TCNH: Diamond Rings Day begins!
If Garfield and/or The Boomtown Rats are to be believed, Mondays are generally not desirable days. CBC Radio 3 is working hard to help Monday shed its ignominiousness. You should look forward to...
View ArticleThe Jazz Evangelist: Calgary, a whole new jazz town
Tim Tamashiro is CBC Music's Jazz Evangelist and host of CBC Radio 2's Tonic. The Jazz Evangelist's mantra? "Come to the jazz side. We have martinis!" Today, a look at the burgeoning Calgary jazz...
View ArticleLemon Bucket Orkestra's Lume Lume: album stream and track guide
Who: Canada’s only Balkan-klezmer-Gypsy-punk super-band, Lemon Bucket Orkestra What: release of their first full-length album, Lume Lume, after the success of this viral video. When: streaming of Lume...
View Article(It's the last round of) Entrants, Round Five!
I won't make a joke about musician stereotypes and deadlines (oh wait, I may just have... crud), but here's the last round of talented musicians looking to Expand their Bandwidth! Click here to hear...
View ArticleGarth Brooks, Connie Smith and Hargus 'Pig' Robbins inducted to Country Music...
Two country singers who blew up immediately after releasing their self-titled debuts and a blind piano player who was one of the most in-demand studio musicians in Nashville were inducted into the...
View ArticleDiamond Rings live chat today on Grant Lawrence Live
This could be the biggest week in the career of Toronto indie-electro-dance-pop artist Diamond Rings (aka John O'Regan). On Tuesday his new album Free Dimensional is released and it's streaming now on...
View ArticleNneka's Soul is Heavy
The rapper-singer known as Nneka is the first to admit that becoming a musician was something she never intended to happen. Those who have heard her body of work are no doubt glad that it did. It is a...
View ArticleSHIFT on October 22
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 ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Monday October 22
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. Here are the stories we're talking about today. FEATURES:...
View ArticleMaestro Fresh Wes: behind the scenes of ‘I Wanna Know,’ ft. the Trews
The Godfather of Canadian hip-hop, Maestro Fresh Wes, plans on releasing a brand new music video for his latest single “I Wanna Know,” off the Black Tuxedo EP. The single features the Trews, a hard...
View ArticleA second life for old instruments
Bend knees while lifting the past. I was in a local furniture consignment store recently. I love to go and look at all the Limoges china, the silver tea sets and the fabulous antique furniture....
View ArticleThen and Now: New sounds, side projects and transformations
When did you get introduced to John O’Regan? Was it when he fronted Guelph alt-rock four piece the D’Urbervilles or when he went solo as the confident, vibrant, pop star Diamond Rings? Perhaps it was...
View ArticleBen Folds Five on Q
After 12 years, Ben Folds Five is back together with a new fan-financed studio album, The Sounds of the Life of the Mind. Jian talks to Ben Folds about the reformation and how he's shed his "idiot"...
View ArticleListen to Phil Western's set from Winnipeg's MEME Festival
Back in June I spoke with Nathan Zahn, director of Winnipeg's MEME festival on the eve of the event's 3rd year. By all accounts, the festival continues to grow and become an important mechanism for...
View ArticleDeLeon's Tremor Fantasma: album stream and Q&A
Some bands make it difficult to summarize their music. Others make it easy. Take DeLeon, for instance. File them under 15th century Sephardic indie rock. While the summary is straightforward, the...
View ArticleWin a trip for 2 to see the Wallflowers live in Toronto
Since their self-titled debut in 1992, the Wallflowers, fronted by singer/guitarist Jakob Dylan, have released six albums, including the four-times platinum Bringing Down the Horse. That album...
View ArticleExclusive video: Jenn Grant 'The Fighter'
CBC Music presents the premiere of "The Fighter," the latest video from the new album The Beautiful Wild by Halifax's Jenn Grant. "My brother and I recently found this 16mm footage of our mother as the...
View ArticleThe Incident: streaking with the Skydiggers
On every episode of The Incident, I uncover a secret about the musicians you love. It could be a story from the road, a tale from inside the recording studio or just one of the crazy things that happen...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Tuesday October 23
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 ArticleHalifax Tall Ships Orchestra sets sail on Tempo
Wherever you are, today’s Tempo will leave you tasting salt water on your lips and feeling the cool ocean breeze on your face. It’s a trip to Halifax for a concert recorded at the Tall Ships Nova...
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