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I have to admit that I know very little about hockey. When I was a kid you were either in to hockey or you were in to music. I chose music; it seemed safer, less violent and somehow more rebellious. I will say that what little I do know about hockey I learned from reading Dave Bidini's books. Not his books about hockey but his books about music, which always have a hockey subtext. You see, Dave was lucky enough to grow up in an environment where a kid could love both hockey and music.

Dave has taken his love for both and has turned it in to the now annual Hockey Day in Canada, Stolen from a Hockey Card concert. This year the concert is being held in PEI. The idea for the concert is to bring together songwriters from around the country with the aim of writing the next great hockey anthem. The inspiration for the songs is the stats and stories found on the back of hockey trading cards.

Continue reading "Up Close - Hockey Day In Canada" »

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Members of Cuff the Duke announce nominees for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year at the Juno Award nominations announcement in Toronto this morning.



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AlD9FT2CIAIPTxp.jpgThis just in! The Juno Awards nominations, covered live by CBC Radio 2 and 3 are in, and here is the complete list.

What do you think of this year's nominations?

JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD

Arcade Fire Sonovox*F>A>B


Avril Lavigne RCA*Sony


City and Colour


Deadmau5


Drake Cash Money*Universal


Ginette Reno Melon Miel*Sélect


Hedley Universal


Justin Bieber Def Jam*Universal


Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner


Nickelback Universal



SINGLE OF THE YEAR

City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal

Fragile Bird


Hedley Universal
Invincible


Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI
Let's Go Higher


Nickelback Universal
When We Stand Together


The Sheepdogs Warner
I Don¹t Know


INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY HMV CANADA)

Adele XL/Beggers
Group*Sélect
21


Coldplay EMI
Mylo Xyloto


Lady Gaga Interscope*Universal
Born This Way


LMFAO Interscope*Universal
Sorry For Party Rocking


Rihanna Island Def Jam*Universal
Loud


ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUSIC CANADA)

Avril Lavigne RCA*Sony
Goodbye Lullabye


Drake Cash Money*Universal
Take Care


Justin Bieber Island Def Jam*Universal
Under the Mistletoe


Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner
Christmas


Nickelback Universal
Here And Now



ARTIST OF THE YEAR

City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal


Deadmau5 Ultra*EMI


Drake Cash Money*Universal


Feist Arts&Crafts*EMI


Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner



GROUP OF THE YEAR

Arkells Arkells Music*Universal


Down With Webster Universal


Hedley Universal


Nickelback Universal


Sam Roberts Band Universal

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER
FUND)

Alyssa Reid Wax*Warner


Dan Mangan Arts&Crafts*EMI


Diamond Rings Secret City*EMI


JRDN Kuya*Fontana North


Lindi Ortega Last Gang*Universal



NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY FACTOR AND RADIO STARMAKER FUND)

Braids
Flemish Eye*Outside


Hey Rosetta! Sonic*Warner


Mother Mother Last Gang*Universal


The Rural Alberta Advantage Paper Bag*Fontana North


The Sheepdogs Warner



SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SIRIUSXM CANADA)

Dallas Green Dine
Alone*Universal | Publisher: Cobalt
Fragile Bird, We Found Each Other, Weightless LITTLE HELL - City and
Colour


Dan Mangan Arts&Crafts*EMI | Publisher: Dan Mangan Music
About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All, Post-War
Blues, Oh Fortune OH FORTUNE - Dan Mangan


Feist Arts&Crafts*EMI | Publishers: Universal Music MBG Ltd., Heavy Sheet
Music / Warner Chappell
How Come You Never Go There, Graveyard - co-songwriters Mocky & Chilly
Gonzales, The Circle Married The Line - co-songwriters Mike Little &
Chris Byrne METALS - Feist


Jim Cuddy Warner | Publisher: Buried Crow Music
Everyone Watched The Wedding, Skyscraper Soul, Watch Yourself Go
Down SKYSCRAPER SOUL - Jim Cuddy


Ron Sexsmith Warner | Publisher: Ronboy Rhymes/Sony ATV Music Publishing
(SOCAN)
Get In Line, Believe It When I See It, Middle of Love LONG PLAYER
LATE BLOOMER - Ron Sexsmith



COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Doc Walker Open Road*Universal
16 & 1


High Valley Open Road*Universal
High Valley


Jason McCoy Open Road*Universal
Everything


Jimmy Rankin Song Dog*Fontana North
Forget About the World


Terri Clark Bare Tracks*EMI
Roots and Wings

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Cuff The Duke Paper Bag*Fontana North
Morning Comes


Feist Arts&Crafts*EMI
Metals


Jenn Grant Six Shooter*Warner
Honeymoon Punch


Jim Cuddy Warner
Skyscraper Soul


Ron Sexsmith Warner
Long Player Late Bloomer



ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY LONG & MCQUADE)

Braids Flemish
Eye*Outside
Native Speaker


Dan Mangan Arts & Crafts*EMI
Oh Fortune


Destroyer Merge*F>A>B
Kaputt


Fucked Up Matador*Sélect
David Comes To Life


Timber Timbre Arts&Crafts*EMI
Creep On Creepin¹ On



POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Avril Lavigne RCA*Sony
Goodbye Lullaby


Down With Webster Universal
Time To Win Vol. II


Hedley Universal
Storms


Lights Lights Music*Universal
Siberia


Marianas Trench 604*Universal
Ever After

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY RECORDING ARTISTS' COLLECTING SOCIETY
- A DIVISION OF ACTRA)

Arkells Arkells Music*Universal
Michigan Left


Matthew Good Universal
Lights of Endangered Species


Sam Roberts Band Universal
Collider


Sloan Outside
The Double Cross


The Sheepdogs
Learn & Burn



VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Diana Panton Independent*eOne
To Brazil With Love


Fern Lindzon Independent
Two Kites


Sonia Johnson Effendi*Sélect
Le carré de nos amours


Sophie Milman eOne
In The Moonlight


The Nylons Linus*Universal
Skin Tight



CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Chris Tarry Nineteen Eight
Rest of the Story


Colin Stetson Constellation*Outside
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges


François Bourassa Quartet Effendi*Sélect
Idiosyncrasie


Hilario Duran & Jane Bunnett Alma*Universal
Cuban Rhapsody


Phil Dwyer Orchestra feat. Mark Fewer Alma*Universal
Changing Seasons



TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Dave Young Quintet Modica*Independent
Aspects of Oscar


David Braid Independent
Verge


Kirk MacDonald Orchestra Addo
Deep Shadows


Mike Murley Septet Cornerstone*Outside
Still Rollin'


Oliver Jones Justin Time*EMI
Live In Baden



INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Andrew Collins Independent
Cats & Dogs


Colin Stetson Constellation*Outside
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges


L¹Orkestre des Pas Perdus Cross Current*Outside
L¹Âge du cuivre


MAZ Independent
Télescope


Stretch Orchestra Independent
Stretch Orchestra



FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Catherine Major Spectra*Sélect
Le désert des solitudes


Coeur de Pirate Gross Boîte*Sélect
Blonde


Fred Pellerin Disques Tempête*DEP
C¹est un monde


Jérôme Minière La Tribu*DEP
Le vrai le faux


Malajube Dare To Care*Sélect
La caverne



CHILDREN'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Bobs & Lolo Bobolo Productions*Fontana North
Connecting the Dots


Charlie Hope Little Maple Leaf Productions*Independent
Songs, Stories and Friends: Let¹s Go Play!


Eddie Douglas Fat Flea*CD Baby
Sleepy Sky Lullaby


Music with BRIAN Independent
Everyone


Vocal Paint Inner Light Entertainment
My Butterfly/A Capella Lullabies



CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO OR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Canadian Brass
Opening Day*Universal
Brahms On Brass


Louis Lortie Chandos*SRI
Louis Lortie Plays Liszt


Marc-André Hamelin Hyperion*SRI
Liszt Piano Sonata


New Orford String Quartet Bridge*SRI
Schubert & Beethoven


Susan Hoeppner Marquis*EMI
American Flute Masterpieces

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE OR SOLOIST(S) WITH LARGE
ENSEMBLE ACCOMPANIMENT

Alexandre Da Costa/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Acacia Classics*Universal
Daugherty : Fire and Blood


