Stories and Standards - "Body and Soul"
It's no coincidence that Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse recorded ”Body and Soul” for Tony Bennett's album Duets II. The song is the most covered jazz standard of all time. There are approximately 1000...
View ArticleMadonna’s monochromatic ways
When I say Madonna, what do you see? Is it the current “Madonna arms” Madonna? Is it 1990s Madonna wearing a Jean Paul Gaultier cone bra? Or perhaps “Like a Virgin”-era Madonna, with rosary and white...
View ArticleGordon Lightfoot has the most new fans on CBC Music
Have you ever noticed that little thumbs up icon on CBC Music artist pages and wondered what it does? Well, you're not just giving that artist a figurative thumbs up, you are actually becoming their...
View ArticleTour Diary Tuesday with the Dudes
It’s the first day of May and though I’ve actually seen quite a bit of fauna from this very wet April, I’m most excited by Tour Diary today with The Dudes. If you’ve been keeping up with the Calgary...
View ArticleRon Hawkins and The Do Good Assassins, Up Close Podcast
Ron Hawkins was first introduced to Canadian music fans in 1991 when his band Lowest Of The Low released their first record Shakespeare My Butt. That record went on to be one of the biggest selling...
View ArticleJanina Fialkowska launches album, receives Governor General’s Award
The 2012 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards recipients will be celebrated at a gala event on Saturday, May 5 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Pianist Janina Fialkowska will be...
View ArticleJohnny Cash's spiritual side shines on Bootleg Volume IV
Johnny Cash was a man of divisions. A man, as he famously sang, who walked the line. As thin as that line appeared to be at times, it was Cash's Christian faith that served as the balance in his life....
View ArticleMake-out mix ’96 and slow jams meant for smooching
I suppose it happens to every generation, but the evolution of listening to music makes me feel old. I especially feel old when I stare at that box of mixtapes (mixed tapes?) in my closet that I just...
View Article[Video] Gerald Finley cuts a heroic figure as Schubert’s boatman
On Feb. 19, Toronto’s Aldeburgh Connection celebrated its 30th anniversary with a gala concert at Koerner Hall. Artistic directors Bruce Ubukata and Stephen Ralls invited a stellar lineup of Canadian...
View ArticleThe Fight picks this week's Vancouver Is Awesome playlist
This week on Vancouver is Awesome's playlist, Christine McAvoy catches up with Edmonton's The Fight to pick this week's Vancouver Is Awesome Scene and Heard playlist. The Fight swings through Vancouver...
View ArticleListen to PS I Love You's new album, Death Dreams
listen Somewhere on the road, while touring their first critically aclaimed album, Meet Met At The Muster Station, PS I Love You's Paul Saulnier began to have recurring dreams of his own mortality....
View Article5 for 20: Eleanor Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces
When you’re an influential musician, people tend to ask you what you’ve been listening to lately. Here at 5 for 20, we’re just as keen to find out what records loom large in our favourite artists’...
View ArticleWater Cooler Wednesday w/ Zeus, Joel Plaskett, Grimes, Kathleen Edwards and...
Happy Hump Day! Mid-Week Music Mania! Or, as we refer to it around these parts, Water Cooler Wednesday! Without a doubt, cbcmusic.ca is your one-stop shop for all things musical. It's something in...
View ArticleMust listen: Old Mare's new track is a little bit country, a little bit rock...
From Abbotsford, BC, Old Mare offers alt county by the bushel on Radio 3 with "Cloak and Dagger", an upbeat track featuring infectious vocals and guitars with just enough twang....
View ArticleVideo: 'Something Fresh' by Divine Brown
Divine Brown performs a special video only session in CBC Music's Studio 211. This is her song "Something Fresh" from her upcoming album. Embedded Video Check back on Thursday May 3rd for another...
View ArticleMusique nomade’s mobile studio changing isolated musicians’ lives
It travels from community to community in Quebec. It helps in the development of First Nations musicians. It is a recording studio on wheels. Its recordings can be found on an interactive and...
View ArticleTRACKS ON TRACKS: The Ultimate Canadian Rock 'n' Rail Adventure - Top 10...
Here is the Track on Tracks TOP 10! VOTE NOW! C.R. Avery -VancouverCarmanah - VictoriaChris Ho -VictoriaFish and Bird -VictoriaShout Out Out Out Out -EdmontonShred Kelly - FernieSidney York...
View ArticleJanacek's The Makropulos Case, live from the Met
Emilia Marty is a woman with a past – 300 years of it. She is a mysterious woman, an opera singer whose tangled and tortured history is slowly revealed in the suspenseful thriller The Makropulos Case....
View ArticleLetter to my teacher: Cadence Weapon
On the first Monday in May each year, schools across Canada celebrate the impact of music and music education with Music Monday. To mark the occasion, we invited several prominent Canadian musicians...
View ArticleGuitarist Mike Rud’s jazz-meets-Quebec-lit project
Montreal based guitarist Mike Rud has an unusually ambitious musical project in the works, inspired by the writing of some of Quebec’s literary giants. Notes on Montreal has a definite Canadian...
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