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The winner of the Radio 3 winter wardrobe is...

...Ottawa, Ontario's Mike Little (pictured above). Here is what he said about his submission: "I actually don't have a lot of winter gear (just a few jackets) because my apartment burnt down in April....

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Great Big Sea’s XX: full album stream

After 20 years and nine studio albums, Great Big Sea is releasing XX, a career-spanning greatest hits album. And from now until the album’s release on Oct. 30, you can stream the whole thing right...

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Pink, Feist and Beyonce: modern dance meets pop

With its neon-painted choke holds, hallway wall climbing and acrobatic two-person body sculptures, Pink’s video for her latest single, “Try,” has been getting a lot of buzz for its impressive...

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New Releases from Diamond Rings, The Trews, Rah Rah, Emm Gryner & more!

Before we get to anything else on today's show... Congratulations to Mike Little from Ottawa, Ontario! Mike won The R3 Winter Wardrobe Contest and is now the proud owner of a tonne of CBC3 gear! You'll...

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Jazz Faceoff: Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis vs. the Bill Evans Trio

This is a tough one. Incredible musicians, iconic performances. But still, only one jazz team can take home the imaginary prize in our Jazz Faceoff, and it’s up to you to decide the winner. As befits...

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Expanding Circuits at the X Avant New Music Festival VII

The subtitle “Expanding Circuits,” which was applied to the X Avant New Music Festival VII, couldn’t have been more apt for the two shows I witnessed this past Friday and Saturday nights. Both gigs at...

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Rites of Spring’s Six Song Demo: album stream and Q&A

Some 28 years since it was recorded, the Six Song Demo that legendary Washington, D.C., punk band Rites of Spring made with Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara is finally getting an official release on...

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Tusks’ Total Entertainment: album stream and Q&A

After a four-year break between releases, Tusks returns, reconfigured, with Total Entertainment, out on Oct. 23 via Static Clang. You can stream the whole shebang here until Oct. 30.   ListenTotal...

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SHIFT on October 23

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...

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Junk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Tuesday October 23

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: WIN...

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The Rock n' Roll Movie Club: What Happens Next? The Dan Mangan Documentary

Did you watch What Happens Next: the Dan Mangan Documentary?  The film aired nationally on CBC Television and is streaming this week on CBC Music.  To celebrate, we are resurrecting the Radio 3 Rock...

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Angèle Dubeau gives video game music the string orchestra treatment

She’s played concert halls around the world, sold more than 500,000 records in her 30-plus-year career and been made a member of the Order of Canada. Now, the only thing left for Canada’s virtuoso...

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Is this the end of D-Sisive?

Though he’s come close to ending it before, it now seems that award-winning hip-hop artist D-Sisive is really closing the book on the masterful ride he’s been taking his fans on since 2007. In a...

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Julie Doiron's So Many Days: full album stream

Today, Moncton, N.B., singer-songwriter Julie Doiron releases her latest album, So Many Days. You can stream the entire album on CBC Music until Oct. 30.  ListeSo Many Days (streaming until Oct....

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Lanarama: Discontinued, cancelled, closed, out of print

On a recent trip to America I dragged friends into countless drug stores looking for a particular shade of lipstick my Mom wears daily that has been discontinued in Canada. While hunting for tubes...

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Burton Cummings on Q

Canadian rock icon, and former singer of The Guess Who, Burton Cummings stopped by Studio Q for a chat and to perform a couple of songs that appear on his upcoming live album Massey Hall.   LISTEN:...

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David Bromberg on burnout, and kissing your butt on Main Street

There are few guitarists more versatile and revered in blues and roots music than David Bromberg. Willie Nelson, Jerry Garcia, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Doug Sahm, Johnny Shines, Leon Redbone, Bob...

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Rear-View Mirror: The long road to stardom traveled by Cheap Trick

Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, the long road to stardom traveled by Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick didn't take the short cut to...

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Michelle Williams to Christopher Walken: award-winning actors in music videos

Michelle Williams's turn as a winsome, stylish sprite of the sky in Wild Nothing’s “Paradise” is merely the latest in a long line of Academy Award-winning actors transforming music videos into high...

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The Chieftains celebrate 50 years: the Beatles, the Who and outer space

Paddy Moloney carries two whistles inside his jacket, and within five seconds of a face-to-face interview at CBC headquarters in Vancouver, he whips out the one that went on the International Space...

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