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Walle Larsson, from waiter to professional saxophonist

Over his long career, Winnipeg sax player Walle Larsson has played in just about every musical situation imaginable. Eventually, he concentrated on the genre of smooth jazz and has travelled from Japan...

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Talib Kweli on Canada, Drake and Prisoner of Conscious

To stream the audio of this interview with Talib Kweli, scroll down and press play. You can also download an MP3 of the full interview. Just right-click and "Save Target As" and you're good. Perhaps...

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Must Hear: Gurrumul, a reluctant star

How does an artist capture the feeling of longing? That feeling that seems to come from somewhere deep in the soul — a mix of nostalgia, beauty, pain … the unfathomable? Michael Ondaatje evokes that...

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Radio 2 Morning story round-up, Friday June 2

Each day, Radio 2 Morning starts your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. Now, you can follow along at home. Here are the stories we're talking about...

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Must listen: get your funk on with new music from Hexes And Ohs

Montreal's tag-team synth-poppers Hexes and Ohs zap onto Radio 3 with "What Are You Waiting For?" and all the booty shaking bleeps and bloops you can handle....

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Drive Stories Thursday, May 31

Each day, Radio 2 Drive wraps up your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. Now, you can follow along at home. Here are the stories we're talking about...

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Cultural tribute vs. cultural appropriation: it's a fine line

Waubgeshig Rice is a CBC reporter in Ottawa. He is also a huge music fan of all things heavy. Rice writes about music on his personal blog, among other things. So when CBC Music saw his recent post on...

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2012 Great Canadian Blues Award

For 21 years, Saturday Night Blues has been honouring Canadian artists for their life-long contribution to the blues. At the time it was created, the Great Canadian Blues Award was the only official...

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30 Canadian musicians you should follow on Instagram

Yes, yes, the saying is true, a picture is worth 1,000 words. But recently, a picture is also becoming the new 140 characters. The photo-sharing app Instagram is now one of the fastest growing social...

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Original vs. cover of Wintersleep's 'Weighty Ghost'

With Wintersleep's new album Hello Hum just around the corner, here's a blast from their musical past. list"Weighty Ghost" is an anthem for all fans of Canadian music. It's just a great sing-along song...

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10 artists we wish we could see at MUTEK

Unfortunately, none of the CBC Electronic crew can make Montreal's MUTEK festival this year, and as the festival rolls out this weekend the reality of this is like ashes in our mouths. But rather than...

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Music Notes: Metric, Japandroids, Imaginary Cities, more!

A Tribe Called Red’s DJ Shub now holds the Canadian Red Bull national title in Halifax and will go on to compete at the Red Bull Thre3style World Finals in Chicago this Sept – CBC Hip Hop Metric...

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My Music At Work: Bob Blumer and David Rocco share their culinary playlists

My Music At Work is a series that asks people in a variety of creative professions to tell us what music provides the soundtrack for their creativity. Here, Canadian celebrity chefs Bob Blumer and...

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Ween breakup

Unlike the five stages of grief, a band’s breakup is more two steps: 1. What? 2. Wait, what did I do with that CD? So this week I’ve been listening to Chocolate and Cheese, my personal favourite...

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Alabama Shakes perform "Hang Loose" in Studio Q

Embedded Video Athens, Alabama band, Alabama Shakes make their Canadian broadcast debut in Studio Q, performing "Hang Loose" from their album "Boys and Girls."

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Today on The Shumka Chunk: Jubileezin'

'ello govna! It's Dave Shumka with you once again this afternoon. Throw your corgis in the air! The Queen's Diamond Jubilee goes down this weekend. She's been on the throne for 60 years, so let's...

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Countdown to Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Americana release

June 5 is the day when you can finally purchase the new Neil Young and Crazy Horse album, Americana. There has been a lot of buzz around this project, and Young has kindly released material in advance...

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Amanda Palmer raises over $1 million in Kickstarter Campaign

One of the newer debates in music seems to have been definitively answered this week by Amanda Palmer. The former Dresden Dolls singer started a Kickstarter campaign for her next musical project and...

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Best of the B-sides: Radiohead, ‘I Am a Wicked Child’

B-sides are the also-rans, the runts of the litter not good enough to make the album, never mind be on the A-side of a hit single, right? Ah, but sometimes the B-side is a gem. This series, Best of the...

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YouTube pianist Valentina Lisitsa signs to Decca; Jonas Kaufman lip-synchs

Valentina Lisitsa parlays sensational success on YouTube into a major label record deal; German tenor Jonas Kaufmann admits to lip-synching at a recent performance; and Mozart has an explosive effect...

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