R3 Weekend With Pete Morey: Saturday Schmatterday!
Bonjour. It is Saturday the 18th of Feb 2012. Welcome to R3 Weekend. Pete Morey standing on guard for thee. As always leave your comment on the blog and follow along with the show on TUMBLR where...
View ArticleSounds like teen spirit: In Concert quiz
The In Concert quiz celebrates youth this week, with three compositions written during a composer's teenage years. Your job is to identify the piece and the teenage composer. So let's get started....
View ArticleTHIS WEEK: 10 Best Music Videos
It was announced a while back, but now there's video evidence: The Beach Boys are back at it. In a video released Tuesday, the Boys are back in the recording studio remaking one of their classic tunes...
View ArticleFun playlists, Grammy moments, and more on RADIOGRAHAM
Look, Ma, new blog! It's RADIOGRAHAM's first day here at our shiny new CBC Music digs and I have to say I couldn't be happier. I'm still unpacking, but I can already tell this is going to be a great...
View ArticleLive Coverage: Whitney Houston's funeral
Whitney Houston's friends and family joined music and film celebrities and hundreds of mourners in a packed New Jersey church for the late pop icon's funeral, where she was remembered as a "sweet...
View ArticleKnow when to fold 'em: Poker tips from Kenny Rogers and Jonathan Duhamel
Everyone loves Kenny Rogers' song "The Gambler," right? Of course. However, did at least one top poker star actually follow the advice Rogers offers to fuel some championship playing? French-Canadian...
View ArticleMusic that moves me: Denzal Sinclaire turns to Bach's cello suites
Denzal Sinclaire is one of Canada’s best-loved jazz vocalists. A multiple Juno Award nominee, and winner of the 2004 National Jazz Award for Best Album, Sinclaire has collaborated with a wide range of...
View ArticleKaija Saariaho: Love from Afar
Years ago, I happened to be a fly on a radio studio wall when the writer Mavis Gallant, asked perhaps just once too often by one too many interviewers about why she chose to live in Paris, of all...
View ArticleCalgary Philharmonic performs Suite from the Red Violin
Remember the 1998 movie The Red Violin, with a haunting, Oscar-winning soundtrack by John Corigliano? Corigliano also reworked the soundtrack for the concert hall, and on Feb. 23 the Calgary...
View ArticleBilly Corgan, ICP, Bob Mould: musicians meet wrestling
Apparently, Hulk Hogan could have been a member of Metallica. He recently told England’s The Sun: “I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. Zeus, Great Lake Swimmers, and "Songs From The Future!"
CHART #282 Check out the show on demand as a 3 hour playlist or an abridged podcast: listen A few weeks back, R3-30 producer, Pedro Mendes, opined that a lot of new music seems to be borrowing...
View ArticleHot Hot Heat: Concerts from the Radio 3 vault
Victoria bandmates Dusting Hawthorne and Steve Bays worked together on a number of projects before they met Paul Hawley and formed Hot Hot Heat in 1999. Shortly after, they signed on with Seattle's Sub...
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Tom Power shares his shuffle playlist
Tom Power is the host of Radio 2 Morning, and Deep Roots on CBC Radio 2. He’s also a founding member of the Newfoundland folk band, the Dardanelles. As he told CBC Live’s Calum Shanlin, it was a love...
View ArticleClaude Debussy, Lord Byron and Norman Jewison bask in moonlight
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Dvorak’s Song to the Moon are two instances of musical tributes to Earth’s enigmatic satellite. The moon has also inspired 19th century poets and famous filmmakers. Who...
View ArticleSpirit-lifting music for a cold winter's day
Some of the great composers of the past struggled with depression. Occasionally, their recovery was marked by bursts of productive energy. Robert Schumann composed his Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 2...
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The Curse of the Ninth Symphony
The idea of the Ninth Symphony holds a special place in classical music lore. So much so that the storage capacity of the compact disc, at 74 minutes, was developed by Sony specifically to...
View ArticleR3 Weekend With Pete Morey: When The Good Guys Go Bad!
"PETE SAY WELCOME" (in an Incredible Hulk voice) It is Saturday the 25th of Feb 2012. This week the good guys went bad! Superhero and part time Avenger The Incredible Hulk was seen robbing a bank in...
View ArticleToday on The Shumka Chunk: 10 things to do in Toronto
Hey everybody. It's Dave Shumka sitting in for Graham Wright. Well, next weekend I'm heading to Toronto for the first time in my 31 years. I'm doing a live version of my podcast. Before you get too...
View ArticleAmanda Rheaume announced as finalist in RBC arts competition
Métis singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume has been named for the RBC Emerging Artist Award. She is described as a powerful vocalist with just a touch of grit and instantly accessible roots-pop-Americana...
View ArticleRPM brings you new indigenous music releases for January and February
So far in 2012 the new releases in Indian country span the genres of folk, americana, flamenco, traditional, pop and rock… something for everyone! Right out of the gate, Samantha Crain released her new...
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