'My Girl' by Yukon Blonde (CBC Music Session)
On Feb 3, 2012 an intimate group of Vancouver music fans gathered together in CBC’s Studio 700 to hear the rumblings of something very top secret from Kelowna’s Yukon Blonde. It was an evening that...
View ArticleReworking Randy: Nikki Yanofsky and Randy Bachman record 'These Eyes' [VIDEO]
Below is the second in CBC Music's new week-long series called Reworking Randy. Over three episodes, we're posting a trio of videos featuring Canadian songwriter Randy Bachman in session with three...
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Hosts of CBC News Montreal share their shuffle playlists
Weekday evenings on CBC TV in Montreal, Andrew Chang and Debra Arbec fill you in on the day’s local news, with Frank Cavallaro taking care of the forecast. To celebrate the launch of CBC Music, we...
View Article18 things Justin Bieber can legally do now that he is 18
On March 1, 1994, Patricia Lynn Mallette gave birth to a bundle of joy that would one day rule the pop music world. She named her baby Justin Drew Bieber and today that apple-cheeked boy becomes an...
View ArticleThe blues ain’t sad
Have you ever told a friend you’re a fan of blues and got a response something like this: “I hate the blues, it’s sooo depressing.” Well, real blues actually brings you up. When you hear someone else...
View ArticleThe Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Michelle "meowchelle" Hanley
Hola mi amigos!I'm Michelle! Michelle Hanley, to be specific. Born and raised in (East)Vancouver. I have the pleasure of being this weeks listener co-host. Now, I don't comment too often on the blog...
View ArticleFrazy Ford: Recorded live in Montreal on this week's Sessions Podcast
Frazey Ford is perhaps best known as one part of the Vancouver trio The Be Good Tanyas, but not long ago, Ford set out on her own to tell her own stories with a solo album, Obadiah. The album, which...
View ArticleReworking Randy: Zeus and Randy Bachman record "Laughing" [VIDEO]
Here is the third and final in CBC Music's week-long series called Reworking Randy. Over three episodes, we've posting a trio of videos featuring Canadian songwriter Randy Bachman in session with three...
View ArticleMezzo Erica Iris Huang has a thing for cellists
Mezzo-soprano Erica Iris Huang is one of our featured Next! artists this year. She's among eight rising Canadian musicians who were recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio 2's In Concert. You can learn...
View ArticleCanadian Jazz Essentials: Michelle Grégoire’s picks
CBC Jazz continues its mission to compile a list of 10 essential Canadian jazz albums with a little help from friends in the jazz community. Pianist, arranger and composer Michelle Grégoire is...
View ArticleBenjamin Britten’s visit to Canada and US inspired overtures
In 1939, Benjamin Britten found himself in a productive yet unsettled period. He and his partner, Peter Pears, set off for North America from their native England with the intention of making a...
View ArticleTom Jones and Jack White release limited edition single in Wales
Tom Jones is releasing a new single -- a collaboration with former White Stripes guitarist, Jack White....
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Mitch Peacock, John Sauder, Sean Reynolds share shuffle playlists
To celebrate the launch of CBC Music, we’re asking CBC hosts across the country to tell us about the songs they love. We asked CBC News Winnipeg’s Mitch Peacock, Sean Reynolds and John Sauder to put...
View ArticleVancouver's Tom Jeffery aka TJ Hooker, passes away
We at CBC Electronic would like to express our condolences to the family and friends of Tom Jeffery, aka TJ Hooker. A leading light of Vancouver's underground house scene since 2006, news of Jeffery's...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. Joel Plaskett and Your Favourite Vancouver Artists!
CHART #283 This week, Pedro and I find ourselves basking in the Canadian West Coast glow of Vancouver, BC! Because we're recording the show here, we thought we'd honour the city by having you vote on...
View ArticleThe R3-30 feat. Joel Plaskett and Your Favourite Vancouver Artists!
CHART #283 Check out the show on demand as a 3 hour playlist or an abridged podcast: listen This week, Pedro and I find ourselves basking in the Canadian West Coast glow of Vancouver, BC! Because...
View ArticleRhyme scheme: the most used rhymes in music Part 3
If you listen to enough music, you’ll start to notice that certain rhymes are repeated in multiple songs. For example, so many songs are about love, but there aren’t that many rhymes for love other...
View ArticleBahamas nabs Most New Fans
listen Over the last week on CBC Music, singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen, who plays out as Bahamas, received the Most New Fans. And this track "Already Yours" is his Most Played on Demand song.
View ArticleBear Witness talks about electric pow wows this week on Spark
Bear Witness from A Tribe Called Red joins host Nora Young and guest co-host CBC's Duncan McCue this week on a special episode of Spark: Electric Powwows, Speaking Indigenously, and Claiming...
View ArticleQuote of the day: Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
Why was a 20-year-old German composer inspired to write a symphony about a remote part of the British Isles? The answer lies in the ruins of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. "We went into the deep...
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