Rock the Mic: Pete Rock, 'The Creator'
"You have a choice, you can listen to the ratchet hip-hop, you know what I'm sayin', or you can listen to the good, original sound of what hip-hop really is," says Pete Rock, sitting inside Electric...
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Who is Solange?
All at once, the internet seemed to be asking, "Who is Solange and why was she attacking Jay Z?" Well ... (Design by Samantha Smith/CBC Music)
View ArticleThe Cure added to Toronto Riot Fest lineup
Riot Fest's already impressive Toronto lineup— which features the likes of Death from Above 1979, the Buzzcocks, Social Distortion, Metric, the National, Dropkick Murphys and more — just got even...
View ArticleRear-View Mirror: 10 Facts You May Not Know About The Doors "Light My Fire"
Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, The Doors and "Light My Fire."Ten facts about The Doors' "Light My Fire":LISTENaudio Listen...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive’s Daily Blog for Wednesday May 14
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: Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our...
View ArticleCheck out M.I.A.’s powerhouse remix of Beyonce’s ‘Flawless’
They are two of the most influential women in pop, and their decidedly different styles collide in M.I.A.'s new remix of Beyoncé's "Flawless."Re-naming the track "Baddygirld 2", M.I.A. has transformed...
View ArticleNeil Young reveals details of upcoming Archives 2 album
Neil Young is one busy man.He's cutting live tracks with Jack White, pushing his Pono and he's about to release A Letter Home, an album of acoustic covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Gordon...
View ArticleCruise ship horn plays 'Seven Nation Army,' becomes viral hit
A cruise ship arriving in Hamburg gave people on the ship and the shore an extra blast of fun when it played the first few bars of the White Stripes hit "Seven Nation Army" on its horn.Crowds of people...
View ArticleSoprano in the hot seat: 29 questions for Lyne Fortin
Soprano Lyne Fortin sings the role of Lady Macbeth in Opéra de Québec's production of Verdi's Macbeth opening May 17 at Le Grand Théâtre in Quebec City. Fortin, a lyric soprano acclaimed for her...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: who is this Weeknd guy, anyway?
Way back in mid-2011, the Weeknd was simultaneously the hottest unsigned act in music, and a weird, shadowy mystery. He had been endorsed by Drake, as well as blogs like Pitchfork and 2 Dope Boys. At...
View ArticleMusical highlights of the 1975 Eaton's catalogue
Did you know that Canada Post and Library and Archives Canada have an online exhibition of Canadian mail-order catalogues? Neither did we. It's a pretty interesting look at the pre-internet world, when...
View ArticleBraids, Mounties, Teenage Kicks and more in rotation on Radio 3
Every week, all year long, our music committee here at CBC Radio 3 listens to new and emerging Canadian music and picks the very best tracks for you to hear.From the towering stacks of discs and piles...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive’s Daily Blog for Thursday May 15
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: Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our...
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Graphic of the day: these songs have been everywhere
Every now and again, a musician will take you on a little tour of how many places they've been rocking out.Hank Snow has been everywhere, Sir Mix-A-Lot has jumped on it all across the States, and the...
View ArticleBeloved Toronto ‘dancing crossing guard’ out of a job after appearing in...
She was known as "the dancing crossing guard," but now the colourful Kathleen Byers has been forced to hang up her safety vest and stop sign for good.Byers, who is famed for dancing on the corner as...
View ArticleAfter several days missing, Casey Kasem found safe in Washington State
Legendary Top 40 countdown host and voice of Scooby Doo Casey Kasem has been found.According to CBC News, Kasem was located by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday, shortly after Kasem's...
View ArticleIn Tune on May 17: opera singer joins the cast of 'The Bachelorette', the...
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 ArticleWatch: a man takes a photo of birds on electric wires, then transforms it...
We see them every day — birds gathering on high electrical wires. But what happens if you transform those birds and wires into musical notes on a staff?Brazilian multimedia artist Jarbas Agnelli...
View ArticleNew PUP music video features Grant Lawrence as a cop
Toronto's high energy punk rock band PUP has made a name for themselves by always pushing both their music and their bodies to the breaking point. Today, the visceral band has released a gripping new...
View ArticleI'll Be Your Mirror: Canada celebrates Lou Reed
March 2, 2014, would have marked Lou Reed’s 72nd birthday, and on Saturday, March 1, the Canadian music industry joined Kevin Hearn, of Barenaked Ladies fame, in tribute to Reed, his work and...
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