TCNH: Listener Co-Host Catch-Up #3!
Since I started The Listener Co-Host Initiative on The Craig Norris Hour almost two years ago, 48 listeners (& 10 artists) have taken part in it! As we come to the end of 2010 and launch into The...
View ArticleAb-Originals Ep. 36: Happy NEW YEAR from Ab-Originals!
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE Hard to believe nearly an entire year of Ab-Originals has come and gone music people! It's your buddy Miss Melissa from Winnipeg again bringing you the final...
View Article(Almost) Live on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Best of the Canadian Dictionary!
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence (Almost) Live*, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: Our R3 Best-Of Holiday programming continues as we bring you The Best of the Canadian...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: Songs to Start a New Year!
Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, do you know what song you’ll ring in the new year with? Though some worry about what to wear and if they have enough snacks/booze/favours/ tickets to a party, what about the...
View ArticleMusic Notes: December 30, 2010
RIP Bobby Farrell, lead singer of Boney M. Farrell died while on tour in St Petersburg... the same place of death as Grigori Rasputin. Guardian 2010 was a disasterous year for concert promoters, but...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: Die Geek Die!
It was actually a refreshing read, what with all the lists and runs downs and year encapsulations…then again, it’s probably all that kind of reading that made comedian Patton Oswalt’s controversial...
View ArticleTrack of the Day for December 31, 2010: The Lovely Feathers "Pope John Paul"
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE It’s easy to write songs about girls, cars and booze – but it takes an all together different kind of band to write a catchy pop song about a Pope. And that's just what...
View ArticlePodcast Special Edition: The Science of the Holidays
LISTEN TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE On this special edition podcast, Radio 3 producers Dave Shumka and Brent Hodge step in to present a playlist based on their ‘Science of the Holidays’ special....
View ArticleToday on The Shumka Chunk: Goin’ Overboard for New Year’s
Dave Shumka here, filling in for the vacationing Vish Khanna. Well, tonight is New Year’s Eve. People get dressed up and go out and drink and celebrate. It’s like the prom for grownups. It’s a night...
View ArticleTCNH: Sneaking Another (short) One In Before 2011!
Well, this one's coming in just under the wire, eh? As you scurry about this morning, making last-minute preparartions for your New Year's Eve celebrations, let's spend some time together - you and I -...
View Article(Almost) Live on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Best Songs of 2010!
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence (Almost) Live*, 1PM ET / 10AM PT (SPECIAL TIME!) on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: Our R3 Best-Of Holiday programming continues as we bring you MY personal...
View ArticleMusic/Missing Notes: December 31, 2010
AC/DC's goes all accounting nerd and makes an ASCII video for "Rock n Roll Train" in Excel. (Via Like Cool) Geoff Berner announces March 8th release/tour of his fifth full-length album, victory Party....
View ArticleThe R3-103: CBC Radio 3's Top Songs Of 2010! [Repeat]
When 2010 began, it was universally agreed that it looked like it was going to be a fantastic year in Canadian Indie Music. It did not disappoint! There were so many incredible albums released this...
View ArticleThe R3-30: All Number Ones Show! [January 1st Repeat]
There has been a lot of memories since The CBC Radio 3 countdown started in 1954 as The Campbell's Soup Company's Cavalcade Of Canadian Music. Of course, that only aired for three episodes and was put...
View ArticleThe R3-103: CBC Radio 3's Top Songs Of 2010! [January 1st Repeat]
When 2010 began, it was universally agreed that it looked like it was going to be a fantastic year in Canadian Indie Music. It did not disappoint! There were so many incredible albums released this...
View ArticleThe Best of the ehList!
Ten weeks ago we had an idea - let the R3 listeners take over! We decided to put out a weekly theme and see what 10 track playlists you’d come up with, giving away iTunes gift cards in the process! We...
View ArticleTHE 2010 BUCKY AWARDS w/ Grant Lawrence [January 1st Repeat]
We're busy cleaning up the post-New Year mess, so for tonight's listening experience, we invite you to check out a repeat of the original broadcast of the 2010 Bucky Awards and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!...
View ArticleTCNH: Sneaking Another (short) One In Before After 2011 2010! [Repeat]
Well, this one's coming in just under the wire, eh? As you scurry about this morning, making last-minute preparartions for your New Year's Eve celebrations, let's spend some time together - you and I...
View ArticleThe Best of the ehList! [Repeat]
Ten weeks ago we had an idea - let the R3 listeners take over! We decided to put out a weekly theme and see what 10 track playlists you’d come up with, giving away iTunes gift cards in the process! We...
View ArticleAn UNtraditional Christmas w/ Tariq Hussain [January 2nd Repeat]
Happy Holidays! By now, you've partaken in the usual Christmas fare - midnight mass, mountains of gifts, turkey feasting, couch napping, New Years' celebration. These are the activities that define...
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