CCMA Awards: Nominee playlist
The nominees for the 2012 CCMA Awards were announced on Wednesday in Toronto. To help get you acquainted with the nominees, CBC Music has scoured our artist pages and curated a created a playlist...
View ArticleDaily Stories, Friday July 20
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...
View ArticleThe Q Interview: Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson sits down with Jian between songs to talk about his fourth studio album Adventures in Your Own Backyard. It's the latest chapter in an inventive, moving, lyrical and playful career...
View ArticleFriends and their benefits
“In good times. In bad times. I’ll be on your side forever more. That’s what friends are for”. Those are the words I sang at my grade 8 grad, years ago. Truer words have never been spoken. Friends are...
View ArticleJamie Parker hosts This Is My Music
This week, an encore presentation of This Is My Music. Pianist Jamie Parker is a founding member of the Gryphon Trio, one of the world's foremost piano trios. Its recording of Beethoven piano trios was...
View ArticleSaturday Night Blues airs 25th anniversary TV special
The 2011-12 season marked 25 years on air for CBC’s flagship roots and blues radio program, Saturday Night Blues. Host Holger Petersen has been sharing his wealth of musical knowledge, and his...
View ArticleThe quest for Canada's new championship anthem
There are plenty of songs we associate with winning the big match. But from "Eye of the Tiger" to "We Are the Champions," they're getting a little long in the tooth... and they aren't Canadian. We want...
View ArticleTwilight of the Gods - The ecstasy and the agony
It's hard to imagine how rich, decadent and some would say corrupt, the record business was in the 80s. Then again, “Morning in America”, the slogan that got Ronald Reagan elected President in 1984...
View ArticleON AIR: Bandwich and other Saturday delights
Hey everyone! Hope your Saturday's treating you well. This week on the show, I've whipped up a few treats for you -- a tasty 90 second egg with Bahamas, as well as the PREMIERE (yes, bold all caps) of...
View ArticleGreat Lake Swimmers give up some "quietude" (but just a little)
When you observe the recent success of Canadian bands like Great Lake Swimmers and Deep Dark Woods -- or even the enduring popularity of artists like Harry Manx -- one might argue that there is a trend...
View ArticlePussy Riot hooliganism trial to be broadcast by Russian court
The New Yorker is reporting that Moscow police have cordoned off the street outside the courthouse where three members of Russian female punk band Pussy Riot are going through pretrial hearings....
View ArticleMust listen: Elk rocks the space between The Kinks and Buzzcocks
St. Catherines, Ontario's Elk come herding onto Radio 3 with "Riverview #3", a groovy garage popper. http://music.cbc.ca/play/artist/Elk/Riverview-3"Riverview #3"Elkfrom Daydreams With fuzzed out...
View ArticleIf you can't beat 'em, join 'em: BitTorrent partners with DJ Shadow on new...
The LA Times reports that BitTorrent is partnering with DJ Shadow to launch a product for RealPlayer, making this the first time that an artist has worked with BitTorrent to monetize content. Fans of...
View ArticleOperatic Diplomacy: Nixon in China
Richard Nixon's historic five-day visit to China in 1972 was a media phenomenon viewed simultaneously by millions on their television sets at home. John Adams' Nixon in China intertwines this grand,...
View ArticleWords and Music: Craig Davidson and Jenn Grant (part 1)
Words and Music pairs up a Canadian novelist or poet with a Canadian songwriter for a conversation about the art and process of writing. Craig Davidson is the author of three books, including The...
View ArticleClassical music world records
It’s that time when exceptional people from all around the world gather for two weeks of outstanding human achievements. But what about classical music? It hasn’t been a competitive event since 1936,...
View ArticleDemystifying manouche: Django Reinhardt's gift to jazz
It's hard to imagine a jazz style that walks more happily on the sunny side of the street than jazz manouche. Often referred to by its older and, to some, politically incorrect monikers of gypsy jazz...
View ArticleLuisa Maita’s Brazil
Here are three things you should know about Luisa Maita. 1. She has a gorgeous voice. 2. She’s steeped in Brazilian music traditions (her neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, Bexiga, is home to the city’s most...
View ArticleOh, Canada: a potential music haven
We Canadians love talking about our music scene and its place in the world. Last week, Josiah Hughes and Mark Teo published a thoughtful – and controversial – essay called "Canadian Music is Boring." A...
View ArticlePolaris album stream of the week: Japandroids’ Celebration Rock
This week, we continue our Polaris listening party with Japandroids’ shortlisted album, Celebration Rock. This is the Vancouver duo’s first short list nomination; their debut album, Post-Nothing,...
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