LISTEN: Desormais "Hell'n Ohio"
"Hell'n Ohio" The melodica is basically the leprechaun of the instrument world: extremely rare, childlike in appearance and worth its weight in gold. So it's not surprising that it kind of steals the...
View ArticleToday on The Shumka Chunk: Top 5 Must-See Gigs... and Fans on Stage
Hey everybody! It's Dave Shumka filling in for Grant Lawrence. Friday is the day when we usually talk about issues around live music, and today is no different. Last month, I went to a concert...
View ArticleTest post How To (Pretend To) Sing Like A Tuvan Throat Singer
Tuvan throat singing is, in a very small nutshell, the art of producing one or more pitches over a fundamental pitch. Tuvan throat singing can be a pretty otherworldly sound, and admittedly some...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Handsome Furs, Felix Cartal, The Barr Brothers, more!
Watch the NEW Felix Cartal video for “Don’t Turn on the Lights” (feat. Polina) (above) 30 Songs in 30 Days: Great Big Sea member, Murray Foster, takes on a dare for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and...
View ArticleLISTEN: Maylee Todd "Hieroglyphics"
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/artist/Maylee-Todd/Hieroglyphics Maylee Todd, the interstellar cardio enthusiast and cohort of Woodhands, Henri Faberge & The Adorables and The Bicycles, is back on Radio...
View ArticleRaindrops on Roses, and Black Metal solos...
Not to project or anything, but this first week of the New Year seems like it’s been a rough one. What with work, and winter weather and those sad, increasingly staler Christmas cookies on top of the...
View ArticleLISTEN: Rich Aucoin "It"
listen The party just keeps going for the former Chart Topper on R3 - Rich Aucoin's "It" was the song Most Thumbed Up this past week. Check out the rest of the Top 5.
View ArticleThe R3-30: Chad VanGaalen, Bry Webb, & 2012's Breakout Bands Ranked By You!
CHART #275 The R3-30 ended last year with a countdown of 2011's top artists as voted on by you. Now, to begin 2012, we're counting down the "breakout bands" of this coming year - also voted on by you....
View ArticleThe R3-30: Chad VanGaalen, Bry Webb, & 2012's Breakout Bands Ranked By You!
CHART #275 The R3-30 ended last year with a countdown of 2011's top artists as voted on by you. Now, to begin 2012, we're counting down the "breakout bands" of this coming year - also voted on by you....
View ArticleTegan & Sara in Session in 2005: From the R3 Vaults
It's hard to believe that Tegan and Sara recorded their first albums way back in 1997, using their high school's recording studio. We're not going to go back that far, but we are going to take you back...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM: Sunday Picks!
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Starting today, I'm going to be devoting RADIOGRAHAM's Sunday shows to some choice songs, videos, and so on. I'll do a couple today, but I also want your help! Since it's all...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolution for 2012? How long will you last?
Did you make a New Year's Resolution for 2012? At the stroke of midnight did you swear you'd take a month off booze or play less video games? Maybe you promised yourself you'd wake up every day and run...
View ArticleRock 'N' Roll in Record Time: Joel Plaskett to produce 10 songs in 10 weeks
Joel Plaskett's new emergency? Recording and producing his new album in ten weeks. Inspired in part by the record industry of the 1950s - a decade when the single ruled and when songs went from the...
View ArticleLISTEN: Broken Bricks "Boy Dressed In Blue"
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/artist/Broken-Bricks/Boy-Dressed-In-Blue They may be too young to remember the good old days of rock n' roll, but it's not stopping Toronto's Broken Bricks from jamming out...
View ArticleToday on The Shumka Chunk: Is it time to move on?
Hi gang! It's Dave Shumka sitting in for Grant Lawrence. Recently, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney said that the reason rock n' roll is dying is because "people became OK with Nickelback being the...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Great Lake Swimmers, Coeur de Pirate, The Darcys, more!
Watch The Evaporators & Andrew WK’s NEW video for “I Hate Being Late (When I’m Early)” (above) Great Lake Swimmers announce their new album, New Wild Everywhere, coming Apr 3 via Nettwerk Records,...
View ArticleLISTEN: Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans "Decidedly"
lis The RCMP called it the Falcon Lake Incident. A wild eyed prospector claimed to have seen a cigar shaped spaceship land in Falcon Lake, Manitoba. A door opened, he heard alien voices inside and...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Music
“Talking About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture." This has always been one of my favourite quotes, though strangely, this is what I do most days. Sometimes I even write about it… stranger...
View ArticleTCNH: The Monday Music Meld ("Always bear in mind that your own resolution to...
Well, nine days in. How are you making out? I pose that question exclusively to those who made New Year's resolutions. Now, I know some of you don't subscribe to that idea, but making a resolution is a...
View ArticleLISTEN: Jill Barber "In Perfect Time"
listen "You can't rely on time to change the way you feel, 'cause time, it often loses track of who it's supposed to heal" Jill Barber has made a name for herself recently with beautifully orchestrated...
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