singer-songwriter Henry Wagons: "People often see songwriting as falling under the same...
View ArticleRock and Roll Hall of Fame induction recap
This past Saturday Cleveland, Ohio, hosted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. While the city is home to the Hall of Fame, this was only the third time it hosted the ceremony in the...
View ArticleDigging Roots brings intimate energy to Home Routes concerts
Digging Roots has given a personal concert experience every time I have seen them play. Whether the band’s on stage in front of 80 people or 8,000, their energy and intimacy is unchanged. So imagine...
View ArticleDave Carroll: On leaving Earl Scruggs' style to Earl Scruggs
Dave Carroll from Duluth indie-bluegrass act Trampled By Turtles files this piece to CBC Music about how he came to love the banjo: "I never grew up listening to traditional bluegrass music. It wasn't...
View ArticleZeus are #1 on Radio 3, again
They're only the 3rd band in R3-30 history to do it (after Ohbijou and the Sam Roberts Band): drop out of the top spot then return a couple of weeks later with the same song. listen"Anything You Want...
View ArticleRoch Voisine, Jimmy Rankin and Catherine MacLellan in our ECMA Round-Up
Well, after 10 hours sleep in four days, two packs of foam earplugs, one worn out notebook after writing down hundreds of names of new bands and an uncountable amount of plastic cups of beer, the East...
View ArticleIan Tyson reaps his rewards, named Calgary Stampede parade marshal
Ian Tyson dreamed of seeing the Calgary Stampede when he was growing up. He finally made the trek there in the 1950s to see his hero, Casey Tibbs, an American cowboy, rodeo performer and actor; a man...
View ArticleInterview: Raffi on violence in hockey, the NHL playoffs and his new song,...
Chances are if your childhood occurred anytime in the last 30 years, Raffi Cavoukian was part of your soundtrack. The Canadian children's music superstar is behind such hits as "Down by the Bay" and...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Sasquatch, Dan Mangan, Bad Passion, more!
Metric, Coeur de Pirate, Said The Whale, Hey Rosetta!, The Sheepdogs, and Feist confirmed to perform at this year’s Sasquatch Festival, May 25-28, at the Gorge in George, WA. Alexisonfire’s trailer...
View ArticleCoachella 2012: First Weekend Round-Up
As one the biggest annual music festivals in North America, Coachella generates a lot of attention. Did the first weekend live up to the hype? The return of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, performing as...
View ArticleTHE LIST: Five Sides Of Bob Dylan
Exactly 50 years ago today, Bob Dylan strolled onstage at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village and strummed a brand new song called 'Blowin' In The Wind.' Chances are you know the song. But you might...
View ArticleTo hologram or not to hologram?
If you weren’t able to get to the California desert for Coachella this weekend, don’t despair. Turns out the hottest act was a dead guy. For those of you who missed the show and the thousands of blog...
View ArticleJayme Stone’s best banjo bets playlist
Jayme Stone is a banjo innovator whose banjo innovations have been much lauded, as they should be, because he’s a banjo wizard. Among other honours, his solo album The Utmost won the 2008 Juno Award...
View ArticleThe Cranberries perform "Linger" in Studio Q
Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan of 90's Irish super-group The Cranberries perform their classic "Linger" from the album Everybody Else is Doing It, Why Can't We? in Studio Q.
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Grobanites to Bohabs, match up the band with the fan base!
If you say “Deadhead,” many people would assume you’re talking about a passionate Grateful Dead fan. But what about Juggalos? Bohabs? Claymates? Move over fan clubs, many band fan bases now have names...
View ArticleRap N.E.W.S. 16/04/2012
Here’s what made the news today, Monday, April 16, 2012: Drake is being praised for “playing a mega-positive role in the Jewish orchestra.” A hologram of the late Tupac Shakur performed with Dr....
View ArticleWhat's So BadBadNotGood about jazz school?
There has been some talk around the virtual jazz water cooler recently about the way jazz is taught in formal institutions. It began with this Now magazine profile of the young instrumental trio...
View ArticleWhat's so BadBadNotGood about jazz school?
There has been some talk around the virtual jazz water cooler recently about the way jazz is taught in formal institutions. It began with this Now magazine profile of the young instrumental trio...
View ArticleJohn Axford makes music video with Hamilton’s the Reason
When Canadian-born Milwaukee Brewers pitcher John “Ax Man” Axford tweeted that he really enjoyed the music of Hamilton band the Reason (specifically “Longest Highway Home”), I’m sure he never thought...
View ArticleCalgary Opera celebrates 40 years of nurturing Canadian talent
Calgary Opera is time travelling back to 1973 to revisit the first opera the company produced, Puccini’s La Bohème. The 40th anniversary production opens on April 21 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee...
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