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The NXNE record show and 'Vinyl Culture' in Canada

Today on the show I’m exploring "Vinyl Culture" with Martin and Nick Koppel who run the oldest record store in Toronto, Kops records. This year they’ve teamed up with NXNE on Saturday to stage a record...

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Rap N.E.W.S. 13/06/2012

Here’s what made the news today, Wednesday, June 13, 2012: Kanye West's Los Angeles mansion was burglarized early this morning while the artist was on tour in England. D'Angelo turned up during...

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Switchfoot's Tim Foreman on surfing, charity and Facing West

Switchfoot is a Grammy-winning band that takes its name from surfing jargon. It's no coincidence. The San Diego-based alt rockers have a deep relationship with surfing, and since 2005 the band has...

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CONTEST: Win a deluxe Lang Lang box set

Lang Lang is one of the few 30-year-olds to have conquered the classical music scene. He’s performed with the world’s best known orchestras, at the world’s most famous halls and in front of some of the...

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Pacific Opera presents the world premiere of Mary’s Wedding

Saturday Afternoon at the Opera is pleased to welcome Rebecca Hass back as guest host for this week's presentation of Mary's Wedding composed by Andrew MacDonald. The opera was recorded in November...

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Double-bass virtuoso Joel Quarrington hosts This Is My Music

Joel Quarrington is the principal bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Few bass players have risen from the orchestra to personal fame, but in 2010 Quarrington's solo CD Garden Scene won a Juno....

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Kenneth Gilbert celebrated at McGill symposium

The Schulich School of Music of McGill University will honour harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert with Autour du clavecin d’autrefois, a three-day symposium of concerts and lectures from June 15 to 17....

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Q&A: Emerging country star Hayley is Feelin’ California

It is a good time for country music in Canada. New artists and great tunes are breaking out and making us bob our heads and tap our toes as we get to know them and their music. Hayley, just Hayley, is...

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TRACKS ON TRACKS - The Best Of The Best

After traversing the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, and the Canadian Shield, pulling into Union Station in the concrete downtown core of Toronto was overwhelming. Many of us felt like country...

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[Watch] Sled Island 2012: Stephen Malkmus

Just before his Olympic Plaza Sled Island set with his band the Jicks on June 23, brilliant songwriter/guitarist Stephen Malkmus took time to answer questions about his history with Calgary, his...

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Must listen: A Tribe Called Red's Polaris nominated hip-hop pow wow

Ottawa's A Tribe Called Red are transcending genres and taking traditional aboriginal sounds to exciting new arenas with "Electric Pow Wow Drum" on Radio 3....

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In conversation with Glen Hansard

Twenty five years after he first started busking on the streets of Dublin, Glen Hansard has finally recorded a solo album, Rhythm and Repose. I sat down with the talented singer, songwriter and actor...

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Radio 2 Morning story round-up, Tuesday June 26

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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Hack The Signal!

We're opening up The Signal source code to contemporary music fans across the country, and we'd like you to hack the program. Each week, we'll post a list of 10 Canadian songs from the archive of songs...

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Drive Stories Tuesday, June 26

Each day, Rich Terfry and 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...

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All request, times two!

Happy Monday to you and yours! It’s nice to start off this week knowing a long weekend is around the corner (well, hopefully you will be getting July 2nd off in lieu of Canada Day landing on a Sunday.)...

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Listen: Matt Mays releases new single 'Take It On Faith'

Today, Halifax rock singer-songwriter Matt Mays releases a new single titled "Take It On Faith." The song is from his new album Coyote, which is set for release in early September.LISTEN"Take It On...

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Top 6 after 6: If you only bought six songs, these should be them

Here at CBC Music, we can be a reflective bunch. So, a little more than halfway through 2012 we took a quick peek behind us at what the year has offered so far. If you only bought six songs so far,...

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings perform "If I Can't Have You" in Studio Q

Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing and Colin Linden of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings perform "If I Can't Have You" with the help of special guest Serena Ryder from their record Kings and Queens in Studio Q. 

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5 people who would get kicked out of a Kenny Chesney concert

There was a strange incident in Nashville this weekend, as news outlets reported a school teacher, Nathan Blankenship, was booted out of the Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw concert at LP Field for looking...

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