The first #CDNbandbeer hits shelves today! Old Yale Brewing's D.O.A.le! Watch Joe Keithley talk about his band's beer-soaked past, and why you won't want to waste his beer!

Watch Aidan Knight perform five tracks from their latest album 'Small Reveal', recorded live during Canadian Music Week

Today, we premiere Inlet Sound's new video for 'Young Hearts', a love story between a band and some great looking cakes! Dig in.

Our CBC Radio 3 Road Trip Podcast is out now, featuring 22 tracks by artists like Said The Whale, Yukon Blonde, Matt Mays and more. What's your favourite Canadian roadside attraction? Vulcan, Alberta's Starship Enterprise replica perhaps?

Fotos de la biografíaHey Vancouver, we’re kicking off the Beetle Road Trip Sessions on May 22 with a pop-up performance by Yukon Blonde... And you’re invited! Details at

D.O.A.le arrives at the CBC Radio 3 offices! Nice work Old Yale Brewing.

Put down your Walkman and check out our bodacious round-up of the top '80s inspired tracks this year, featuring Tegan and Sara, Louise Burns Music, Young Galaxy and more!The top '80s songs of 2013 CBC Music - Free Streaming Radio, Videos, Songs, Concerts & Playlistsmusic.cbc.caMay 14, 2013: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Why, it seems …

Congratulations to our former Fan of the Year Lee Hower of Sacramento, CA, friend and fan of such bands as Said The Whale, Mother Mother, Hollerado, Sloan Music, Kathryn Calder, The Deep Dark Woods and others... on his surprise wedding this weekend, complete in the highly coveted R3 scarves!!! Honeymoon in his famed RV, the Shaggin' Wagon, to follow! #PeggyLee

We want to know, of all the songs we're spinning in high rotation right now - what's your favourite?Vote for the May 17th R3-30music.cbc.ca

#CDNbandbeer is real! D.O.A., You Say Party! We Say Die!, Pink Mountaintops, and Said The Whale are all getting their own brews.becomes a reality CBC Music - Free Streaming Radio, Videos, Songs, Concerts & Playlistsmusic.cbc.caMay 10, 2013: It started as a very Canadian game for music fans and beer lovers alike: CBC Music's Grant Lawrence challenged you to mash …

Check out the R3:30: Canada’s Top Indie Songs for May 10, 2013

Okay, touch that dial. Tomorrow CBC Radio 3 moves to SiriusXM Canada 162. Siriusly.

OMG... host Grant Lawrence has announced the tour dates for the CBC Beetle Roadtrip Sessions! Will he be hitting your town? Check out the dates and let Grant know what the best brunch spots en route are, or if there is any must-see roadside attractions. bit.ly/YFtKERCBC Music Beetle Road Trip Sessions with Grant Lawrence tour dates announced CBC Music - Free Streammusic.cbc.caMay 08, 2013: Grant Lawrence might be roaring through your town behind the wheel of a brand new 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition, and today …

Salad pics and cat photos on Instagram are always better when taken by Canadian musicians.Who did we miss?

Watch IMAGINARY CITIES perform 'Bells of Cologne' from their new album Fall of Romance, out May 28:

Tom Hooper of The Grapes Of Wrath and his first guitar. The story behind the picture, and many more CDN musicians and their first instruments:

Jay Ferguson of Sloan Music rocking out on his first guitar. He's even playing the same chord! More of our Music Monday CDN musicians and their first instruments:

A cute little Chilly Gonzales on his first piano to brighten your day. More cuteness in our gallery of CDN musicians and their first instruments:

Hannah Georgas and her first instrument, the piano. What about Chilly Gonzales and Jay Ferguson? Check out our gallery of CDN musicians and their first instruments:

Hey Ontario! Our Dan Mangan documentary, What Happens Next, airs this Saturday at noon on CBC TV!

Hey Vancouver, add a little Dan Mangan to your morning this weekend. Our Danumentary airs this Saturday at 9am on CBC TV!

Hey, it's this week's R3-30!The R3-30: Canada’s Top Indie Songs for May 3, 2013music.cbc.caMay 03, 2013: CHART #342Check out this week's edition of the chart as a handy dandy playlist or podcast (stream with the play …

What are your rules for outdoor festivals and concerts? Just remember, without the 'shirtless hula hoop guy' at the folk fest you can only make fun of the hemp purse vendor. These people are important, too.What are your rules for outdoor festivals and concerts? music.cbc.ca

A few days ago, host @Grant Lawrence admitted he had never heard of Newfoundland's official dessert: JAM JAMS. Thanks to Sea Legs Collective for sending this helpful care package from the East Coast to clear up the mystery!Twitter / CBCRadio3: Thanks @sealegsco for sending ...twitter.comInstantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news.

Host Grant Lawrence is ready to answer any questions you may have today!ASK GRANT: host Grant Lawrence answers your burning questions CBC Music - Free Streaming Radio, Videmusic.cbc.caMay 01, 2013: Today, we revisit a feature here on CBC Music which is very simple: #ASKGRANT. You turn the tables on the interviewer, the …

Oh, hello new Austra track! Check out the video for "Home" (which was filmed w/ camera behind a 2-way mirror.)Austra - Home (Official Video)www.youtube.comMusic video by Austra performing Home (Official Video). You can purchase 'Home' from iTunes here -Home is taken from Austra's...