James Ehnes Chandos*SRI
Bartók Voilin Concertos


Jean-Guihen Queyras Harmonia Mundi*SRI
Vivaldi Cello Concertos


Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain ATMA*Naxos
Bruckner 4


Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Métropolitain ATMA*Naxos
Florent Schmidt- La tragédie de salomé



CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: VOCAL OR CHORAL PERFORMANCE

Jane Archibald;
Orchestre Symphonique Bienne; Thomas Rösner ATMA*Naxos
Haydn Arias


Karina Gauvin - Marie-Nicole Lemieux Naive*Naxos
Handel: Streams of Pleasure


Le Nouvel Opéra ATMA*Naxos
Caldara : La Conversione di Clodoveo


Marie-Josée Lord; Orchestre Métropolitain; Giuseppe Pietraroia ATMA*Naxos
Marie-Josée Lord


Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Daniel Taylor Analekta*Sélect
J.S. Bach: Cantatas 70 & 154; Concerto 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2



CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

Ann Southam Centrediscs*Naxos/CMC
Glass Houses #5


Derek Charke Centrediscs*Naxos/CMC
Sepia Fragments


Heather Schmidt Centrediscs*Naxos/CMC
Piano Concerto No. 2


Jacques Hétu Independent
String Quartet No. 2


Jeffrey Ryan Naxos
Fugitive Colours



RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Classified Half Life*Sony Music
Handshakes and Middle Fingers


D-Sisive URBNET* Fontana North
Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye


Drake Cash Money*Universal
Take Care


Kardinal Offishall Black Stone Colleagues* Universal
Anywhere (Ol' Time Killin' Part.2)


Swollen Members Battle Axe/Suburban Noize*eOne
Daggermouth



DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Anjulie Universal Republic*Universal
Brand New Chick


Deadmau5 Ultra*EMI
Aural Psynapse


Duck Sauce Tycoon*Sony
Barbara Streisand


Martin Solveig & Dragonette Big Beat/Atlantic*Warner
Hello


Mia Martina CP*EMI
Devotion

R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEARJRDN

Kuya*Fontana North
IAMJRDN


Jully Black Universal
Set it Off ft. Kardinal Offishall


Karl Wolf Lone Wolf*Universal
Ghetto Love ft. Kardinal Offishall


Melanie Fiona Universal Motown/SRC*Universal
Gone And Never Coming Back


Robin Thicke Interscope*Universal
Pretty Lil¹ Heart ft. Lil Wayne



REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Dubmatix Renegade*Fontana North
Seeds of Love & Life ft. Luciano


Exco Levi Penthouse/NCF Productions*VP
Bleaching Shop


Jay Douglas Mega City*Independent
Lover¹s Paradise


Steele Fam*Independent
Woman


Tanya Mullings Rymshot Productions*Independent
Rescue Me

ABORIGINAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK)

Bruthers of Different Muthers Independent*Universal
Speakers of Tomorrow


Donny Parenteau 306*EMI
To Whom It May Concern


Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen Balanced*Sonic Unyon/F>A>B
One Nation


Murray Porter Independent
Songs Lived & Life Played


Randy Wood Canyon*Outside
The Gift of Life

ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SOLO

Bruce Cockburn True
North*Universal
Small Source of Comfort


Craig Cardiff Partrick Artists*Independent
Floods & Fires


Dave Gunning Wee House of Music*Fontana North
A Tribute To John Allan Cameron


David Francey Laker Music*Outside
Late Edition


Lindi Ortega Last Gang*Universal
Little Red Boots



ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP

Good Lovelies Six
Shooter*Warner
Let The Rain Fall


The Deep Dark Woods Six Shooter*Warner
The Place I Left Behind


The Once Borealis* Universal
Row Upon Row Of The People We Know


The Wailin¹ Jennys True North*Universal
Bright Morning Stars


Twilight Hotel Independent*Outside
When The Wolves Go Blind

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY GALAXIE, YOUR MUSICAL UNIVERSE)
Bill Johnson Independent
Still Blue


