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Camouflage Nights Self-titled album [Feature Album]

listen     A vision that struck two friends many years ago is finally coming to fruition this Tuesday, April 24. On the eve of the release of their self-titled debut album, Toronto's Camouflage Nights...

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Smithsonian Folkways releases rare Louis Armstrong recording

There's a poignant moment that comes toward the end of the set. Louis Armstrong had been invited to perform for the new president of the National Press Club, fellow New Orleanian Vernon Louviere, at...

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PS I Love You's alt-pop is #1 on Radio 3

There's only two of them, but they make a huge amount of noise. And we think that noise is first class. listen PS I Love You's "Sentimental Dishes" is the #1 song on Radio 3 this week. Have a listen to...

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Jacky Jasper: T-Dot pimp. Rap legend. Celebrity blogger

The history of hip-hop is littered with references to pimp culture, and has essentially made the idea of being an agent for prostitutes seem fashionable. The pimp persona that was popularized in...

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Music Notes: Deadmau5, JRDN, Ohbijou, more!

Festival d'ete de Quebec, July 5-15, announces line-up - Exclaim!   Ohbijou to perform on GST tonight, Arkells on Tuesday, Joel Plaskett Emergency on Wednesday, Young Empires on Thursday and Eight and...

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Raffi talks about his collaboration with Daniel Lanois

You know that Daniel Lanois produced albums for U2, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Emmylou Harris. Did you know, however, that some of his earliest mixing was in his mother's basement in Ancaster, Ontario...

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Weekday songs: Tuesday’s a ruby with the Rolling Stones

This week we’re highlighting a song for each day of the week – songs written about the Mondays to Sundays. A day marks a spin of the earth. Twenty-four little hours, but each day of the week carries...

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10 question challenge: Madison Violet coming full circle

The 10 questions that follow attempt to pull back the curtain on the public persona to get a glimpse at the real person behind that microphone - we call this The 10 Question Challenge. This week, we...

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Song Lyric or Poem? You tell me.

Shall I compare thee to a radio show?Though art more timely and Canadian… I realize I am not the Bard of CBC Radio 3, but I thought it would be fitting to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday by sharing...

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April 24 is Gordon Lightfoot Day

Tuesday, April 24 sees the release of Gordon Lightfoot's new album Massey Hall Moments: All Live, a hand-picked selection of songs performed by the iconic singer between the years 1998-2001.  To mark...

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Dean Brody stands solid on Dirt

There’s a memorable scene in the movie Gone With the Wind, where Scarlett O’Hara’s father says to his daughter “land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying...

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'If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On': Songs Inspired By Shakespeare

On this day in 1564, one of the English-speaking world's most famous writers was born - or so scholars think. William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, and April 23 is the date that most...

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Morris Robinson scores a touchdown for Vancouver Opera

Opera and football go together like, well… they don't really, do they? That depends, like most things, on who you are asking. If, for example, you pose the question to Morris Robinson, the bass in...

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Fiona Apple releases new single

After seven long years of album silence, the smoky-eyed Fiona Apple is coming back to the music fold with The Idler Wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw and whipping cords will serve you more...

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This Day in Music: Paul Anka gives Buddy Holly his last hit

So when Paul Anka was 15 he recorded his first single in New York City, and when he was 16 he had his first number one hit. That’s crazy. That’s incredible. Unprecedented. It is (as they say back...

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Prince lyrics as pickup lines

The teenage world is full of bullies. And for a gal from a small town with the last name Gay, I know that no one leaves school unscathed. In those years I often thought, “If a talented, short gent...

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Meet: Wanting

Chinese-born, Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Wanting releases her debut full-length studio album Everything In The World (Nettwerk Records) on Tuesday, which you can stream in full on her CBC Music...

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Katherine Duncan shares her shuffle playlist

CBC Music host Katherine Duncan covers classical music news on CBC Radio 2’s In Tune, and highlights Alberta’s music scene on CBC Radio One’s Key of A. We wanted to know what music Duncan likes to...

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Glenn Gould liked his Brahms slow, real slow

Fifty years ago this month, the classical world produced a collective gasp so profound it could have shushed the intermission hubbub at the most boisterous of concerts. Audiences shook their heads in...

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Piknic Électronik launches Barcelona edition

Now entering its 10th season, Montreal's Piknic Électronik is set to make a huge leap forward – an ocean-sized leap, actually.The weekly fun-in-the-sun summer festival has just announced plans to...

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