Mike Rud's Montreal: jazz videos inspired by Mordecai Richler, Gabrielle Roy,...
Montreal guitarist Mike Rud is finishing work on a recording inspired by some of Quebec’s most loved literary giants. Notes on Montreal presents songs based on characters created by francophone...
View ArticleBassekou Kouyate’s Jama Ko: full album stream, Q&A with the Barr Brothers
Bassekou Kouyate recorded his new album in Bamako, while the army was rolling into Mali's capital and overthrowing the democratically elected government. Kouyate, his band and his Canadian producer,...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones, Love You Live: the bluesy Canadian side
The Rolling Stones have had a long-standing relationship with the City of Toronto. When SARS threatened to decimate the city’s tourism, the Stones stepped up to anchor the benefit concert, “Molson...
View ArticleVideo: Josh Ritter performs 'Heart's Ease' in Wakefield, Que.
Josh Ritter is one of the most respected young singer-songwriters working today. A modern day Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen, Ritter has developed his inimitable strength for storytelling over 15 years and...
View ArticleSHIFT on March 27th 2013
1Click to Listen to SHIFT from Wednesday March 27thWelcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive Stories Wednesday March 27
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:REAR-VIEW...
View ArticleEnter the Haggis's The Modest Revolution: full album stream
Inspiration can come from the strangest of places. For Enter the Haggis, a five-piece folk-rock band from Toronto, it came from reading the newspaper. The March 30, 2012, issue of The Globe and Mail,...
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The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver, full album stream
Fifteen years after the death of John Denver, an all-star roster of musicians have come together to pay tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver will be...
View ArticleSearchlight showdown: Close Talker vs. Sherman Downey
Every day this week, we'll introduce you to a pair of our Searchlight contenders who are going head-to-head in a sudden death vote to make it to the Searchlight Top 4. Click here to vote for your...
View ArticleAlain Trudel hosts This Is My Music
Alain Trudel has been called the "Jascha Heifetz of the trombone." According to the Parisian music review Le Monde de la Musique, Trudel's sound on the trombone is as polished and virtuosic as that of...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Thursday March 28
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 ArticleEmm Gryner's shows her roots
Her voice has been described as a "distilled original," capable of singing soft and low or hard and edgy, but always sounding uniquely Emm Gryner. And her fans include U2’s Bono, (in fact, all of...
View ArticleThe Background Check: How much do you know about Sloan?
Every Thursday on CBC Radio 2 Drive, Rich Terfry gives you a chance to win a great prize if you can separate the facts from the fiction about a famous artist. Rich will give you three clues, and one of...
View ArticleBach’s Mass in B minor on Choral Concert
This Sunday on Choral Concert we start our all-Bach month of April one day early with an extraordinary event: a truly stunning performance of J. S. Bach’s great Mass in B minor, recorded Saturday,...
View ArticleAll-star Verdi with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Diana Damrau and Plácido Domingo
It's a big Verdi year as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. As such, there have been a lot of great shows at the Met so far this season, but this week's presentation caps the...
View ArticleJustin Bieber to Franz Schubert: a survey of eyewear through music history
Have you noticed how more and more musicians are taking the stage sporting eyewear these days? Burnell Taylor, one of this season's American Idol top 10 finalists, is only one of the more recent...
View ArticleSHIFT on March 28th 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...
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Quake Matthews’s Corrado: full album stream
On April 4, Halifax rapper Quake Matthews will release his third album, Corrado. Until then, you can stream the whole album for free here on CBC Music. Corrado is the followup to The Book of Matthew,...
View ArticleWeezer’s 10 worst musical sins
Weezer recently announced the second edition of the Weezer Cruise, a floating music festival that they will headline next year in the Caribbean. This is par for the course from a band that has become...
View ArticleThursday is the new Friday (this week)
Oh, hello there! How are you? I’m just fine (Thanks for asking.)It's a long weekend for many Canadians, so seeing as today is a virtual Friday of sorts, why not use this blog to share something awesome...
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