Tuesday marks the birthday of Johnny Cash, and CBC Music has prepared an exclusive and fitting tribute to the iconic Man in Black: a cover of his classic Ring of Fire performed at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium by the darling young Canadian singers and rising country stars Lennon and Maisy (a.k.a. the Stella Sisters).
Category: Music
Beyoncé's Life Is But a Dream a curated peek behind the curtain
Categories: Movies, Music, Television
Tags: Beyoncé Knowles, Blue Ivy, doc, Jay-Z, Life Is But a Dream, personal
Fresh from her fierce gig at the Super Bowl, notoriously private pop star Beyoncé Knowles is offering a glimpse at her vulnerable side in her doc Life Is But a Dream. But this self-directed, self-produced peek behind the curtain is more carefully engineered confessional (with some admittedly electrifying performance footage) than a true exposé of the real Bey.
Drake gets wild in the street over Grammy win
Categories: Music
Tags: best rap album, Drake, Grammy, Started from the Bottom
When Drake's name was called from the Grammy stage Sunday for best rap album, the Toronto-born musician was nowhere to be seen. But he was watching on the Grammy livestream and jumped out of his car for a victory dance. Later in the evening he released the first video from his next album, Nothing Was the Same.
25 billion songs downloaded on iTunes, and counting
Categories: Music
Tags: 25 billion downloads, Apple, digital music, itunes
On Wednesday, iTunes hit another milestone in digital music — 25 billion downloads since the online music store opened in April 2003. It took three years to sell the first billion songs, but only five years to reach five billion. Now, according to Apple, we buy 15,000 songs every minute.
CBC Music's Searchlight seeks best new artist
Categories: Music
Tags: CBC Music, contest, new artist, original music, Searchlight
Whether performing rock, hip hop or klezmer, aspiring musicians have a tough time getting heard in today's crowded landscape. Enter the latest initiative from our friends at CBC Music: Searchlight is billed as a hunt for Canada's best new artist - of any musical genre.
Justin Timberlake's musical comeback
Categories: Music
It's been nearly seven years since Justin Timberlake brought the SexyBack, but the former Mouseketeer and boy band alum has lined up a few major gigs next month — including the Grammys — to launch his long-awaited new album. Having spent the last few years on his fashion label, acting career and love life, Timberlake is returning to music with album The 20/20 Experience in March.
Considering Chris Brown and Rihanna
Categories: Celebrities, Music, Social Media
Tags: celebrity, Chris Brown, domestic abuse, image, relationship, Rihanna
Their relationship status may be unclear, but celebrity-watchers couldn't help but notice the very public appearances of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna together over the holiday break. After their high-profile case of domestic abuse, what does it mean when the two parties seem to be getting cozy again?
South Korea's Psy and Burlington, Ont.'s Walk Off The Earth scored the top two viral hits of 2012 with, respectively, Gangnam Style and a cover of Somebody That I Used to Know. Now, they're making their next stab at viral fame.
Girls, Gaga, Oz and Verdi: looking ahead to 2013
Categories: Art & Design, Books, Movies, Music, Television
Tags: 2013, arts and entertainment, lookahead
As a fresh new year begins, CBC Arts takes a glimpse at some arts and entertainment happenings about to unfold. Be they outstanding productions or cringe-inducing wrecks, these are just a few of the shows, books, albums, musicals, films and events we just can't wait to check out in 2013.
Getting hands on with TSO's interactive symphony app
Categories: Live Performance, Music, Social Media
Tags: app, A Toronto Symphony, interactive, public, social, Tod Machover, TSO
Remixing a symphony for the TSO to perform? There's an app for that (sort of). Innovative composer Tod Machover is creating a brand new classical composition inspired by Toronto that incorporates actual sounds from the city and submissions by its residents.
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February (9)
- Canada's Stella Sisters sing a birthday tribute to the Man in Black
- Oscar swag the ultimate consolation prize
- Oscar predictions: the shoo-ins and the should-have-beens
- Authors bare all for PEN Canada
- Anoushka Shankar and the One Billion Rising campaign
- Beyoncé's Life Is But a Dream a curated peek behind the curtain
- Drake gets wild in the street over Grammy win
- 25 billion songs downloaded on iTunes, and counting
- CBC Music's Searchlight seeks best new artist
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January (16)
- 6 bone-crushing football films
- FILM REVIEW: Warm Bodies
- Justin Timberlake's musical comeback
- Argo moves to the fore in Oscar best picture race
- FILM REVIEW: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
- FILM REVIEW: Knife Fight
- FILM REVIEW: Parker
- Kroll Show parodies Degrassi with "Wheels, Ontario"
- FILM REVIEW: The Last Stand
- FILM REVIEW: Gangster Squad
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