Grant Lawrence Live: Top 10 Championship Anthem Contenders
Last week we asked you to help us pick Canada's new championship anthem... you may be aware that there is this big summer sporting tournament going on right now in London, England. BUT... the folks...
View ArticleDrive Stories Wednesday, August 1
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 ArticleUnsung women: the backing vocals that make the song
Back in the '90s when Counting Crows were big, there was one song on their seminal album August and Everything After that vexed me: "Sullivan Street." It wasn’t that I disliked the song, rather, it was...
View ArticleChoral Concert: the German Romantics edition
It’s all about German romanticism this week on Choral Concert.Host Peter Togni will lead us into the deep, emotional waters of the 19th century, where we will wallow in the creative tension between...
View ArticleBillie Holiday perseveres with first protest song, ‘Strange Fruit’
These days, broadcasters are happy to deny artists and songs access to airwaves for just about anything that displeases them. Reasons range from taste to policy, citing anything from economic backlash...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Propagandhi, Jason Collett, Great Bloomers, more!
Canadian Olympians: out of our 277 athletes competing in London, 19 of them are alumni of music programs based at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto – NPR Time to vote! The Top 10 picks for Canada’s new...
View ArticleLanarama: Memory, moms and mixtapes
Do you have a good memory? Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. I didn’t forget… I just didn’t remember until today (thanks to TheRadioHead for tweeting about her Mom loving the Sheepdogs, it helped spark...
View ArticleTony Sly of No Use for a Name dies at 41
Tony Sly, lead singer and guitarist of California punk band No Use for a Name, has died at the age of 41. No Use for a Name’s record label, Fat Wreck Chords, announced Sly’s passing on their website...
View ArticleRecently Added: White Lung's 'St. Dad'
Recently canonized with a holy "8.0" on Pitchfork, White Lung and their new record Sorry are starting to get the kind of attention they deserve. I present to you their recently-added-to-R3 track ST....
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Thursday August 2
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 today....
View ArticleExclusive video: John Mayer performs 'Speak For Me'
When John Mayer's Born and Raised was released earlier this spring, it immediately shot to the top of the charts, becoming the third number one album for the singer-songwriter. Here, in the first of a...
View ArticleYukon Blonde: the next big thing?
We're working hard over here to stay on the cutting edge. It's all part of our mission to not only promote Canadian talent, but to make sure you're hip to it before everybody else (after all, it's all...
View ArticlePolaris album stream of the week: Cold Specks' I Predict a Graceful Expulsion
Welcome to week three of our Polaris short list listening party. This time around, the feature album is I Predict a Graceful Expulsion from Ontario-raised, U.K.-based singer-songwriter Cold Specks,...
View ArticleSummer of 2012 Road Trip Mixtape Podcast
ROOOOOOOOAAAAADDDDD TRRRRRRIIIIIPPPP!!!!!! ListenTo download/subscribe, find the link to the right of this post on the podcast page. Rev up your engines and drop the red and white checkered flag...
View ArticleRachmaninoff, Puccini and Morricone excel at excess
It's a familiar scene: An athlete takes the podium, acknowledges the cheers of the crowd, accepts a bouquet of flowers and then steadies himself as his country's flag ascends the pole to the strains of...
View ArticleCover Wars: 'Leaving on a Jet Plane'
In celebration of CBC Music’s new Killer Covers stream, we’re pitting some of the most famous cover versions against the originals. Once a day for two weeks we'll post an original song and its cover,...
View ArticleON AIR: R3's newest guest host Odario Williams
Music lovers, we have a new guest host in the chair today, Mr. Odario Williams! You know him as the frontman of Toronto (via Winnipeg) hip hop group Grand Analog. Remember that catching tune “Touch...
View ArticleSHIFT on August 2nd
Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the...
View ArticleDrive Stories Thursday, August 2
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 ArticleGrant Lawrence Live: Tracks on Tracks Special Part One
Just about two months ago, a bunch of people climbed aboard a VIA Rail train in Vancouver bound for Toronto. It was a ride hosted by Green Couch Productions that took bands, fans, a flim crew, contest...
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