Thirty years ago today, Wham! held first Western pop concert in China
LISTENaudio Carol Off of As It Happens in conversation with Simon Napier-BellThirty years ago in China, no one listened to Western pop. Young people wore drab Cultural Revolution style clothes. They...
View ArticleHow Music Works: What's the best way to protect your ears at a concert, and...
This week is CBC Music's Science Week, and all week, we will look at tech innovations that changed music, bring you the best science songs, find out how to design the perfect concert hall, meet...
View ArticleFrom William Shatner to an Auto-Tuned Stephen Hawking: the 20 best science songs
It's Science Week here at CBC Music, and we've lined up a ton of fascinating stories about the physics of sound and the age-old musical questions. We're kicking the week off with the best science songs...
View ArticleRadio 2 Top 20, April 10: Ron Sexsmith, Joy Williams debut, Of Monsters and...
Click here to vote on the #R220!LISTENaudio #R220 Chart countdown with Nana aba Duncan.This week, you get five new songs including ones by ex-Civil Wars woman Joy Williams, Great Lake Swimmers and Ron...
View ArticleHow Music Works: why are certain sounds, like feedback or nails on a...
This week is CBC Music's Science Week, and all week, we will look at tech innovations that changed music, bring you the best science songs, find out how to design the perfect concert hall, meet...
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Staff pick First Play: Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms
LISTENaudio Great Lake SwimmersA Forest of ArmsStream until April 20.With no fanfare or preamble, Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker gets right to the point on the very first song of the band's new...
View ArticleHow Music Works: does playing music for plants help them grow?
It’s a theory that dates all the way back to 1848, when a German professor published a book about the soul life of plants, and London’s Royal Philharmonic even recorded a special album called The Flora...
View ArticleHow Music Works: can an opera singer break a glass with voice alone?
It’s the stuff of legend — and even of vintage TV commercials— but can an unamplified singer really break a glass using his or her voice alone? The answer is yes, but it’s not easy.In short, every...
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How Music Works: how does bass make objects move?
A car pulls up beside yours, and the driver has the bass thumping so loud the windows on your car rattle and vibrate; or you’re at a concert, and the bass is pounding so hard that you can feel you...
View ArticleHow Music Works: how does the human voice work?
Most people use it all day every day — we speak, we sing, we laugh — and yet many of us have no idea how our voices work.It’s an amazing system that operates much like a wind instrument and is roughly...
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How Music Works: why do you sound better when you’re singing in the shower?
If you’re like most of us, your singing voice hasn’t quite reached star quality—but when you step into the shower, you sound like you're ready to hit the stage.So why do we sound so much better in the...
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How Music Works: can loud music physically knock someone over?
It’s a now-legendary movie scene: in Back to the Future, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays a single guitar chord through an amplifier that’s cranked up so loud, it slams him against the wall.But can a...
View ArticleHow Music Works: why do some people get chills when they listen to their...
If you love music, you probably know the feeling. You’re listening to one of your very favourite songs, and there’s that amazing part that never fails to give you chills.It's a phenomenon that's also...
View ArticleHow Music Works: surprising answers to your questions about sound
It's Science Week at CBC Music, and all week, we're going boldly into the area where science and music collide.And to start, we're tackling your questions about how music works.Why is it that your ears...
View ArticleFirst Play: San Fermin, Jackrabbit
LISTENaudio San FerminJack RabbitStream to April 20Most bands don't release 15-track records anymore, but most bands don't really look like San Fermin, either. On the surface, yes, they're another...
View ArticleFirst Play: Sam Roberts Band, Counting the Days
When a brand new band releases an EP, it’s usually for a number of reasons. Perhaps the label wants to introduce their new artist before putting all their weight behind a full-length album, or maybe...
View ArticleThe R3-30: Canada’s top indie songs for the week of April 13, 2015
It's finally spring and we're in the midst of our annual Searchlight competition to find Canada's best new band. Some of our favourite new discoveries are making their way into rotation and on to this...
View ArticleFirst Play: Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color
LISTENaudio Alabama Shakes Sound & ColorStream to April 21Pressure was high when it came time for Alabama Shakes to make the followup to their 2012 critically acclaimed, three-time Grammy-nominated...
View ArticleRear-view Mirror: Springsteen’s Return to Greatness with "Born To Run."
Every week, Rich Terfry looks back in our Rear-view Mirror at a great song from the good ol’ days. This week, Bruce Springsteen with "Born to Run." "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen is the...
View ArticleJunk in the Trunk: Drive’s Daily Blog for Monday April 13th 2015
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.Rich's Pick: "Ethiopian Girl" by Dur Dur BandJunk In The Trunk: A...
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