Saturday Night Blues, Sept. 15, 2012: Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, Johnny Otis Show
In the first hour of this week’s Saturday Night Blues, Vancouver-based boogie piano player Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne chats with host Holger Petersen. Wayne also gives our piano a workout as he plays...
View ArticleSmall World Music Festival makes big noise
Eleven days, 30 acts from 10 different countries, including, of course, Canada. That’s at the heart of this year’s incarnation of Toronto's Small World Music Festival. That, and a bit of an emphasis on...
View ArticlePoirier releases Kidnap Riddim
Not since Rhythm & Sound’s 2005 LP, See Mi Yah, has a backing track been used to such great effect. For that album, the German production duo of Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald created a smooth...
View ArticleSHIFT on September 20th
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 ArticleEnter to win Glenn Gould's complete Bach collection on Sony
The 80th anniversary of Glenn Gould's birth on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is an occasion for music lovers to reflect on the legacy of this unique and enigmatic Canadian artist. CBC Music and CBC Radio 2's...
View ArticleDrive Stories Thursday, September 20
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 ArticleDrive Stories Friday, September 21
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 ArticleListen to the Top 20 for September 21, 2012 and vote for next week's chart
What happened this week: there's one comeback track, Danny Michel jumps high, Whitehorse wins the online vote for the second week in a row and guess who's number one again! listenlink Listen to this...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Friday September 21
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 ArticleGrant Lawrence Live: the CBC Radio 3 HOODIES are here! What do you think?
You gotta admit it... Radio 3 has had some pretty skookum merchandise over the years. There's the toque complete with pom pom, the R3 belt buckle, the custom knit CBC sweater, and of course the highly...
View ArticlePolaris featured album stream: Drake's Take Care
It is the final week of our Polaris short list streaming extravaganza, and this time we're listening to Take Care by Drake. This album is a bit different: it's streaming for just 24 hours, starting...
View ArticleKarkwa’s lead singer Louis-Jean Cormier launches brand new solo album
Louis-Jean Cormier, lead singer of acclaimed Quebec rock band Karkwa, just launched his highly anticipated solo album on the new label Simone Records. Le treizième étage, or The thirteenth floor, is an...
View ArticleMumford & Sons perform "I Will Wait" in Studio Q
British folk rockers Mumford & Sons are following up their platinum-selling debut record, Sigh No More with Babel, taking things up a notch in the rock department. They joined Jian Ghomeshi in...
View ArticleSchicchi, Florentine Tragedy and Aleko
Oh, the woe of being a one-act opera. Too short to be of much use to an opera company, no matter how great the music, they are simply the odd duckling of the opera house and all too often left out of...
View ArticleNational Youth Choir excels with Ivars Taurins
Every two years, the National Youth Choir of Canada gathers up the most talented young vocalists from across the country and gives them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to rehearse...
View ArticleBonnie Raitt talks to Holger Petersen on Saturday Night Blues
Bonnie Raitt does not do a lot of interviews. As a consummate entertainer and wicked guitar player, Raitt often prefers to let the music do the talking. That’s why CBC Radio’s Saturday Night Blues host...
View ArticleToronto's Manifesto Festival empowers communities via hip-hop culture
It may seem cliché to refer to a line from the 1999 Dead Prez track “Hip-Hop” – "It's bigger than hip-hop” – in describing Toronto's Manifesto Festival. But the classic hip-hop quotable is an apt...
View ArticleHear Tegan and Sara's new single 'Closer'
A day after they celebrated their 32nd birthday, musical twins Tegan and Sara have released a new single titled "Closer." According to Tegan Quin, the synth-infused pop song is about young love in its...
View ArticleToasting Gould, tweeting Bach, and more
Glenn Gould's birthday celebrations create strange bedfellows in Toronto; classical music stars Danielle de Niese and Eric Whitacre lend their glow to the Gramophone Awards; and Bach's Well-Tempered...
View ArticleFear, fun and freedom with Father John Misty
Before really speaking with Josh Tillman, the former drummer for Fleet Foxes who has emerged as the mysterious and entertaining Father John Misty, I’m not sure how to refer to him. Do I call him John?...
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