Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand, dies at age of 82
GALLERY: Click through images of Dick Clark through the years in the gallery above. American broadcaster Dick Clark has died at the age of 82, according to his agent. Best known for his pop music show...
View ArticleCatl. video for ‘Gold Tooth Shine’ from new CD
In 2009, catl. won the Toronto Blues Society talent search contest. The band’s modern twist on the delta blues has been growing steadily in the Toronto scene ever since. Lead singer and songwriter...
View ArticleLet CBC Music be your summer festival guide
We might only be halfway through April, but just about every summer festival in Canada has already announced their lineups. From The Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, N.S., to the Folk on the Rocks...
View ArticleRap N.E.W.S. 18/04/2012
Here’s what made the news today, Wednesday, April 18, 2012: Bars in Pointe-Claire, Que., just outside of Montreal, have been forced to ban hip-hop shows in order to maintain their liquor licences,...
View ArticleDick Clark's fans react to his death
[<a href="http://storify.com/CBCMusic/stars-and-fans-react-to-the-death-of-dick-clark" target="_blank">View the story "Stars and fans react to the death of Dick Clark" on...
View ArticleHank Horton brings out the best with old-time country
Hank Horton has been on the scene for quite a while, crisscrossing the Canadian West in his tour bus, and bringing his old-time country and western music to audiences throughout the region. Check out...
View ArticleJason Plumb makes sure everyone scores on SoccerMom Records
When Saskatchewan’s iconic songwriter Jason Plumb, formerly of the Juno Award-winning band the Waltons, started up SoccerMom Records in 2007, I don’t think he imagined what it would evolve into. At the...
View ArticleIn defense of Elton John
I can remember being a kid and hearing my father grumble about Frank Sinatra. Apparently, he thought Ol’ Blue Eyes was washed up. To me at the time, Sinatra just seemed like an old guy singing...
View ArticleThe Cranberries perform "Tomorrow" in Studio Q
Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan of The Cranberries are in Studio Q to perform an unplugged version the song "Tomorrow" from "Roses", their first album in 6 years.
View ArticleSpoon made me fall in love with Dwight Yoakam
Back before they were the critics’ darlings, packing concert halls around the globe, Spoon was broke and the lead singer was thinking of chucking rock for new country. In a brief encounter I got caught...
View ArticleA William Lawes love affair for Margaret Little
William Lawes is hardly a household name for most of us. But for viola da gamba player Margaret Little, Lawes is practically a member of the family. She has been steeped in his music for a decade and...
View ArticleCecilia String Quartet’s road diary with pianist Georgy Tchaidze
On April 22, CBC Radio 2’s In Concert with host Bill Richardson will present the gold medalists of two of the world’s foremost international music competitions: the Banff International String Quartet...
View ArticleQ&A: R. Murray Schafer, king of Canadian classical hit parade
In my work for CBC Radio Music, I meet many talented artists. One cherished relationship that has grown quite organically is with R. Murray Schafer. People describe Schafer as a composer, writer,...
View ArticleThe Q Interview: Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz went from modest success to outright superstar with his hit 2008 album "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things." He's in Studio Q to talk about his much-anticipated follow up "Love is a Four...
View ArticleThe Peace Tower Carillon: Canada’s most iconic instrument
At the end of each morning, Dr. Andrea McCrady navigates parliamentarians and tourists on Parliament Hill and takes the elevator midway up the Peace Tower. If her office had a window, she’d have the...
View ArticleListener Co-Host Initiative w/ Andrew "pjrocksmb" Lindsay
Hi, It's Andrew Lindsay (pjrocksmb). Craig was nice enough to get together downtown Winnipeg to record this listener co-host for this week. So it's Craig and I for The Craig Norris Hour today! I picked...
View ArticleECMA Winner David Myles loves the simple pleasures and a good stutter
Some of the most memorable songs in pop history have used a super catchy stutter as a hook. The Knack wormed their way into our brains with m-m-m my Sharona. BTO said b-b-b-b-baby you ain’t seen...
View ArticleOn the record: Gonna Take a Miracle by Laura Nyro
Saturday, April 21 is Record Store Day, an annual global event that celebrates independent record stores and the art of music. In honour of the day, and also in honour of Laura Nyro’s recent induction...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2012: Grant Lawrence's Top 10 Record Stores in Canada
To get the celebration going a little early for Record Store Day 2012 this Saturday April 21, here's my Top 10 Fave Record Stores that I've had the pleasure to visit, hang out in, and shop at. These...
View ArticleTenor Benjamin Butterfield hosts This Is My Music.
Benjamin Butterfield reveals that he didn't plan to become a singer when he hosts This Is My Music on Saturday. He grew up in Victoria, where he says he simply "fell into music," first as a choirboy...
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