The 10 best rock 'n' roll hairdos, a photo gallery
Look good, feel good. That's the old adage, although when it comes to music it might just be "look cool, be cool." Suffice it to say that any musician must consider their look in addition to their...
View ArticleR2 Weekend Morning roundup for Saturday November 3
On Radio 2 Weekend Morning, Molly Johnson eases you into your weekend with some great Canadian songs and stories about musicians and the people of Canada, from coast to coast to coast. Here are some of...
View ArticleAPCMAs 2012: Stars get to shine under national spotlight
The night began under spotlights that highlighted drummers from four directions with an Anishnabe, Asian, African and a Celtic drum that echoed the heartbeat of Mother Earth. The big awards night at...
View ArticleRik Emmett rocks on My Playlist
Inside the Music starts Guitar Month with a My Playlist hosted by the "guitarists' guitarist" Rik Emmett. If you play guitar like Rik Emmett does, you’re going to get noticed. And Rik Emmett first got...
View ArticleColin James is sneakin’ Sally through the alley
This past June, Colin James released his latest disc, Fifteen. Aptly titled, it is James’s 15th album in his 25-year career. As CBC Music celebrates Guitar Month throughout November, you can check out...
View ArticleWatch: New videos from Feist, Cold Specks, Delhi 2 Dublin, more
From graveyards and ghouls to painted horses and animated meteors, here is this week's crop of Canadian videos:Feist, “Graveyard”Polaris Prize winner Feist explores the idea of loss, life and mortality...
View ArticleRaina thinks Christmas comes too early
So, it's the first weekend of November, just days after Halloween... and you know what that means! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!At least, according to every store. The trees are up, the lights are on, and the...
View ArticleStart your Saturday night with 'Through Troubled Times,' Advina
Every week, Bandwidth host Meg Wilcox gives her pick for a great, upbeat track by an Ontario artist to kick-start your weekend.Eighty bands from across Ontario are vying for a live studio...
View ArticleArcade Fire's Win Butler weighs in on U.S. election - twice
What with superstars like Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z playing the campaign trail for Obama, music heavyweights swinging Romney's way, and other stars raging against the machine, American pop celebs...
View ArticleOdario Williams on surviving the storm
Hello, reporting from Toronto.For those of you following the news (or live in or around Toronto) you will know that the tail end of Hurricane Sandy was expected to hit the Big Smoke just a few days...
View ArticleNew York venues crawl out from under Hurricane Sandy, music stars raise $23...
She did a good job of dimming the lights on the city that never sleeps, but slowly, New York most iconic music venues are crawling out from under Hurricane Sandy.Power is back in much of Manhattan...
View ArticleOdario has got Bucky on the brain
That's right friends... It's Bucky Season.Radio 3's long list of Bucky Award nominees will be announced in the coming days. Be sure to vote for your favourite Canadian artists once the categories are...
View ArticleThomas Gazheli's 5 essential opera recordings
L’Opéra de Montréal is getting a head start on the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth (1813-83). Its production of Wagner’s Der fliegende holländer (The Flying Dutchman)...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Monday November 5
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 ArticleJulie Doiron on doubts, hopes and So Many Days
It’s a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Toronto and over at Tacos El Asador, Julie Doiron isn’t sure what she should be telling people about her emotionally complex and wonderfully powerful new LP, So Many...
View ArticleTCNH: Bah, humbug to Christmas music?
Every year, it's the same beef..."Holiday music starts too early!"The debate was brought to the fore this past weekend when, bowing to customers' complaints, Shoppers Drug Mart announced that they will...
View ArticleAfrican Guitar Gods: Ali Farka Touré, the DNA of the blues
It’s Guitar Month at CBC Music, but in Africa, every month is guitar month.And as some of the best guitar players in the world are from Africa, it seems all wrong that most lists of “guitar gods”...
View ArticleThe Jazz Evangelist: Vancouver needs Weeds
The Vancouver jazz scene has something that no other Canadian jazz community has: Cory Weeds. Some would say that the jazz web in Vancouver begins at the club Weeds owns and operates: Cory Weed's...
View ArticleAPCMAs 2012: stars get to shine under national spotlight
The night of Nov. 2 began under spotlights that highlighted drummers from four directions, with Anishinaabe, Asian, African and Celtic drums that echoed the heartbeat of Mother Earth.It was all for the...
View ArticleWatch: new videos from Feist, Cold Specks, Delhi 2 Dublin, more
From graveyards and ghouls to painted horses and animated meteors, here is this week's crop of Canadian videos:Feist, “Graveyard”Polaris Prize winner Feist explores the idea of loss, life and mortality...
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