The week in country music: Aug. 10, 2012
Randy Travis, Lisa Marie Presley, Taylor Swift and more make this week's country music news Randy Travis arrested for drunk driving Randy Travis has found himself in legal trouble again. He was...
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Barbra Streisand: On tour at 70, but at what cost?
Earlier this week, 70-year-old Barbra Streisand announced a fall concert tour, her first in six years. Fabulous news for Streisand fans. But the ticket prices? Insane! Admission to her Oct. 17, 2012,...
View ArticleThe Q Interview: Plants and Animals
Polaris Prize shortlisters and Juno nominees, Plants and Animals, are in Studio Q to talk about their latest album The End of That, representing 10 years in their musical career together. Frontman...
View ArticleLanarama: Foodie Friday meets Fresh Friday!
Happy Friday to you! What are you doing this weekend? What bands will you be seeing? What will you be eating? Are you the kind of person who, in addition to loving to cook, actually forages, butchers,...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Feist, Whitehorse, Mother Mother, more!
Deadmau5's Professor Meowingtons, pHd, releases world’s first headphones for cats! All proceeds to the ASPCA - CBC Radio 3 Whitehorse announces the release of their sophomore album, The Fate of the...
View ArticleHawksley Workman channels 'god' of rock for Summerworks
Among the most ambitious productions at Toronto’s Summerworks Performance Festival is The God that Comes, starring nationally renowned pop-rock star Hawksley Workman. Billed as a "work-in-progress,"...
View ArticleSaturday Night Blues, Aug. 11: Jack De Keyzer, Reba Russell Band
In the first hour of this week’s Saturday Night Blues, host Holger Petersen talks to rockabilly, blues and roots guitar player Jack De Keyzer. De Keyzer has been a mainstay on the Toronto music scene...
View ArticleShambhala Diary - Day 3: Now it's for real
The Shambhala festival officially started yesterday with two stages, The Rock Pit, and the Living Room opening. I worked in the HR office till 10, and after leaving my little box, headed over to the...
View ArticleGeorge Clinton's Funkadelic Toronto connection
Music journalist and DJ David Dacks has created a fascinating and multi-layered portrait of the iconic American funk and soul band Funkadelic with his documentary "Funk Getting Ready to Roll." He has...
View ArticleSidi Toure's 'what inspires me' playlist
One reason Malian musician Sidi Touré has become known to a pretty broad audience is he's been signed to Chicago's happenin' Thrill Jockey label. Another is his work with filmmaker Vincent Moon,...
View ArticleR3 Weekend: writer's block with Adam Saikaley
Radio3! Adam Saikaley here, filling in for Meg Wilcox this weekend. Meg and I work in the same office at CBC Ottawa, but I produce a weekly classical music show on Radio 2 called Tempo. I spend my days...
View ArticleReal Cool Time: Posthumous releases
I've been too busy this week to do my usual internet weekend roundup, so instead I'll dedicate today's show to Aaliyah after reading the news of a posthumous album to be released later this year. I...
View ArticleReal Cool Time: The Wild Unknown
Last week a few of my girlfriends went to The Wild Unknown's Forest Party, an outdoor nighttime concert put on by The Family Band in the Catskills near Delhi, New York. This year's performers were the...
View ArticleR3 Weekend: Adam Saikaley's Electric Pow Wow party
Hello Radio3! I’m back for day two filling in for Meg Wilcox. Now I couldn't be more thrilled that A Tribe Called Red is on today's playlist. They’re based out of Ottawa, my hometown, but that’s not...
View ArticleIntroducing Radio 2 Top 20
Here's something to look forward to: every Friday on CBC Radio 2, we'll be counting down the top songs in the nation. For decades, CBC Radio 2 has been introducing you to great new music. Now you can...
View ArticleShambhala postscript: Loads of fun under the Kootenay sun
I have a confession to make. Shambhala was the first party of that magnitude that I've been to in about six years. What can I say? You have kids, priorities change, and raving just isn't something you...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Monday August 13
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 ArticleRADIOGRAHAM and some terrifying music robots
We've all seen movies about robot uprisings. There's something primal in the fear that the very machines we create to make our lives better and easier will one day surpass us in intelligence and decide...
View ArticleDream studios: Sun Studio
In Dream Studios, we profile the legendary places where music is made. Today, Sun Studio. Musicians love a studio. Why? It's where they escape from the world, to capture the music they want to share...
View ArticleTake 5: Canada's top 5 saxophone players
The most popular jazz instrument in Canada, according to a recent CBC Tonic poll, is the saxophone. The sax conjures up an image of a lone player blowing his horn into the night air as he leans against...
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