Webcasting Royalty Rates: Future Of Music Coaltion, SoundExchange, National Association of Broadcasters Comments

On December 15, 2015, the Copyright Royalty Board issued its decision establishing non-interactive webcasting royalty rates for sound recordings in the 2016-2020 period. These...

John Oliver Helps With Your Broken New Year’s Resolutions

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver helps you revise the New Year’s resolutions you’ve already failed to keep. https://youtu.be/pxM3tvHowaM

Auto Racer Chris Forsberg Sets Record For The Fastest Time To ‘Undecorate’ A Christmas Tree

Chris Forsberg undecorated a Christmas Tree in 2.70 seconds using his car. I was hoping this video wouldn't last 23 minutes of backstage footage...

Didn’t He Ramble? Glen Hansard discusses his new album with Q

On a flying visit to London, Glen Hansard, the singer-songwriter and actor (Once, The Commitments) talks with Paul Stokes about his latest solo album,...

Submissions Now Open for the 2016 CCMA Discovery Program

New year, new beginnings, new opportunities. 2016 marks the fourth year for the CCMA Discovery Program – a national initiative, developed to support Canadian country music...

2015 Canadian Albums By Genre In A Handy Pie Chart

Canadian Music Blog put together a pie chart of Canadian album releases by genre for 2015. I'm not sure where they got the amount...

Bill Gates Shares His Best Books Of 2015

Bill Gates shares his list of best books he read in 2015: “Eradication” by Nancy Leys Stepan, “Thing Explainer” by Randall Munroe, “Sustainable Materials...

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic Talks Foo Fighters’ Success and Missing Kurt Cobain

In a new exclusive interview between Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and SPIN founder Bob Guccione Jr., the bassist tries to speculate on what Nirvana might’ve...

‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ 40th Anniversary Blue Ray Box Set Contains A Working Catapult And Farm Animals

Watch John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam demonstrate how to make the most of the new limited edition ‘Monty Python and...

2015 Gold/Platinum Year End Review In Canada

2015 was a landmark year for Canadian artists dominating the international pop music spotlight. Within Canada, Canadian artists saw an increase in Gold/Platinum certifications...

Insider’s view of 1930s radio studio showing production of dramatic sound effects

A boy lies on his bed (wearing a white shirt and a necktie), listening to a radio western. We see the images the radio...

Twitter Invests In Muzik, The High-End Headphone Startup

Here is something you didn't expect to hear about coming out of CES this year: Twitter has invested in Muzik, a "connected headphone" company. This...

Psychologists Answer The Question: “What’s The Most Profound Thing a Patient Has Ever Said to You?”

Someone on Reddit asks the psychiatrists and psychologists of Reddit: “What is the most profound or insightful thing you’ve ever heard from a patient...

The Most Heartbreaking And Accurate Poem Ever About Suicide

Written by Meggie Royer, author of ‘Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches’ and‘The No You Never Listened To’. Author’s website: Writings for Winter.

How to Build a Death Star According to a NASA Engineer

NASA’s Brian Muirhead explains how to build a Death Star and tells us what it would really be like to fly past a flurry...

Take A Look Back With This Winnipeg Tourism Video From 1964

Let's start the year off right, with a look back. In this case, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in this Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce-produced film...