Canadian Music History Radio
November 5-7, 10-12, 25-27, 2026 | The Hamilton band has announced additional dates for its “Between Us” City Takeover Tour, bringing a series of three-night residencies to Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa in November 2026. Rather than settling into the same venue for several evenings, Arkells...
Few Canadian musicians have influenced the direction of popular music as profoundly as Robbie Robertson. Born in Toronto, Robertson travelled an extraordinary musical road: teenage guitarist with Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, collaborator with Bob Dylan, guitarist and principal songwriter for The Band, solo recording artist,...
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Canada’s new music calendar delivers an especially diverse mix this week, moving from young blues and experimental indie rock to garage punk, cinematic cello and a collaboration between two established Canadian bands. This week’s Maple Music Lounge picks include a remarkable debut from British Columbia...
Released on July 1, 1968, Music from Big Pink introduced The Band with a sound that seemed almost completely removed from the psychedelic experimentation dominating rock music at the time. Earthy, collaborative and deeply rooted in folk, blues, country and gospel traditions, the album helped...
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The Canadian pop star revisits her blockbuster 2006 album with Loose: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, arriving September 4 with rare recordings, unreleased material and a special vinyl release. Twenty years after Nelly Furtado reinvented her sound and delivered one of the biggest albums of her career,...
September begins with a particularly varied week for Canadian music. One of Canada’s biggest international pop successes gets a 20th-anniversary expansion, a Canadian-born country artist delivers his debut album, and independent musicians are moving through R&B, jazz, ambient music, contemporary composition and electronic experimentation....
September has delivered some remarkable moments in Canadian music history. It is the birth month of Leonard Cohen, Neil Peart, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson and Avril Lavigne; the month Rush released several important records; and the month Toronto hosted a concert that unexpectedly became part...
The Tragically Hip began in Kingston, Ontario, in 1983, when a group of young musicians started playing together while still immersed in the city’s local music scene. The classic lineup of Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair eventually became one...
