Public Enemy rocks It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy performs its 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, in its entirety at the Sound Academy in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 2, after a Sept. 1 show in...
View ArticleJazz for Dabblers: living in the shadow of Nat 'King' Cole
Jazz for Dabblers is a roundup of some of the fun and/or oddball little stories behind the great music of jazz. In this instalment, a short story about Nat "King" Cole's baby brother, Freddy. All...
View ArticleJudy Kang video channels Lady Gaga; Louise Penny mixes murder and music
Judy Kang teams up with fellow Lady Gaga tour alumni in a new video; Louise Penny's latest crime novel explores The Beautiful Mystery of Gregorian chant; Thomas Yu combines a full-time practice as a...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Monday September 3
Each day, 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 ArticleListen to the Top 20 for August 31, 2012 and vote for next week's chart
Here it is, this week's Radio 2 Top 20! This week there are three new (Canadian!) entries into the top 20 and the same number one song for the second straight week. asdfListen to this week's countdown...
View ArticleThe Offspring contemplate darker Days
Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman is back in Quebec City to play Festival d'été with his band, the Offspring, and he couldn’t be more stoked about it. “It’s just a beautiful city,” he says. “It’s very...
View ArticleUp Close: Whitehorse presents "The Cabin Rehearsals"
Radio 2 Drive is pleased to present Whitehorse in and exclusive performance for CBC Music and CBC Radio 2. Today, Rich Terfry is getting Up Close with husband and wife Luke Doucet and Melissa...
View ArticleThe R3-30 Celebrates Six Years of Counting Down The Best Emerging Canadian...
CHART #309 listenCheck out this week's edition of the chart as a handy dandy playlist or podcast (stream with the play button, download from the right-hand column). The year is twenty aught six...a...
View ArticleDrive Stories Friday, August 31
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 ArticleSaturday Night Blues, Sept. 1: SNB’s 25th anniversary concert
In 2012, Saturday Night Blues, produced at CBC studios in Edmonton, reached the 25-year milestone. To celebrate SNB’s quarter-century as CBC’s flagship blues and roots radio show, host Holger Petersen...
View ArticleThe Q Interview: Snow Patrol
Lead singer Gary Lightbody and guitarist Nathan Connolly of the multi-million selling Scottish/Irish band, Snow Patrol, join Jian for a feature chat in Studio Q to talk about their latest record...
View ArticleLanarama: A Fresh, Foodie Friday
Oh alliteration, isn’t it grand? Today on a Fresh, Foodie Friday we’ll get to the latest tracks added to the R3 playlist as well as a Bandwich from Papermaps! Don’t forget Meg Wilcox will have a new...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Grimes, Amelia Curran, Martha Wainwright, more!
Grimes’ gear stolen after show in Manchester – NME A look at how apps are changing the concert experience – CBC Pop Does growing up kill our creativity? A new CBC TV doc, Cue the Muse, airing this Sat...
View Article24 Hours of Vinyl #5 broadcasting live this weekend
The hardcore Montreal vinyl afficianados at Music is My Sanctuary are presenting the fifth in their series of 24 hour, vinyl only, broadcasts on Saturday, September 1st. In this age of laptops and...
View ArticleHow I write: Sean Rowe
This series asks songwriters to describe their writing process and what influences them. Here, American singer-songwriter Sean Rowe. "I like knowing what's behind the door. I like things that are...
View ArticleMy Playlist with Sylvia Tyson
If there’s such a thing as Canadian roots royalty, then Sylvia Tyson would be Queen. And her song "You Were On My Mind" would be a shining diamond in her crown. She'd probably laugh at that. After all,...
View ArticleOn air: A Souljazz Bandwich... and Adaline ate WHAT?!
Hey fellow R3ers, hope your long weekend is treating you well so far! Today, besides a tonne of awesome music (maybe more, it's hard to weigh music, so I'm just guessing) I've got a brand new episode...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM gets the V.I.P. treatment
At this point, we're well into the age of special edition releases. In an era of diminishing record sales, bands are appealing to collectors and super fans by any means necessary, offering all kinds of...
View ArticleSongwriter Hal David dies at 91
Hal David, the lyricist who teamed up with Burt Bacharach for many classic pop hits, died Saturday at the age of 91, The Associated Press reports. David passed away in hospital in Los Angeles after...
View ArticleCBC Music's back to school playlist
Sorry, kids. Summer is over and school is back in session. If you’re heading back to high school this September, here is a playlist to help you make it through. There are plenty of songs about high...
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