The Signature Series on CBC Music
The Signature Series introduces you to classical music's "key" characters – a subjective look at the human qualities we sometimes associate with the different scales of tonality. Join CBC Music's Paolo...
View ArticleRising Stars vie for award at 2012 CCMA
Since the start of the Canadian Country Music Awards in 1982, there has always been a desire to look ahead, beyond the year’s brightest lights and best songs, and discover the future; to uncover the...
View ArticleLanarama: Songs for “the nicest place on the internet”
Have you ever been to New York City? The first thing you may notice, if you want to eat pizza that is, is that the “best pizza in New York City” can be found on every corner. Is it really? No, but...
View ArticleMusic films sing at TIFF 2012
While some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and heavyweight execs normally descend upon the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF, it’s also proven attractive to such music stars as Bruce...
View ArticleThe 2012 CCMA Award Questionnaire: Tenille
Ahead of the 2012 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, we asked several of the nominees to reply to our questionnaire. Here, Tenille, who will receive the 2012 Slaight Music Humanitarian Award...
View ArticlePolaris album stream of the week: Kathleen Edwards's Voyageur
It's week eight of our Polaris Music Prize listening party, and Kathleen Edwards's Voyageur is our featured album. listenVoyageurKathleen Edwardstracklist Voyageur is the fourth album from Edwards, who...
View ArticleComing soon: Jian’s New Wave
CBC Music has enlisted Jian Ghomeshi, host of Q on CBC Radio 1, to create a new music stream. The genre of the stream holds a special significance for Ghomeshi. “In specific regard to my coming of...
View ArticleMusic lessons: Professional tips for teens who want to quit
For many teenagers, it’s back to school, then back to music lessons. Although the rare student practises over the summer, some kids don’t touch their instruments after the last recital of the school...
View ArticleThe MTV Video Music Awards playlist
Every year MTV hosts its Video Music Awards and it’s always the coolest awards show of the year. And usually, there are one or two performers I’ve never heard of. If you're like me, this playlist is...
View ArticleBritt Daniel and Dan Boeckner find Divine Fits in collaboration
Divine Fits arrived on the scene with a ready-made fan base and set of expectations. The word “supergroup” is in the first sentence of the band's press bio, while critics and fans buzz about the...
View ArticleIf Loverboy is to be believed, everybody is indeed working for the weekend.
I am without a listener co-host today, but you don't need to fret about that. Perhaps, throughout the show, I will leave empty spaces in my monologue where you can interject your answers. That way, it...
View ArticleHaram, the 'forbidden' meeting of traditions and improvisation
As a word, "Haram" is an Arabic term meaning "forbidden" or even "sinful." As a musical ensemble, Haram is a hard-hitting big band concocted of some of the best of Vancouver’s rich improvising...
View ArticleDivine Fits on Q
Divine Fits is the indie rock super group featuring Britt Daniels, singer and guitarist for Spoon, along with Montreal musician Dan Boeckner, ex-member of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs, and drummer Sam...
View ArticleSaul Williams: hip-hop’s poet laureate
As a hip-hop artist, poet, actor, writer and singer, Saul Williams is a living reminder that the cultural parameters that ultimately define the hip-hop genre are as deep as they are wide. The man born...
View ArticleSHIFT on September 6th
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, September 6
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: Singing and Driving - A Deadly Combination?!
The results of a new study have directly threatened one of my most beloved past times: singing while driving. According to this no-fun study, we should avoid singing along to and listening to music...
View ArticleFabien Gabel and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Thirty-seven-year-old French conductor Fabien Gabel is the newest music director of Canada's oldest surviving orchestra, the venerable Orchestre symphonique de Québec. Gabel becomes the 11th conductor...
View ArticleR2 Weekend Morning roundup for Saturday and Sunday September 8 and 9
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...
View ArticleGlass Tiger’s Alan Frew won’t forget Shawnee when she’s gone
Shawnee She King wasn’t old enough to enjoy the rise of Canadian pop music in the '80s. But that hasn’t stopped her from writing and learning from a couple of the most popular musicians of that era:...
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