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Jim Guthrie unveils 'The Rest is Yet to Come' from first LP in 10 years
Toronto’s Jim Guthrie has had such great success writing music for film and television and composing award-winning soundtracks for video games like Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery (for sale on...
View ArticleSHIFT on March 4th 2013
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 ArticleSearchlight: Grant Lawrence’s hits and misses from the first two rounds
The polls have (temporarily) closed in our Searchlight competition for Canada's Best New Artist. It was not without its controversies.Today, we count up all of your votes in Round 2 of regional voting....
View ArticleDave Grohl’s Sound City soundtrack: Canadian exclusive album stream
The soundtrack for Sound City, the new documentary film directed by Dave Grohl, will be released on March 12. Until then, you can stream the album in its entirety for free, right here on CBC...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Monday March 4
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. DRIVE ON DEMAND:...
View ArticleWhat Canadian indie artist would be the best superhero?
Have you ever been reading a comic or watching a superhero movie and found yourself wishing that all of those awesome superheroes were real?Perhaps one of the most realistic of all the big heroes is...
View ArticleStream Philippe Sly and Hélène Guilmette’s upcoming Rameau release
On March 12, baritone Philippe Sly and soprano Hélène Guilmette will release Les Amants Trahis, a collection of four cantatas by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Backing them up on this Analekta recording is an...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Tuesday March 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 ArticleJimi Hendrix inspires 43 years after his death with new album People, Hell &...
Richard Wagamese is an award-winning author. His book Indian Horse placed third in CBC's Canada Reads and was voted fan favorite. But did you know he is also a music journalist? This is his story on...
View ArticleOriginal vs. adaptation
As a fan of the Golden Girls, occasionally friends will share all things related to the show with me on Facebook (trust me, there are a lot of memes.)Recently a friend passed on the intro to the Dutch...
View ArticleKyle Eastwood's The View From Here: full album stream
American bassist, composer and bandleader Kyle Eastwood was raised on a diet of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, fed by his father Clint Eastwood's own taste...
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Young Running’s Coming Home: album stream
No-frills Toronto folk quartet Young Running releases their debut EP, Coming Home, on March 12 but you can stream it here for one week starting today. ListenComing Home by Young RunningStreaming...
View ArticlePickwick’s Can’t Talk Medicine: exclusive advance album stream
It's tempting to say Seattle-based band Pickwick is poised to be the next Fitz and the Tantrums.The group's neo-soul flair certainly lends itself to the comparison, but Pickwick's songs are less...
View ArticleRachel Zeffira’s The Deserters: exclusive album stream and Q&A
Growing up an oboe-playing soprano in a small town B.C., it’s easy to imagine exotic, glittering London, England, as the promised land. Rachel Zeffira thought it was, and though she currently makes her...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Wednesday March 6
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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Blue Hawaii’s Untogether: album stream and Q&A
Dark yet dynamic Montreal duo Blue Hawaii’s sophomore effort is Untogether, and it finds Raphaelle Standell-Preston (Braids) and Alex Cowan (Agor) writing somber, electronically infused pop music about...
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Pigeon Hole’s Chimp Blood: album stream
Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine are Vancouver Island’s Pigeon Hole and their sophomore LP, Chimp Blood, finds them integrating more bass-heavy, electronic sounds into their unique...
View ArticleSHIFT on March 5th 2013
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 ArticleWhitehorse perform "No Glamour in the Hammer" in Studio Q
Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland - both halves of Whitehorse - perform their song "No Glamour in the Hammer" from their sophomore record "The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss" in Studio Q.
View ArticleIncrease your word power with Doldrums reviews!
[Graham is guest hosting for Grant Lawrence today and tomorrow]I recently started playing Word With Friends, the phone version of Scrabble. This is a big step for me - I'd previously sworn off all...
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