7 things you missed at last night’s CHUM FM Fanfest
Canadian Music Week is almost over and we needed a pop fix, so we rocked up to the soon-to-be-closed Kool Haus to see some pure pop fun, including Alyssa Reid, MAGIC!, Kristina Maria, Tegan and Sara...
View ArticleWatch what happened when a brass band pulled over on a highway and played for...
It sounds like a joke: an American brass band on tour in France pulls over on a highway and starts playing for a herd of cows.But in reality, when the members of the New Hot 5 stopped for a rest and...
View ArticleIn Tune on May 10: Chor Leoni Idol in Vancouver, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber...
Welcome to In Tune, your weekly classical news feed on CBC Radio 2. Saturdays at noon, Katherine Duncan shares the classical music and musicians people are listening to and talking about, here in...
View ArticleThe 15 worst best songs ever
We probably couldn't write one if we tried, but we all know one when we hear it. A smash. A jam. A hit song. But in the case of these little gems, just what were we thinking? How did these songs manage...
View ArticleFirst Play: Haley Bonar, Last War
LISTENaudio Haley BonarLast WarTracklistStream to May 20As a lot of great music discovery stories go, singer-songwriter Haley Bonar’s begins at an open mic. In her case, however, that open mic was run...
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Graphic of the Day: Dolly Parton’s wisdom
Listen to Dolly Parton's new album, Blue Smoke, for one more day. Last week, we spoke to Dolly Parton about her career and her new album. She dropped plenty of wisdom, including this pearl.(Brendon...
View ArticleThe time they threw water bottles at Justin Timberlake and other landmark...
Some live shows create an unexpected ripple effect. They're talked about for years after the fact, held as a benchmark and influence other concerts that come after them.Other shows are just really...
View ArticleChromeo's top 5 electro-funk slow jams
Montreal electro-funk duo Chromeo release their new album, White Women, today.Described by the band as “Larry David funk” (think funky and macho music but with self-conscious and even funny lyrics),...
View ArticleThe 10 best indie prom songs
Why should Vitamin C and Green Day get all the attention?We think that the Canadian indie music world has plenty of songs worthy of being played at prom dances and graduation ceremonies, so we set out...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive’s Daily Blog for Monday May 12
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. REAR VIEW MIRROR: Each week on Rear-view Mirror, Rich Terfry...
View ArticleEminem apologizes to his mom in Spike Lee directed 'Headlights' video
In 2002, Eminem stirred up controversy when he called his mom a "bitch" on vitriol-fueled song Cleanin' Out My Closet,' from The Eminem Show. Now the rapper apologizes and says he went too far in a new...
View Article7 things you missed at Saturday night’s Off! show
For the final day of Canadian Music Week, punk rock supergroup Off! played Lee's Palace along with Australian band Twelve Foot Ninja, Toronto's Organ Thieves, London, Ontario's Single Mothers and...
View ArticleHow I write: Dolly Parton
This series asks songwriters to describe their writing process, and what influences them. Here, songwriting legend Dolly Parton: “I don’t know that my [songwriting] process has changed much through the...
View ArticleFirst Play: Roy Orbison, Mystery Girl Deluxe
LISTENaudio Roy OrbisonMystery Girl DeluxeTracklist In 1989, Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl was a bittersweet posthumous release. Though 25 years have passed, the fantastic anniversary edition, Mystery...
View ArticleWatch Billy Joel crowd surf to 'For the Longest Time'
In the early years following the Cold War, Billy Joel was one of the very few American musicians allowed entry into the motherland. That makes his 1987 concert in Leningrad, commemorated on the new...
View ArticleFirst Play: Jolie Holland, Wine Dark Sea
LISTENaudio Jolie Holland Wine Dark SeaStream to May 19 TracklistOf course Tom Waits loves Jolie Holland. Her voice is like raw honeycomb, luxurious and tough, and it's the perfect anchor for the...
View ArticleTom Jones opens for Morrissey and other live music tidbits from over the weekend
So, here's what happened in the world of live music this weekend.New York City paid tribute to proto-house DJ Larry LevanThe good folks at the Red Bull Music Academy closed a block of King Street in...
View ArticleStream The Motherland, the third album from BidiniBand
Dave Bidini, a founding member of the Rheostatics, is releasing his third album with his solo project BidiniBand on May 29, but you can stream it below now.A press release describes the Motherland as a...
View ArticleSolange attacks Jay Z in an elevator during Met Gala
In new footage acquired by TMZ, Solange, an R&B singer and sister of Beyoncé, attacks Jay Z in a hotel elevator at the Met Gala on May 5. In the clip, which you can watch below, Solange kicks and...
View ArticleProtesters greet Russian pro-Putin conductor Vladimir Spivakov at Toronto and...
Protests were held this past week at concerts in Vancouver and Toronto to demonstrate against Russian conductor Vladimir Spivakov’s pro-Putin support.Spivakov is criticised for being on the long list...
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