Today On Radio 2 3/10/08

This afternoon, the Radio 2 debut of Ron MacLean on Radio 2 Drive (3 p.m.-6 p.m.). Photographic evidence is provided on the right, and for more details please see Live On Drive: Ron MacLean.

The nutshell version is that Ron plays some of his favourite Canadian music on the show -- and he and Rich talk music and hockey and the connection between the two. Yes, there is one.

Also, a quick alert to a show you may wish to tune into on the weekend -- the fifth episode of The Nerve, which focuses on the fascinating subject of how music is intertwined with a sense of identity. You can hear that on Inside The Music Saturday Edition(12:00 p.m., 1:00 AT, 1:30 NT), and for more on The Nerve stay tuned to The Blog. For now, here are the rest of the day's broadcast highlights:

Radio 2 Morning (6 a.m.-10 a.m.) The Dylan legacy continues, Canada style, with covers of This Wheel's On Fire -- Tom plays versions both old and new, from Canadian musicians. In the second hour, a Canadian classic-to-be from Ray Condo And His Hardrock Goners. Hour three brings some music from an American classic -- folk singer Phil Ochs whose songs of protest are still relevant today...in the last hour of the show, a bluegrass, yes bluegrass, version of Prince's When Doves Cry.

Tempo (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.) Today Julie launches a Friday series of live concert recordings from the European Broadcasting Union. This Friday, a special concert from Stockholm held to honour Nobel Prize winners. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy plays music by Wagner and Ravel.

Radio 2 Drive (3 p.m.-6 p.m.) [Please See Top Of Post]

Tonic (6 p.m.) Katie has music from vocalists Gregory Charles, (yes, that Gregory Charles) June Garber, Diana Krall and Billie Holiday, and the live concert set comes from British funk band The New Mastersounds recorded live in Spain in 2006.

Canada Live (8 p.m.) Concerts from Vancouver jump blues band The Twisters, and famed blues man Joe Louis Walker, recorded at the Vancouver Island Music fest.

The Signal (10 p.m.) In concert from the Suoni per il popolo festival, The Nels Cline Singers. Also, Pat plays music featured at this weekend’s Pop Montreal festival.

Photo By Ryan Couldrey