Wrath of Khanna's Album of the Week: Your Kiss by Mark Bragg
First off, happy birthday to my wife Michelle! Secondly, there are few performers that I've come across in this country that are as playfully menacing as Mark Bragg. I first saw Mark play when I was in...
View ArticleTCNH: The Wednesday Weld ("Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet...
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Taggy666! In three, short days, they will become spousally linked. And taggy (aka Tristan) asked his lovely friends here on cbcradio3 to help him program the music...
View ArticleCulture Days Preview w/ Grant Lawrence, Jian Ghomeshi, Mamma Yamma
This weekend across the country we celebrate a "collaborative, pan-Canadian" event called Culture Days. Here at CBC Vancouver we kick things off in high style on Friday with appearances from a range of...
View ArticleWelcome to the CBC Radio 3 Classical Page!
Welcome to CBC3's new Classical page. A work in progress, the genre pages are our latest project to better serve Canadian musicians and music fans. In the coming months, we'll be making an effort to...
View ArticleMusic Notes: September 28, 2011
Watch the NEW Coeur de Pirate video for “Adieu” (above) The Juno Awards to add Metal/ Hard Rock category. The 1st award will be handed out at next year’s event, April 1 in Ottawa – Exclaim! Listen to...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: The Best Thing You Got For Free
UPDATE: Check out the interview with UsedEverywhere.com's Jennifer Aikman http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Lanarama/Jennifer-Aikman-UsedEverywherecom-on-Free-Stuff I am sad to say producer Brent Hodge...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: Name Change
I don’t have an official count on the most over-used expressions in journalism, but I’m going to hazard a guess that “what’s in a name?” is probably one of the biggest offenders. Thing is, it so often...
View ArticleBabe Rainbow "Give You Time" - Track of the Day for September 29, 2011
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE New Babe Rainbow! New Babe Rainbow! Adult Swim recently released a compilation rare and previously unreleased tracks called 'Unclassified', it's where I found this new Babe...
View ArticleAb-Originals Ep. 75: Miss Melissa's Top Ten
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE It's the most wonderful time of the year - fall! For those unaware, this is the time of year in Canada when the Aboriginal music industry reaches its climax....
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: The Breakfast Club with Dan Mangan!
Vancouver's Dan Mangan is a very, very popular artist throughout Canada and right here on R3. He and his band, some of whom have their own outfit called the Crackling, are on the road a lot these days,...
View ArticleTCNH: The Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Andy "canadajanes" Janes!
Hello bloggers and bloggites! How are you on this fine day? I’m here at the CBC studio in Toronto and quite excited to be The Listener Co-Host for this Thursday! My fiancée, Alisha, and I are in...
View ArticleSaid The Whale Debuts New Single... Plus Worst Rock Tattoos Ever!
Said The Whale, one of CBC Radio 3's most popular artists, is about to enter into a very busy fall season. In November they release their new EP New Brighton, and to celebrate, they'll be on another...
View ArticleMusic Notes: September 29, 2011
Watch the NEW Kathryn Calder video for “Who Are You?” (above) The Canadian federal government re-introduces online copyright legislation today – Vancouver Sun First Bono, now Bill Clinton…K’naan’s...
View ArticleToday on Lanarama: Shine On, You Crazy... Session Musician!
Before Colin Stetson made the Polaris Music Prize shortlist, you may have heard him on stage or on recordings by Arcade Fire, Feist, Tom Waits, LCD Soundsystem, The National and tens of others! In 2008...
View ArticleMise En Scene - "Perfect Killers"
For the next couple of days I'll be reporting from the Banff Centre Indie Band Residency, a two week retreat for up and coming musicians sponsored in part by CBC Radio 3. This year the bands in...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: SURPRISE!
It's a day filled with surprises for those of us at CBC Vancouver. The big (I mean - big!) stage is set up for tomorrow's Culture Day's LIVE broadcast featuring New Pornographers and Stars, and we...
View ArticleTrack of the Day for September 30, 2011: Nathan "The Boulevard Back Then."
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE I know it’s a sound that should first draw you to a band, but a sentence can do much the same. And when I first read this: “If David Lynch had directed 'O Brother Where Art...
View ArticleArtist Series Podcast #34: Dirty Beaches
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE This week on the latest edition of the Artist Series podcast, we're very excited to feature a playlist from guest host Alex Zhang Hungtai, better known as Dirty...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? Misha & Sheila on The Chairs are Where the People Go + Bob...
Busy show today. Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti join me for a chat about their new book The Chairs Are Where the People Go and I'll ask them at least one question from canadajanes. I'm also giving...
View ArticleThe R3-30: Top CanIndie Artists on the World's Social Media + Welcome Back,...
CHART #262 Every edition of The R3-30 is extra special. I hope you know that. But this week's is extra extra special because it marks the return of producer, Pedro Mendes! He's refreshed, revitalized...
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