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R2 Weekend Morning roundup for Saturday and Sunday August 18 and 19

On Radio 2 Weekend Morning, Molly Johnson eases you into your weekend with some great Canadian songs and stories about musicians and the people of Canada, from coast to coast to coast. Here are some of...

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ON AIR: Odario Williams wants your last minute festival picks

Greetings friends. I took a look at my calendar today and realized we are past the halfway mark of August. Summer has always been notorious for moving quickly and slipping out our hands, but I have a...

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Jazz for Dabblers: Louis Armstrong's vices, pot and Swiss Kriss

Jazz for Dabblers is all about helping you amaze and astound your pals with your jazz knowledge. It's a roundup of some of the fun and/or oddball little stories behind the great music of jazz. In this...

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Bonde do Rolê’s sexy Brazilian bacanal

Sao Paulo’s Bonde do Rolê really wants to get with Kanye West. “Some people in our band love him more than just a friend,” jokes DJ Rodrigo Gorky of a new earworm they’ve conjured, simply entitled...

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Putting junk in the funk

Do you remember making musical instruments out of junk when you were a kid? Maybe you made a one-string bass with a bucket, a broom handle and a string. Or maybe it was a kazoo made with wax paper and...

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The xx talk about talking about themselves

Being unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight at an early age certainly has its disadvantages. After speaking to two members of the xx, an ambient pop trio from London, England, it's clear that they...

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What’cha Readin’? The world of Maintenance by Rob Benvie

I hear tell that some of you are knee deep in our August book, Maintenance by Montreal’s Rob Benvie. That's great to hear. Again, Benvie is best known for playing in bands like the Dears, Camouflage...

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Pussy Riot members sentenced to 2 years for hooliganism

Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty for hooliganism after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral. They received two-year prison sentences. During...

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The R3-30 + The Most Thumbed-Up Songs of the Year!

CHART #307   PLAY BUTTON (Listen to this week's playlist by clicking the button on the left or download it by clicking the buttons on the right.)   You can check out this week's chart as a handy dandy...

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Listen to past CCMA Award winners on our new specialty stream

At the inaugural Canadian Country Music Association Awards in 1982, the big winner was Ottawa-based act Family Brown. For the next decade, they would continue to dominate the awards, winning group of...

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CBC Radio 2 launches the Radio 2 Top 20

You ready? We are super amped for tonight's show, it's chocablock full of the great songs you loved the most this week, according to your votes. But votes alone do not determine which artist goes where...

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SHIFT on August 17th

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...

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Canadian electropop ladies with guest host Adaline

There’s a gender pattern on this week’s CBC Radio 3 podcast. Host Craig Norris is joined in conversation with electronic folk rocker Adaline to play songs of the female persuasion with an electronic...

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Drive Stories, Friday August 17

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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The Q Interview: Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka, winner of the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, is already racking up comparisons to Otis Redding and Van Morisson joins Jian in Studio Q for his Canadian broadcast premiere to talk about...

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Photo gallery: Pussy Riot rally in Toronto, musicians show support

Following the conviction and sentencing of Russian punk band Pussy Riot for hooliganism, rallies in support of the group were launched around the globe. Three members of the band received two-year...

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ON AIR with Alanna Stuart: Drake, Aaliyah, and artists resurrected

Canadian hip-hop artist, Polaris short lister and sometimes-crooner, Drake recently released a single featuring deceased R&B starlet, Aaliyah. The release of the single accompanied his announcement...

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Canadian musicians react to Pussy Riot guilty verdict

  [View the story "Canadian musicians react to Pussy Riot verdict" on Storify]Canadian musicians react to Pussy Riot verdictOur recap of reaction from Canadian musicians to the Pussy Riot verdict...

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Music Notes: Pussy Riot, White Lung, Young Rival, more!

The three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot are found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced each to 2 years in jail. Will Ottawa intervene? One of the detainees, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, appears to...

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Corb Lund performs Cabin Fever live [PODCAST]

Country-roots musician Corb Lund is the product of four generations of Canadian ranchers and cowboys. He grew up in rural southern Alberta riding horseback, chasing cattle, and rodeoing.   Corb Lund...

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