David Gogo Cordova Bay*Fontana North
Soul Bender


Harrison Kennedy Electro-Fi*Outside
Shame The Devil


MonkeyJunk Stony Plain*Warner
To Behold


Suzie Vinnick Independent*Outside
Me Œn¹ Mabel



CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Downhere Centricity*EMI/CMG
On The Altar of Love


Hawk Nelson Tooth & Nail*EMI
Crazy Love


Jon Bauer Crossway*David C. Cook
Forevermore


Kellie Loder Independent
Imperfections & Directions


Sky Terminal Independent
Don¹t Close Your Eyes

WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)

Aboulaye Kone et Bolo Kan Productions Bolo Kan*SRI
Afo Gné


Aline Morales Independent
Flores, Tambores e Amores


Azam Ali Cross Current/Terrestrial Lane*Outside
From Night To The Edge Of Day


Kiran Ahluwalia Kiran Music*Outside
Aam Zameen : common ground


Socalled Dare To Care*Sélect
Sleepover

JACK RICHARDSON PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY SLAIGHT MUSIC)

Bob Rock
Universal
Only The Lonely Uncover Me 2 - Jann Arden


Brian Howes
Heaven's Gonna Wait STORMS - Hedley | Trying Not to Love You
(co-producer Nickelback) - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback


David Foster
White Christmas(Duet With Shania Twain) | Jingle Bells CHRISTMAS -
Michael Bublé


k.d. lang
(co-producer Joe Pisapia) I Confess | Sugar Buzz SING IT LOUD - k.d.
lang and the Siss Boom Bang


Noah 40 Shebib
Marvins Room| Take Care TAKE CARE - Drake

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

Chris Shreenan-Dyck
(co-engineer Tim Vesely) Everyone Watched The Wedding | Watch Yourself
Go SKYSCRAPER SOUL - Jim Cuddy


David Travers-Smith
All The Stars (co-engineer Mark Howard) - BRIGHT MORNING STARS - The
Wailin¹ Jennys | Soon The Birds SOON THE BIRDS - Oh Susanna


George Seara
A Little Bit of Love KAESHAMMER - Michael Kaeshammer | Let Go TRACING
LIGHT - Laila Biali


Jeff Wolpert
You're Not Alone | Cosmic Ballet SEA - Sarah Slean


Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Circle | Mama THIS IS HOW YOU SPEND YOUR LOVE - Paisley Jura



RECORDING PACKAGE OF THE YEAR

Jannie McInnes (Art Director), Robyn Kotyk,
Graydon Sheppard, Sammy Rawal, Petra Cuschieri (Designers), Heather
Goodchild (Illustrator) Arts&Crafts*EMI
Metals, FEIST


Jayme Spinks (Designer/Photographer), Dinah Thorpe (Designer) Independent
12 - DINAH THORPE


Jeff Harrison (Designer), Kim Ridgewell (Illustrator) Nineteen-
Eight*Independent
Rest of the Story - CHRIS TARRY


Kirsten Gauthier, Anthony Swaneveld (Art Directors), Anthony Swaneveld
(Designer), Steve Dunk (Illustrator - Font), Janet Kimber
(Photographer)Independent
Get Yourself Home LAURA REPO


Taylor Kirk (Art Director/Photographer), Robyn Kotyk (Designer), Nina
Nielsen (Photographer) Arts & Crafts*EMI
Creep On Creepin¹ On TIMBER TIMBRE

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY MUCHFACT, EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY BELL MEDIA)

John JP Poliquin Last Gang*Universal
The Stand - MOTHER MOTHER


Jon Busby Arts&Crafts*EMI
Rows of Houses - DAN MANGAN


Jose Lourenco Paper Bag*Fontana North
Stamp - THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE


Michael Maxxis Royal Mountain*Arts&Crafts/EMI
Good Day At The Races -HOLLERADO


Mike Roberts Outside
Rumbleseat - THE SADIES



MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR

Anthony Seck, Jannie McInnes, Chip Sutherland
Arts&Crafts
Feist: Look At What The Light Did Now - FEIST


