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Navigating Canadian Music Week: Day 1


Canadian Music Week presents so many choices -- and so many organizational hurdles -- it can be hard to navigate. CBC music correspondent Laura Thompson talks about her approach on Day One, what works and doesn't work, and new finds such as Samantha Savage Smith and Craig Stickland.
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Drake's GQ style update


Toronto's Drake riffs about his relationship with his father, the current state of the rap industry and his own promiscuity in a cover story for GQ magazine. The dapper rapper also admits to a very calculated approach to his own image - so does anyone believe it when he says he's looking to be more than a playboy?
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Jason Mraz gets "Freak"ed by teen Aussie band

In the vein of Canadian band Walk Off the Earth's beautiful and distinctive cover of Somebody That I Used to Know, we offer up another similarly positioned five-piece crammed together to give a great web video performance. This time around, it's an adorable Aussie outfit singing Jason Mraz's new single I Won't Give Up.
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Avril trades baggy pants for black lingerie in Goodbye

After teasing fans over Twitter for the past week, Avril Lavigne has unveiled her surprise gift to them: a stylized music video for her track Goodbye that sees the Canadian pop star trade her Sk8er Boi baggy pants for black lingerie.
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Milestone Bieber birthday tied to greeting card launch

Canadian sensation Justin Bieber has turned 18 and the interwebs are already aflutter with stories about some killer birthday gifts, tributes and tie-ins -- like his new Hallmark card line. Far from the bubblegum appeal of the Biebs, another greeting card controversy linked to the late Whitney Houston might prove a lesson on the downside of a life in the spotlight.
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The long shadow over Chris Brown's Grammy win

The Grammy Awards are over, but the Twitter-verse still has Chris Brown on its mind. Many are debating whether the man who assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna ahead of the 2009 ceremony should have been rewarded with so much stage time at this year's awards gala. And Brown's own tweets crowing about his Grammy win haven't helped redeem his reputation.
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Jack White goes solo


A year after the demise of The White Stripes, singer and guitarist Jack White has announced his first solo album, Blunderbuss. The single, Love Interruptions, is the first taste of that album.
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A first listen of Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas

Our chers amis at Radio-Canada's Espace musique are streaming Canadian icon Leonard Cohen's forthcoming album Old Ideas online. The brand new studio album, set for release Jan. 31, offers Cohen's distinctive, melancholic baritone, poignant lyrics and spiritual -- but also swinging -- music.
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Burlington, Ont.'s Walk Off The Earth goes viral

It's the newest music industry practice in our Twitterfied world: a band is plucked from relative obscurity on the strength of just a few words from a celebrity. Just ask Burlington, Ont. band Walk Off the Earth, who have -- in just a few days -- gone viral with an unusual song cover, won over Russell Crowe, been featured on Good Morning America and earned kudos from the original artist.
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Toronto bakery owner mistaken for Radiohead

When Sit Still surfaced on the internet, Radiohead fans spread the word about a purported lost track from their favourite band. Actually, it's a song by Toronto bakery owner Christopher Stopa and he's as surprised as anyone to see it hailed as a release by the influential British group.
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