Strat vs. Tele
Everyone has different friends they count on for different things. There is the buddy who will help you move when no one else will. Or the one who will put up with your broken-heart stories even when...
View ArticleClark Terry’s jazz trumpeter heart touches Vancouverites
Clark Terry is one of those amazing, big-hearted artists who fully lives up to the reputation of a legend. Terry was a soloist in the jazz orchestras of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and in the early...
View ArticleThe Miles Files - when bebop came to town
Imagine being a youngster in a band with money in your pocket and a reputation for how talented you are. That’s a good life to have. At 18 years old Miles Davis had that life, but in 1944 he still...
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ECMA-winning Within Sight of Shore rides wave of success
Surfacing at the top of the pack this year at the East Coast Music Awards for best classical recording is Within Sight of Shore. As the 2012 winning contender, it’s a new composition by Scott Macmillan...
View ArticleMonday Music Meld: 'Clothing Songs' from Arcade Fire, Little Scream,...
There are only a few assumptions that I can make about you. You are a human. You listen to Radio 3. You read this blog. And, when you go outside, you wear clothes. That's about it. And I share all of...
View ArticleMelanie Fiona on Q
Toronto-based, Grammy-winning R&B singer Melanie Fiona has been compared to Lauryn Hill and Jill Scott. She broke through in the United States with her second disc The MF Life, and has a hit single...
View ArticleGordon Lightfoot on Q
Legendary musician and performer Gordon Lightfoot has a new compilation of highlights from his annual concerts at Toronto's Massey Hall, called All Live. He drops by Studio Q to give a special acoustic...
View ArticleGillian Keith, Lawrence Wiliford, Tyler Duncan sing silly Schubert
Toronto’s Aldeburgh Connection celebrated 30 years of song recitals with a gala concert on Feb. 19 at Koerner Hall. Sixteen of Canada’s finest singers took part in the program, accompanied by artistic...
View ArticleArtist of the month: Music speaks to Jan Lisiecki’s soul
Jan Lisiecki, the 17-year-old pianist from Calgary, is CBC Music’s classical artist of the month for April. To support his debut album on the Deutsche Grammophon label that was released last week,...
View ArticleRufus Wainwright returns to pop and opera
Rufus Wainwright has decided it’s time to dance again. The 38-year-old singer returns to the soft rock sound that made him famous with his new album, Out of the Game which hits stores on April 24. But...
View ArticleMust listen: new joyous folk-rock from Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
Calgary's Michael Bernard Fitzgerald brings his latest song "Follow" to Radio 3, a folk-rock soulful track with masterful acoustic guitar meanderings, heartwarming strings and hushed organs....
View ArticleParachute Club's Billy Bryans dies at 63
Billy Bryans, drummer and co-founder (with Lorraine Segato) of the Parachute Club, died this morning in Toronto after a battle with lung cancer. He was 63. The news was confirmed by journalist...
View ArticleNational Aboriginal Music Countdown for the week of April 23
"The National Aboriginal Music Countdown" is a weekly radio show that features 40 songs from across North America and some indigenous music from New Zealand and Australia. It is produced by NCI-FM in...
View ArticleShuffling off This Mortal Coil -- What Does it Mean to You When Musicians...
Howdy, folks! Grant Lawrence is off on a west coast book tour so I'll be filling in for him today and all this week. Nice to be with you! Have you noticed that there's been a lot of death in the...
View ArticleRap N.E.W.S. 23/04/2012
Here’s what made the news today, Monday, April 23, 2012: "For me, the David Guetta stuff just doesn't work. I don't really wanna go there. There's other artists, that's their sound.” – Drake, on why...
View ArticleEagle & Hawk’s longtime lead singer returns to band
The vivacious frontman of Eagle and Hawk has returned to the folds of one of Indian country's most celebrated rock bands. Jay Bodner took some time off from the group. CBC Music asked Jay to tell us...
View ArticleThe Next! series returns to Canada Live
For the third year in a row, Canada Live brings you Next! This is a ten-week series in which we feature up-and-coming artists from all over the country, whom CBC producers feel might just be the "next...
View ArticleAdam Gregory’s new disc reworks hit single ‘High on You’
At the young age of 13, Adam Gregory signed his first record deal with Sony Music Canada. Gregory’s debut album The Way I’m Made earned him a gold record in Canada and nominations for best country male...
View ArticleFreed and found: The Flaming Lips on 90210 in 1995
In 1994 the Flaming Lips were blowing up with “She Don’t Use Jelly,” off of their sixth album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. To date, the song has been the band’s biggest radio hit. Many...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Canadian musicians thank their teachers
Music Monday is an annual event that brings together thousands of students, musicians, parents and community members across the country to celebrate the gift of music in our lives, on the same day at...
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