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Katie Malloch's Jazz Picks: Ballads Blues & Bey
Katie Malloch shares her jazz favourites, this week it's singer Andy Bey's great recording, Ballads Blues and Bey.Read More »
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Thursday February 16, 2012
The Barber of Seville, Live from the Met
"Welcome to my shop. Let me cut your mop. Let me shave your crop. Daintily, daintily..." If Bugs Bunny singing the Rabbit of Seville was your entrée into the world of opera, Saturday Afternoon at the Opera has a treat in store for you.
Posted in: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Monday February 13, 2012
Joel Plaskett's Scrappy Happiness: Track Six -- "Somewhere Else"
Joel Plaskett is recording and producing a song a week for the next ten weeks for his new album, Scrappy Happiness, and debuting them on CBC R2 and 3. Hear the latest: "Somewhere Else."
Posted in: R2 Drive
Sunday February 12, 2012
Seeking the Middle Sound: In Concert Quiz
In Concert's Quiz takes the middle sound, asking you to identify solo instruments balanced in the middle register, for your chance to win some excellent classical recordings.
Posted in: In Concert
Friday February 10, 2012
2012 Grammy Awards CBC Music live chat
Turn on the Grammys, grab your favourite party favours and log on here at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) Sunday for a live Grammys chat.
Posted in: R2 Drive
Friday February 10, 2012
Up Close - Hockey Day In Canada
Dave Bidini brought his band Bidiniband in for an Up Close session, along with Chris Murphy and Stephen Stanley, for a preview of their Hockey Day in Canada songs.
Posted in: R2 Drive
Thursday February 9, 2012
Wagner's Götterdämmerung: Live from the Met
Will it be the One Ring to Rule Them All? Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris is Siegfried, in Wagner's Götterdämmerung, directed by Robert Lepage.
Posted in: Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Tuesday February 7, 2012
Katie's Jazz Picks: The Quiet Genius of Don Grolnick
Don Grolnick was an in-the-background kind of guy, a composer, producer and keyboard player for some of the top names in pop. But jazz was where his soul was.
Posted in: Tonic
Tuesday February 7, 2012
The Juno nominees are in, and the people have spoken
The nominees for the 2012 Juno Awards were announced this morning. Here's what people had to say online.
Posted in: R2 Drive