Rap N.E.W.S. 02/05/2012
Here’s what made the news today, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Wiz Khalifa was busted for marijuana possession after a concert in Winston-Salem, N.C., last night. He was cited, released and faces a court...
View ArticleBela Fleck and the Flecktones still kicking it
Tonight on Canada Live, a quartet of musical mavericks continue to chart their own course. Bela Fleck, arguably the world's most famous, eclectic and versatile banjoist, leads a group of musicians who...
View ArticleTracks on Tracks Top 10
The Tracks on Tracks Top 10 acts are up now! Top 10 voting will be open until Tuesday, May 8th at noon PST. We'll announce the 3 winning acts on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 on Grant Lawrence Live, and at...
View ArticlePianist Janina Fialkowska hosts This Is My Music
Janina Fialkowska is in Ottawa May 3-5, to accept the 2012 Governor General's performing arts award for lifetime achievement. For nearly four decades, Janina Fialkowska has delighted audiences...
View ArticleComplete Tracks on Tracks information
This spring, Green Couch Productions, CBC Radio 3 and VIA Rail team up to bring you Tracks on Tracks, the ultimate Canadian rock 'n' rail adventure aboard VIA’s mighty and iconic Canadian passenger...
View ArticleBig Wreck on Q
Canadian '90s rockers Big Wreck have revived their name after a sour breakup in 2002. The band performs live from Albatross -- their first record in a decade -- and discuss the necessity of breaking up...
View ArticleQ&A: Soul Influence and the art of African a cappella
Soul Influence is an a cappella group making music that blends different forms of African music with contemporary Christian gospel. The members of the ensemble come from various parts of the African...
View ArticleMeasha Brueggergosman's crossover from classical to jazz
Like sailors to the Siren's song, classical sopranos looking for a new recording project are sometimes drawn to jazz. It's a treacherous route to navigate for the classically trained. Yet, (with...
View ArticleJeff Buckley, Iggy Pop reading Edgar Allan Poe
The excellent site Open Culture published a post yesterday pointing to the out-of-print album, Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. The recording, released in 1997, asked...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Great Lake Swimmers, A-Trak, Jim Guthrie, more!
St. Catharines’ S.C.E.N.E. Festival, June 24, announces line-up! Exclaim! Montreal’s Piknic Electronik, May 20-Sept 30, announces acts – xlr8r Buffy Sainte-Marie confirmed to appear at London’s...
View ArticleBobby Whitlock remembers Layla and Derek and the Dominos
Bobby Whitlock was Eric Clapton’s collaborator in Derek and the Dominos – they started the band, co-wrote material and shared lead vocals. His story of those heady years in one of the most successful...
View ArticleContagion: Do you get sucked in by viral campaigns?
I came across this headline today: “The hottest new trend in casual dining? The ‘breastaurant’” And it got me to thinking about the new viral movie campaign for Batman. How did I get there, you wonder?...
View ArticleCBC Music summer festival map
Consider this: no other country on the planet can match Canada for either the number or quality of its summer music festivals. From the eye-popping mountains of British Columbia to the rugged...
View ArticleThis past week's most thumbed up songs are...
Here are the songs that CBC Music members really dug this past week: 1. Plants and Animals “The End of That”2. Japandroids “The House That Heaven Built”3. The Wooden Sky “Child of the Valley”4....
View ArticleConor Maynard takes your questions
On May 7, 2012, we’ll be talking with the hottest act out of the U.K. since the Beatles, or at least the Spice Girls, or no, wait, maybe since One Direction. Either way, Brighton’s Conor Maynard is...
View ArticleLetter from New York: Honens quarter-final update
The Honens International Piano Competition is based in Calgary, but the Honens team is on the road now listening to the 50 pianists who have made it to the quarter-final round of the competition....
View ArticleFrank Turner on Q
British folk punk troubadour Frank Turner recently took time off from his tour with Joel Plaskett to perform songs from his latest acclaimed album England Keep My Bones live in Studio Q. LISTEN Frank...
View Article5 for 20: Cold Specks
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 ArticleRap N.E.W.S. 30/05/2012
Here's what made the news today, Wednesday, May 30, 2012: Kanye West and Jay-Z have released a new video from Watch the Throne. Here's "No Church in the Wild," featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream....
View ArticleTracks on Tracks Breakout Acts
What band has now become far more adored and popular than when you first discovered them? Maybe you saw Metric on their first tour or saw Dan Mangan perform in front of twenty people, only now to watch...
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