Elinor Svobodo/Salazar, Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Piers Henwood, Nick
BlaskoWarner Bros*Warner
Tegan and Sara: Get Along - TEGAN AND SARA


Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn, Pegi Cecconi Anthem*Universal
Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland - RUSH


Tim Martin, Frameblender, Peter Peter Shape Of A Boy
Peter Katz: Peter Katz Live At The Music Gallery - PETER KATZ


Tony Girardin Laker Music*Outside
David Francey: Burning Bright - DAVID FRANCEY

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SPONSORED BY ROLAND)
Arthur Oskan Thoughtless
Music
A Little More Than Everything


Austra Paper Bag*Fontana North
Feel It Break


Azari & III Turbo*Beatport
Azari & III


Junior Boys Domino Recording*Outside
It¹s All True


Tim Hecker Kranky*F>A>B
Ravendeath, 1972

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Anvil The End*Sony
Juggernaut of Justice


Cauldron Earache*eOne
Burning Fortune


Devin Townsend Project HevyDevy*eOne
Deconstruction


Fuck The Facts Relapse*eOne
Die Miserable


KEN mode Profound Lore*Sonic Unyon/F>A>B
Venerable


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1,2,3,4 -- how many Juno nominations will Feist get this year?

How about Dan Mangan -- will he be singing Oh Fortune a little bit louder after the nominations are announced in Toronto Tuesday morning?

And will The Weeknd make an appearance?

Tune into our live chat at 10:30am EST as Radio 2 and Radio 3 join forces to bring you the latest from the nomination ceremony, happening at the Design Exchange in Toronto.

Photo: Shania Twain waves to the crowd at last year's Juno Awards in Toronto.
Credit: (Darren Calabrese/CP)

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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 Radio 2 and Radio 3. Follow along on all the latest at cbc.ca/joelplaskett.


The fifth track, "NorthStar," will make its Radio 2 on-air debut tomorrow on Drive, but you can have a listen to it right now:

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What do you think of the new song? Let us know on Twitter, using the #scrappyhappiness hashtag.

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Emm Gryner is a bit of a musical chameleon. Her last album, Gem and I was a record of duets with a cast of singers that included Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, Royal Wood and Tegan and Sarah's Sara Quin.

This time around Emm joined forces with longtime producer Stuart Brawley to create Northern Gospel a record filled with piano ballads, electronic pop sheen and straight up pop. Is there any style Emm can't conquer?

For her Up Close session Emm decided to go electronic for her current hit "Ciao Monday" and "Ageless" and solo piano for the beautiful ballad "North". The electronic duo behind the computers and keyboards is The Shvrs Brothers made up of Jordan and Bryce Shvrs.

Check out Emm Solo on a beautiful 9 foot Steinway:

And here is the song "Ageless" performed by Emm with The Shvrs Brothers:


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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 Radio 2 and Radio 3. Follow along on all the latest at cbc.ca/joelplaskett.

The fourth track, Slow Dance, will make its R2 on-air debut tomorrow on Drive, but you can have a listen to it right now:

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What do you think of the new song? Let us know on Twitter, using the #scrappyhappiness hashtag.

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Madison Violet's latest album, The Good In Goodbye, dropped back in September and we've been wanting to have them in for an Up Close session ever since. Finally the stars aligned and the session was booked. Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac are constantly busy out on the road, so setting up a date to record wasn't easy but it was worth the wait.

Continue reading "Madison Violet - Up Close on CBC Radio 2 Drive" »

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Joel Plaskett will be joining us at 2 p.m. ET to talk about how things are going as he records a new song each week for his "Rock and Roll in Record Time" project. Join us here to see what Joel has to say, to ask him your own question, or tell him how you think the project is going.

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dylan_pic_20.jpgAt some point - everyone gets Bob Dylan.

If you are one of those people who has already got there - you can probably remember the album or song that turned the key in your brain. If you are still scratching your head, wondering what all the fuss is about - don't worry, with a little time and an open mind, you will get there. It's impossible not to.

Continue reading "Rear View Mirror: Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna" »

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