MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Kathleen Edwards
Kathleen Edwards performed her single, 'Change The Sheets' with a little help from Hannah Georges on Friday's show. It's a great performance - check it out if you missed it!...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Feist, Crystal Castles, Teen Daze, more!
Watch the NEW Feist video for “The Bad In Each Other” (above) Feist to headline this year’s Green Man Festival, Aug 19, in Wales; Junior Boys also on the bill – NME Rufus Wainwright, Japandroids, and...
View ArticleLISTEN to John K. Samson's Provincial [X3 Artist of the Month for February]
Having written four acclaimed albums with The Weakerthans since 1997, John K. Samson strikes out on his own with the release of Provincial, his first solo album since the 1993 release of Slips &...
View ArticleGoing it Alone: The Solo Project
The American philosopher Henry David Thoreau was probably not speaking about music when he wrote these words:"If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different...
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"Not Write Notes": Johnny Cash's To-Do List
A handwritten note from The Man in Black, detailing one simple day in the wild life of Johnny Cash: [Via Quipsologies]
View Article'The songwriter's guru is Bob': Henry Wagons covers Bob Dylan's 'Positively...
Spend a few minutes with Australian singer-songwriter Henry Wagons, and you'll meet an exuberant, impassioned wild man. Listen to his songs, and you can hear a clear nod to Bob Dylan. Wagons has...
View ArticleTCNH: X3 Artist Co-Host Initiative w/ John K. Samson
John K. Samson is one of the best lyricists I've ever heard, and today I get to sit with him for a very elongated, very in-depth conversation about his debut solo record, Provincial. John is the X3...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary, Ma Rainey
On Feb. 2, 1904, Gertrude Pridgett married William “Pa” Rainey and was from then on known as Ma Rainey.Ma Rainey’s career spanned over 35 years. She and Pa were at one time billed as the Assassinators...
View ArticleLeonard Cohen: Portrait of the songwriter as visual artist
Artists often like to present their creativity in a variety of ways. Let's be honest: it doesn't always work (see: Eddie Murphy, singer or Mick Jagger, actor). However, some artists hit their stride...
View ArticleGrammy-nominated Dream Theater’s link to small-town Ontario
When the 54th annual Grammy nominations were announced, there was a peculiar Canadian connection to the best hard rock/metal performance category: small-town Ontario’s James LaBrie. Nominated along...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. John K. Samson, Islands & Buddy Holly (sort of)
Fifty-three years ago this week Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and their pilot, Roger Peterson perished in a tragic plane crash. Today on The R3-30 we ask,...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. John K. Samson, Islands & Buddy Holly (sort of)
Fifty-three years ago this week Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and their pilot, Roger Peterson perished in a tragic plane crash. Today on The R3-30 we ask,...
View Article5 fab Beatles albums without the Beatles
The Beatles wrote such fantastic songs that the music’s enjoyable to hear even when the Beatles aren’t playing it. Here are five full albums, each one dedicated to songs from the Beatles’ timeless...
View ArticleGibberish in pop music: mah na mah na
We have doo-wop to thank for all of the nonsensical words we’ve sang along to over the decades. In the 1940s groups like The Ink Spots started building songs around strong vocal harmonies instead of...
View ArticleLed Zeppelin’s John Bonham had big drums (INFOGRAPHIC)
I don’t want to sound rude or anything, but have you ever noticed? Led Zeppelin’s drummer had really big drums. I was looking at a video the other day and noticed, wow, that’s a huge bass drum that man...
View ArticleMust-visit rock 'n' roll hotels in North America
Every time I take a trip in the world, I research where rock stars have stayed. That kind of accommodation planning can end up in one of two scenarios: the hotel is really cool and full of culture, or...
View ArticleDefinitely not the cello - In Concert quiz
Bach's Cello Suites are great. So great, that other instrumentalists have decided to have a go at them. For this week's quiz, we ask you to identify some alt cello suite. So you'll hear four...
View ArticleRajaton: are they pop or classical? Watch the CBC video
Is Rajaton, the superstar ensemble from Finland, a pop group or a classical group? The six singers do a killer version of a pop hit by Queen, yet they also knock the music of composer Jean Sibelius...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM: Canada Reads Spectacular Part II - The Legend of Curly's Gold
Books! They're great! And today, RADIOGRAHAM is all about celebrating them - particularly, the five that are in the running for this year's Canada Reads! Other than songs, books are pretty much my...
View ArticleLISTEN: The Left "Pretty Things"
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/artist/The-Left/Pretty-Things BC's The Left doesn't keep their talents under wraps with "Pretty Things" from the album Cellophane. Over seven years of kicking out their own...
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