Dueling divas Dahl and Dibblee are friends offstage
Can best friends play rivals onstage? Can they still be good friends offstage? “We like to hug!” says Canadian soprano Sally Dibblee about working with fellow soprano Tracy Dahl in Pacific Opera...
View Article[Video] Giles Tomkins sings Yarmouth Fair
Here is our song of the day, recorded on Feb. 19 at the gala concert marking the 30th anniversary of Toronto’s Aldeburgh Connection. Artistic directors Bruce Ubukata and Stephen Ralls gathered a...
View ArticleGone but not forgotten: Nikolai Korndorf
Gone but not Forgotten is an occasional series featuring musicians from yesterday who deserve more attention today. In this installment: composer, conductor, musicologist and educator, Nikolai...
View ArticleJapandroids, the Dudes, PS I Love You, and David Myles and his Best Song of...
listen This podcast is a DOOZY! :: New and epic anthem riffage singles from Japandroids, PS I Love You, and The Dudes. :: An interview with David Myles, the friendliest man in Canadian music, who...
View ArticleEarth Day blues: Tab Benoit’s Voice of the Wetlands
One of the most delicate ecosystems in North America is the Mississippi River delta. It is a diverse region rich in heritage, economic activity and environmental beauty. Music is one of the most...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. Japandroids, PS I Love You & your "4/20 Carols"!
CHART #290 I'm not quite sure of the proper greeting for 4/20. Whatever it is, if you observe this day, I offer the appropriate greeting to you! Throughout the show, besides counting down this week's...
View ArticleA concert for Levon Helm, tonight on Canada Live
By now the entire world is well aware that yesterday we lost one of the great musicians of our time. Levon Helm passed away, surrounded by family and friends, in New York after a long battle with...
View ArticleTop 5 Must See Live Gigs... and Do YOU Watch Live Streaming Concerts?
We've combed the Canadian concert calendars and gig listings and we have come up with 5 fantastic concerts we feel you must see this weekend. Top 5 Gigs of the Weekend Wed - Sun Apr 18 - 22, Lawnya...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2012 across Canada
Back in ye olde 2007, Record Store Day was founded. For the uninitiated, it is a day that champions the musical community centre, the life force behind many music scenes: the local independent record...
View ArticleEarth Day: Digging Roots evolves Anishinabe writing tradition
The Anishinabe people of Canada found inspiration for their songs from the landscape of this country. “Song lines” are inspired by what the earth offers up. It is the natural progression of notes found...
View ArticleEarth Day 2012: Marvin Gaye's 'Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)'
The singer-songwriter has long been a vessel through which we hear about Earth’s environmental struggle. Flip through the songbooks of greats like Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn and you will find...
View ArticleQ&A: Soundscapes, Fascinating Rhythm on Record Store Day
If you’re looking for something to whoop it up about, April 21 is Record Store Day, an international day of appreciation for bricks and mortar music retailers and the people who run them. Two of...
View ArticleKaty Perry covers Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’
Measuring success in the music world is pretty easy: the number of views on your video. Last check of Carly Rae Jepsen’s infectious pop confection “Call Me Maybe” said she had nearly 30 million hits....
View ArticleAre hip hop bans discrimination?
Why are some Montreal bars banning rap shows to get their liquor licenses? We look into an ongoing controversy that police say is a misunderstanding, but hip hop fans call cultural discrimination. Will...
View ArticleEco tips for jazz lovers from CBC Music and Earth Day Canada
"What a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance," Louis Armstrong suggests in his spoken introduction to the 1970 release of "What a Wonderful World." It seems that singing about...
View ArticleThe week in country music: April 20, 2012
Levon Helm dies at age 71 Levon Helm died on April 19 from throat cancer. Helm was best known as a singer and drummer with the Band. It was Helm’s voice taking the lead on such classics as “The Night...
View ArticleNew experimental alt-rock from musical veterans The Skydiggers
Journeymen Canadian rockers The Skydiggers take their established sound to new heights on Radio 3 with "Fire Engine (Red Explosion)", an alt-rock track with more experimental elements than the standard...
View ArticleRecord Store Day: Permanent Records has best blues section in Edmonton
With a show of hands, how many of you out there recall heading down to the record shop with your friends on a Saturday afternoon to pick up the latest disc from your favourite band? Was it Sam the...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Memoryhouse, Feist, Grimes, more!
Memoryhouse’s gear has been stolen outside of Washington, DC. Their shows in Philly and Boston have been cancelled and they need your help! They are asking for your help via donations so they may get...
View ArticleMUTEK launches Kickstarter campaign
Montreal's MUTEK festival has launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 by May 16 to help fund its Virtual Festival Studio, a portable multimedia platform that will allow people...
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