New Jimi Hendrix album to feature 12 previously unreleased tracks
This has the potential to be awesome. At least we hope it will be.A new Jimi Hendrix record is due to be released next year, featuring 12 previously unreleased songs.The album is called 'People, Hell...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Friday November 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:THE...
View ArticleChoral Concert presents the sacred and the profane
The contrast between the sacred world and the profane, or secular, world was a big deal in the renaissance period of Claudio Monteverdi. He lived at a time of great musical change, where the secular...
View ArticleGrant Lawrence Live: Top 5 Gigs and Best Live Bands Short List
The short list voting is happening NOW for the CBC Radio 3 Listeners Choice Awards (aka The Buckys). Today, it's time to take a closer look at our live music category, re-branded as Best Reason To Buy...
View ArticleGuitar Month's My Playlist with Colin James
Colin James released his self-titled album in 1988. He was 24 years old: an old soul in a young man's body. With tracks like “Voodoo Thing,” “Why’d you Lie” and “Five Long Years.” It became the...
View ArticleThe Q Interview: Billy Corgan
There have been smash hits, epic highs, and major lows along the way in his two decades of fame. Billy Corgan, the lead singer, songwriter and face of the alt-rock institution, The Smashing Pumpkins...
View ArticleLanarama: Fresh Friday, and dumb ways to die
And we're here again, another Friday! Time to check out the latest tracks added to the Radio 3 playlist. Today you'll be hearing the latest tracks from More of Les, Tiga, Young Rival, Jon Samuel, King...
View ArticleJoseph Arthur on his new band RNDM with Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament
It’s never too late to start a rock band. That might be the takeaway from a conversation with RNDM's Joseph Arthur. The 41-year-old singer-songwriter made a name for himself on Peter Gabriel’s Real...
View ArticleR2 Weekend Morning roundup for Saturday and Sunday November 24 and 25
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 ArticleR3 Weekend with Odario Williams: Grey Cup, Ribs and Rock & Roll
This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the Grey Cup. Our great Canadian battle of titans in tights; men competing over pigskin & an end zone. Sounds like fun to me! I spent most of Friday...
View ArticleSpringsteen to join Paul McCartney on stage in Vancouver Sunday
They're two of the world's biggest pop and rock icons - and according to reports, they're going to join each other on stage at a historic concert in Vancouver.Sir Paul McCartney hasn't performed in...
View ArticleSorry Biebs: Psy's "Gangnam Style" overtakes Bieber's "Baby" for most watched...
For over two years Canadian pop powerhouse Justin Bieber has laid claim to the most watched video ever on YouTube – until early Saturday.Since its February 2010 release, the video for Justin Bieber's...
View ArticlePapermaps can make a mean grilled cheese
Do you like... grilled cheese sandwiches?The ooey gooey cheese, the just-crunchy enough white toast... A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH IS ALMOST PERFECTION...So... what if you had to go vegan? You know, not...
View ArticleThe Great Lake Swimmers swim, Trust goes solo and the Stanfields get...
Great Lake Swimmers, “Ballad of a Fisherman’s Wife”As the winter chill kicks in, be reminded that summer will once again return in this dip-ready video by the Great Lake Swimmers, who shot the clip...
View ArticleStart your Saturday night with 'Pick Me Up,' Hollerado
Every week, Bandwidth host Meg Wilcox gives her pick for a great, upbeat track by an Ontario artist to kick-start your weekend.This week's track comes from pop-rockers Hollerado. These guys,...
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R3 Weekend with Odario Williams: a whole lotta voting goin' on
The month of November... err I mean MOvember is winding down and coming to an end; but things are surely heating up in the world of music. For example, the CBC Music page is hosting Guitar Month’s...
View ArticleWhat are your favourite 'pump up' tracks?
It's Grey Cup Day! Today, the Canadian Football League holds the Grey Cup championship in Toronto, and it's Grey Cup Number 100, which means it's even bigger and more exciting than the regular one....
View ArticleKelly Joe Phelps spreads the gospel
It’s not unusual for a solo artist to switch it up behind the mic and experiment with other genres, but few devote years of study to their pursuits. Fewer still embrace the transformation as...
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Chuck Berry vs. Jimi Hendrix: tournament of riffs
Guitar Month may be winding down and coming to an end, but our Greatest Guitar Riff tournament is sure heating up! Last week, after gruelling debate and thousands of votes, we bid farewell to popular...
View Article5 violists reveal their favourite viola jokes
Whenever you tell a classical music joke, chances are it's the viola and the violist that end up as the punchline of the orchestra. Viola jokes cross borders and languages, websites are devoted to the...
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