Bruce Cockburn: “A song isn’t going to change the world, but a whole bunch of people singing might change...
The mainstream of anything is essentially commercial and it’s going to offer what sells, or what could be marketed to someone else’s benefit. I...
‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant picks X and Z for reasons that are awesome
Nura, playing alongside fellow service members during the show's Veterans Week, raised eyebrows and the wrath of Twitter when she guessed "Z", "X" and...
Bono on The Paris Attacks: “This is the first direct hit on music”
“If you think about it, the majority of victims last night are music fans. This is the first direct hit on music that we’ve...
How Spotify’s Data Insights Propel Their Strategy
Spotify's deep reservoir of listener data provides a wealth of insights about behaviors and preferences that can inform not only how to be a...
The Eagles’ Isolated Vocals For “Take It Easy”
"Take It Easy" was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and most famously recorded by the Eagles (with Frey singing lead vocals). It...
Watch: Buffy Sainte-Marie talks about stereotyping in animated video
This past April, CBC Music spoke with Buffy Sainte-Marie before the release of her phenomenal new record, Power in the Blood. CBC's John Fraser...
Richard Thompson on how shyness affects creative people
You've described yourself as very shy when you were younger. How do you think shyness affects creative people?
Richard Thompson: It's a funny thing. I...
David Foster Wallace: “Why on earth we were so miserable when we’d been so lucky”
In 1996, David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the...
This 1958 Kodak Documentary Will Make You Long For The Old Days
This fascinating 1958 documentary titled "How Film Is Made", documents the production process and birth of photographic and cinematic film, was initially uncovered as...
Chelsea’s Crowd Goes Wild After Kid Scores A Goal
After Chelsea’s last match of the season, Josh Turnbull, a little boy takes a soccer ball and runs as fast as he can towards...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Swears on Sesame Street, Elmo Stays In Character
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, from Seinfeld and Veep, cursing on the set of Sesame Street in front of Elmo and Zoe. What the Muppets do next...
U2 Cancels HBO Live Broadcast From Paris Due To Terrorist Attacks
U2 has opted to cancel its planned concert Saturday in Paris following Friday's terrorist attacks and state of emergency.
U2 and Live Nation, along...
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 39
This is part 39 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people...
Canadian music legend Tom Wilson: “I guess I had some authority issues”
Eric: I was going to start this interview off by telling you Lee Harvey Osmond's bio, aka Tom Wilson aka One of Three Rodeo Kings...
The story of the first Sex Pistols gig
Forty years ago, over the course of 15 minutes on a rainy November night in London’s Charing Cross Road, four obstreperous youths with spiky...
Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016
Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016 – over forty years after the ill-fated video format was first...
