Worst birthday ever: Aidan Knight crashes tour van, cancels Regina show
What's sadder than Aidan Knight's new album, Small Reveal? Well, the news that this afternoon Knight crashed his tour van just passed Strathmore, Alberta, after hitting black ice en route from Calgary...
View ArticleRah Rah goes for broke with The Poet’s Dead
Rah Rah, Regina’s hometown indie rockers, have (deservedly) received plenty of fawning praise and press for their new album, The Poet’s Dead. But that doesn’t necessarily translate into big bucks — or...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Wednesday October 24
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...
View ArticleYou can help build the 2012 CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards
How can we make The Buckys the most audience-inclusive awards anywhere, ever? Simple. Not only do we turn to you to vote for the winners. We also ask you to help us pare down the longlist into a...
View ArticleWorld music's future, according to Poirier, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, others
By Sergio Elmir, host of Dos Mundos, for CBC Music Hard to believe, but it’s been more than 25 years since the term "world music" was created to sell non-Western music to Western audiences. In that...
View ArticleLa Finta Giardiniera: An early Mozart opera
As opera plots go, La Finta Giardiniera (loosely translated as The Pretend Garden Girl) is particularly out of sync with modern times. The garden girl, Sandrina, lost her lover when he stabbed her in a...
View ArticleThe secret genius of a Monkee: Mike Nesmith
When you think of The Monkees, it’s easy to think about how they: a) Didn’t write most of their own songs b) Didn’t play most of their own instruments c) Were created by TV executives to capitalize on...
View ArticleSHIFT on October 24
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 ArticleStella Sisters latest to go from YouTube fame to real fame
The Stella Sisters are set to make their prime-time television debut tonight on the hit series Nashville, but don’t worry if you haven’t heard of them yet — you will soon enough. Lennon and Maisy...
View ArticleWatch jazz legend Peter Appleyard's Sophisticated Ladies session
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! There's no doubt that Peter Appleyard still swings, even though he's now an octogenarian. And in terms of jazz comeback stories, it doesn't get any...
View ArticleBUCKY AWARDS SEASON STARTS TODAY! Grant Lawrence Live
That's right, it's time to kickstart our yearly CBC Radio 3 Listener Choice Awards, otherwise known as The Buckys (named after our mascot, pictured above). Here's the scoop: in an effort to make these...
View Article5 for 20: Ron Sexsmith on Kyp Harness
When you’re an influential musician, people tend to ask you what you’ve been listening to lately. Here at 5 for 20, we’re just as keen to find out what records loom large in our favourite artists’...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Wednesday October 24
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...
View ArticleBoards of Canada's 'Dayvan Cowboy' feat. Felix Baumgartner's jump from the...
It was bound to happen. Somebody has gone and cut a "spiritual successor" to Melissa Olson's 2006 music video for Boards of Canada's "Dayvan Cowboy" (The Campfire Headphase, 2005), which featured...
View ArticleDon't fear the raver: Watch Pixar's Partysaurus Rex
Poor Rex. Always portrayed as the panicky killjoy of the Toy Story movies, all he really needed was the right set and setting to let go. Enter the bathroom toys, fun-loving hunks of PVC who know that...
View ArticleLanarama: The Bucky Awards return!
Festival season is over, the Polaris winner was announced (Feist’s album Metals! But you already knew that…) which means it is now time to kick off Bucky’s season! Yes, our annual Listener Choice...
View ArticleAngel Haze raps about surviving sex abuse
Angel Haze's new track, "Cleanin' Out My Closet," is the 20-year-old rapper's devastating and harrowing first-person account recalling years of sexual abuse. She's written about her own sexual abuse...
View ArticleDon't fear the raver: watch Pixar's Partysaurus Rex
Poor Rex. Always portrayed as the panicky killjoy of the Toy Story movies. Turns out, all he really needed was the right set and setting to let go, as evidenced by Pixar's new short, Partysaurus Rex....
View ArticleJason Collett likes to party
Jason Collett likes to party. With his friends, that is. When it came time for Jason Collett to release his most-recent CD, Reckon, The Great Hall in Toronto was booked for the occasion, and a great...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Thursday October 25
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...
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