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Kathleen Edwards recovering from anaphylactic shock
Kathleen Edwards went into anaphylactic shock last night after a concert in Amherstburg, Ont. The gifted singer-songwriter posted a message about it on her Facebook page. “Just want to thank the St....
View ArticleGrant Lawrence Live: ECHO Songwriting Prize Finalists Announced
It's ECHO time again! For the past six years, SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada) has awarded the best independent Canadian song of the year a $5000.00 prize....
View ArticleCountry Funk compilation celebrates little-known genre
It’s telling that Zach Cowie, who produced the intriguingly titled compilation, Country Funk: 1969-1975, describes himself as “possibly the only person on Earth who has a tattoo of hip-hop producer J...
View ArticleStream Band of Horses' new album Mirage Rock
On Tuesday, Sept. 18, Band of Horses will release Mirage Rock, the followup album to the band's Grammy Award-winning hit Infinite Arms. Lucky for you, Band of Horses has allowed CBC Music to share an...
View ArticleTalkin’ Bob Dylan: Victoria Legrand of Beach House on 'Mr. Tambourine Man'
We're paying tribute this week to the life and work of Bob Dylan, who is celebrating 50 years of revolutionary recordings in 2012. His critically acclaimed 35th studio album, Tempest, is out Tuesday,...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones, Love You Live: the bluesy Canadian side
The Rolling Stones have had a long-standing relationship with the City of Toronto. When SARS threatened to decimate the city’s tourism, the Stones stepped up to anchor the benefit concert, “Molson...
View ArticleTalkin’ Bob Dylan: Joel Plaskett on 'Dear Landlord'
We're paying tribute this week to the life and work of Bob Dylan, who is celebrating 50 years of revolutionary recordings in 2012. His critically acclaimed 35th studio album, Tempest, is out Tuesday,...
View ArticleMusic Notes: ECHO, Kathleen Edwards, Dave Gunning, more!
Kathleen Edwards is recuperating after going into anaphylactic shock when she was stunk by a yellowjacket several times – CBC Radio 3 No More Pennies: Halifax’s Dave Gunning launches a penny drive...
View ArticleTIFF 2012: David Geffen’s reluctant 'invention'
When director Susan Lucy focused her American Masters series on billionaire media mogul David Geffen, she wasn’t greeted by the most eager subject. “When Susan called me, I said, ‘Why would you wanna...
View ArticleON AIR: Odario talks fall festivals
Greetings Folks. I recently had a chat with my good friend Cody about all the festivals we've missed over the last three months. Actually, the old 'summer guilt' is setting in as I think about the many...
View ArticleThe music of 9/11, from Leonard Cohen to Bruce Springsteen
9/11 has become a shorthand that everyone knows. A date that has escaped the calendar and transformed into a symbol. On Sept. 11, 2001, the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., and the...
View ArticleA Propos host Jim Corcoran pays tribute to the late Ève Cournoyer
On Sept. 9, A Propos host Jim Corcoran paid a touching tribute to Quebec singer-songwriter Ève Cournoyer, who died last month at the age of 43. Cournoyer was a unique artist on the Montreal music...
View ArticleRear-view Mirror: George Jones and his country song that everyone loved but him
Every week Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. In 1980, George Jones recorded what is regarded by many as the greatest country song of all time: "He...
View ArticleOdario talks about his lone wolf
Greetings Earthlings and Radio3 Listeners. I'm having a fine fine day by myself today. I've come to realize I spend a lot of time by myself lately and really enjoy it. It's a great way to get through...
View ArticleSexiest barihunks in Canada exposed
Barihunk (def.): A handsome or pretty baritone, especially, but not exclusively, one who removes his shirt for the sake of opera (Online Urban Dictionary). CBC Music is not making this up. There is a...
View ArticlePianist David Jalbert hosts This Is My Music
Pianist David Jalbert is part of a new generation of performers who are drawn to music by composers who are alive and writing today. His first CD paired piano pieces by the Americans John Corigliano...
View ArticleTegan and Sara, live and intimate [PODCAST]
When Tegan and Sara perform in their hometown of Calgary, they usually play a couple of nights at one of the city's biggest venues. Last summer, the sisters were between albums so they decided to do...
View ArticleNeil Hamburger’s ‘top quality entertainment’ returns to Canada
"America’s funnyman" Neil Hamburger was incredulous when I called him up and asked him how he was doing. “Is this as simple as this interview is going to be?” he asked. “Is that it? Because we get a...
View ArticleDan Mangan's "Oh Fortune", live!
Before the hard-working Canadian singer-songwriter enjoyed the limelight of his Juno wins for his most-recent album Oh Fortune, Dan Mangan had the idea to present the album in listening-party fashion:...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM visits the dead zone
Sooner or later, it always happens. That band you love, that band whose albums you buy the day they come out and then play until your friends beg for mercy, that band that changed your life - they put...
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