Drive Stories Thursday, August 30
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 ArticleRobert Cray releases 20th album
Five-time Grammy winner Robert Cray has a new disc on the street on Aug. 28, making it the 20th of his career. Like many great artists who no longer concern themselves with the need for commercial...
View ArticleJust A Show XIV
In olden times, radio shows were much, much different... There was no internet blog component, no tweets, no instant communication at all - unless the DJ called you because you had won tickets to the...
View ArticleMatt Andersen live in Whistler [PODCAST]
New Brunswick's Matt Andersen is a larger-than-life singer-songwriter and guitarist, with a slashing slide guitar and a powerful, soulful voice. Andersen started making a big impression on audiences...
View ArticleAllow me to reintroduce myself: DJ Maseo of De La Soul
Gain more insight into significant hip-hop figures by checking out their revealing answers to our questionnaire. Canadian turntablist phenom Skratch Bastid has put together a monthly showcase at the...
View ArticleAboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards: best female entertainer picks
Voting for the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards is heading toward crunch time. With just a few days left to vote, CBC Aboriginal takes a look at the nominees for female entertainer of the year....
View ArticleAboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards: best male entertainer picks
There are five nominess in the male entertainer of the year category for the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. All five men play in very different musical genres — rap, fiddle, folk, blues, and...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Arcade Fire, Propagandhi, Dirty Ghosts, more!
Pop vs. Jock: Members of Arcade Fire, The Strokes, plus others, to participate in POP Montreal’s 2nd annual charity basketball game which will take place Sept 22 – Exclaim! Yamantaka // Sonic Titan to...
View ArticleHip-hop artists pay tribute to Chris Lighty
[View the story "Musicians pay tribute to hip-hop manager Chris Lighty" on Storify] Related: Hip-Hop on CBC Music That's the joint! "Buggin' Out" by A Tribe Called Quest LL Cool J and other musical...
View ArticleHow apps are changing the concert experience
For the music fan, the digital revolution brought about a wealth of new ways to discover and enjoy music. But the focus was largely solitary – individual experiences heard in front of a computer or on...
View ArticleLanarama: Making a mix for someone you don’t know
Every once and a while I pull out my old Walkman and box of mixtapes (or as I like to call them, my high school boyfriend and all of his friends.) After posting a photo of this overflowing box of...
View ArticleQ&A: Yemen Blues
Yemen Blues is a group of nine musicians led by charismatic frontman Ravid Kahalani. Kahalani’s roots are in Yemen, but he’s never been there. His parents are part of a large community of Yemenite Jews...
View ArticleQ&A with Footprintz: Inspirational whiskey, making batteries out of lemons,...
Clarian North and Adam Hunter are Montreal duo Footprintz. Though, to be more accurate, the pair hasn't spent much time at home lately, as they've been enjoying considerable success in Berlin, NYC,...
View ArticlePistol George Warren is No Stranger to mixing and matching different sounds
The idea of country-soul music sounds a bit... incompatible... but when you listen to the band Pistol George Warren, it seems like those genres were made for each other. Like cookies and milk, or bread...
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The music of Clint Eastwood
If you missed the news last night, you might be wondering why your friends and colleagues are talking about Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood this morning. Well, it boils down to his speech at the...
View ArticleIs this the golden age of Canadian country music?
By Kevin Young for CBC Music Before calling any era a golden one for a musical genre, you need to know how the artists, music and industry trends of the times influenced things in the long run. And in...
View ArticleON AIR: Odario Williams and The Newness Of September
Hello Folks. Since I was a youngster in Winnipeg I've always embraced September with new music, new ideas and new socks. I guess I've always been trained to prepare for first day of school and taught...
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The Month in Merch: Lady Gaga, Deadmau5 and rap rugs
Every month there are thousands of new songs, albums and gigs, but every so often we take a look at the non-musical products released by musicians. Here is some of the best merch from August.1. The...
View ArticleNo Sinner singer contemplates creativity in new CBC doc Cue the Muse
Cue the Muse, a new CBC TV documentary airing this Saturday in B.C. considers an interesting theory: growing up kills our creativity. "I believe when we're kids, we're full of creativity," director...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? Rob Benvie on Maintenance
It’s our last week with Maintenance by Montreal novelist (and musician) Rob Benvie and I want to thank you all again for your discussion points and questions about the book and its accompanying...
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