Do you love Sloan? Cause we love Sloan. And we'll be showing the love all day long on Radio 3. A track every hour, plus a round up of music, stories, interviews and more!Sloan: everything you need to know about Canada’s most prolific bandmusic.cbc.ca

Proof that Broken Social Scene is the Kevin Bacon of Canadian indie rock. We're spinning almost all these bands on Radio 3 right now, tune in:

Your votes determine our Top 30 countdown and time is running out to vote for this week's chart. Plus, the Radio 3 cat demands it.

A video that marries two great Canadian things: hockey and rock! Sneak into the locker room with Jim Cuddy, Beard Guy from Walk Off The Earth, Gavin from The Wooden Sky, NHL greats Brad Delgarno, Mark Napier, and Gary Roberts, plus Tom Cochrane himself! Careful, you will be singing "Life Is a Highway" for a week.Juno Cup Locker Room Rock-out - Juno Rockers vs. NHL Greatsmusic.cbc.ca

CBC Music presents: the Beetle Roadtrip Sessions with Grant Lawrence. The tour will hopefully be coming to your town soon! Where should Grant visit is his VW Beetle Fender Edition? Wanna have brunch with him?CBC Music presents: the Beetle Road Trip Sessions w/ Grant Lawrence CBC Music - Free Streaming Radiomusic.cbc.caApr 25, 2013: We are extremely revved up to officially announce our CBC Music Beetle Roadtrip Sessions, coming to the highways, byways, towns and cities …

Are you listening to the Too Good To Be True music fest on CBC Radio 3 today? All your favourite bands are playing, even ones that have broken up. And they're playing this awesome venue. Check it out:

All day today on CBC Radio 3, The "Too Good To Be True" Canadian Music Festival - your picks for bands you'd love to see, even if they aren't around any more. Tune in!

Host Grant Lawrence is back, discussing the winners and losers of this weekend's The JUNO Awards in Regina. Lots of great artists like Elliott BROOD, Classified, and Rose Cousins won. Lots of great artists didn't, like Bahamas, Kathleen Edwards Page and Hey Ocean.Awards hangover party CBC Music - Free Streaming Radio, Videos, Songs, Concerts & Playlistsmusic.cbc.caApr 22, 2013: WHAT. A. WEEKEND. If you're a music fan, it was a busy weekend for sure… - The Juno Awards were in Regina …

Congratulations to Elliott BROOD, Rose Cousins, Grimes, Metric, The Weeknd, Classified and Woods Of Ypres who all scored Junos at last night's untelevised awards. Also, with so many great winners, why was this not on TV?Juno Awards 2013: the winners (so far)music.cbc.caApr 20, 2013: Follow along with CBC Music at the 2013 Juno Awards in Regina as we reveal the winners. Take a look at the …

This week's Top 30, featuring the highest debut from Express and Company and #1 from Mo Kenney, now available as a playlist and podcast!The R3-30: Canada’s Top Indie Songs for April 19, 2013music.cbc.ca

Check out our Record Store Day gallery of Canadian musicians' first albums:Graham Wright's (of Tokyo Police Club) first album was "Automatic Flowers" by Our Lady Peace. What was your first record?

This Saturday is Record Store Day and to celebrate, we have a gallery of Canadian musicians' first albums:Here's Cadence Weapon with his! What was your first record?

We're celebrating Record Store Day with Canadian musicians' stories of their first albums:Bahamas' Afie Jurvenon: Run-D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell". What was your first record?

More Record Store Day celebrations with Canadian musicians' first albums:Here's Stars's Torquil Campbell with The Kinks' "Kronikles". What was your first record?

Record Store Day is this Saturday so we've got a bunch of Canadian musicians' first albums:For Maestro Fresh Wes it was "Thriller". What was your first record?

We're celebrating Record Store Day with Canadian musician's stories of their first albums:For Hollerado's Dean Baxter, it was Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good". What was your first record?

There is no other music chart in Canada that you control! Your votes determine our Top 30, and time is running out to vote for this week's chart.

Here it is, this week's R3-30!The R3-30: Canada’s Top Indie Songs for April 12, 2013 music.cbc.caApr 12, 2013: CHART #339Check out this week's edition of the chart as a handy dandy playlist or podcast (stream with the play …

Congratulations to Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case, winners of our Searchlight 2013 contest for Best New Canadian Artist!Searchlight 2013 winner: Canada’s best new artist is... SHERMAN DOWNEY AND THE AMBIGUOUS CASE! CBC Mmusic.cbc.caApr 12, 2013: Searchlight 2013, the hunt for Canada's best new artist, began with just under 3,000 artists entering from across the country. Weeks of …

Record Store Day is just a week away! What are the Record Store Day events that everyone should know about?

Almost 3000 acts and more than one million votes -- thanks to the bands and the voters who helped make Searchlight a success!

And the Searchlight winner is... Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case! Congratulations!Searchlight voters name Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case Canada’s Best New Artist CBC Music - Fmusic.cbc.caApr 12, 2013: Between Radiohead and Tom Petty covers, a folk singer-songwriter named Sherman Downey casually slips one of his own tunes into his set. …

Today's the day we reveal our Searchlight winner! Will it be The Good Ol' Goats? Or Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case? Tune in to Q on CBC Radio with Jian Ghomeshi this morning to find out!

This isn't our first year of Searchlight. We've done it for years, awarding best music festival to Evolve Festival (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), best music venue to Phog Lounge, best music website Weird Canada and best record store Meow Records. Check out where they all are now!Searchlight alumni winners: where are they now? CBC Music - Free Streaming Radio, Videos, Songs, Conmusic.cbc.caApr 11, 2013: Our epic Searchlight hunt for Canada's best new artist finally comes to a close tomorrow, with the winner being declared tomorrow morning …