Leonard Cohen in Alberta

You've heard it here first, folks: Leonard Cohen will bring his tour to Edmonton on April 25th and to Calgary on April 26th. The announcement was made tonight in New York City following Leonard's last show of the first leg of this tour at the Beacon Theater.
CBC Radio 2 is proud to be sponsoring this tour.
Details on ticket prices are forthcoming.
Rumored venue for Cohen in Edmonton is Rexall.

"My Life Would Suck Without You" - NEW Kelly Clarkson.

Kelly Clarkson has just released her new song, which occupies the No.1 spot on I-Tune (beating out even U2's new single). "My life would suck with you" can be found on her forthcoming album "All I Ever Wanted". It's not much of a departure and resonates like her huge hit "Since U Been Gone". Hopefully this new album does better then "My December" which tanked --- BIG TIME.

"Get on your boots" - NEW U2.

This is U2's new single "Get on your boots". Their new album "No Line On The Horizon" will hit stores on March 3rd. I don't know what you all think but this just sounds like "Vertigo" warmed up. I like old U2. Their new stuff of late has been too industrial and void of any emotion. The sound is cold and leaves me feeling nothing...nada...zilp...zilch.

Pure gold...Santogold, that is.

If you're a fan of MIA you are going to dig Santogold. Santogold, by her stage name, is Santi White, an American singer-songwriter. She was the opening act for Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" tour and has been praised by artists like Bjork. She accused reviewers and music vendors of being racists because they labeled her music as hip-hop and R&B, just because she was black. What you have here is a fresh collection of songs that transcends any genres. But you can definitely hear that her sound is 80's inspired.Her self-titled album, "Santogold", is in stores now or can be found on I-Tunes. See her video for "Lights Out", below.

"Lights Out" - Santogold

"Wanderlust" - Bjork

Iceland's Bjork has a brilliant and unique way of bringing us into an entirely different universe with her music and her videos. For sure, she is an acquired taste but you can't deny her originality.

Kylie "remixed" for your boombox!

Kylie Minogue has just released "Boombox". The new CD features remixes of all her hits since 2000.

"Thank U" - Alanis Morissette

Without a doubt, my favorite song and one of my favorite albums of all time. Alanis's "Thank U" taken from "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie".

"Realize" - Colbie Caillat

An older video, but a good song nonetheless. "Realize" is taken from Malibu Coco Caillat's first studio album "Coco". And I use the word album because when you listen to "Coco" there is a lot of consistency in the song selection and you feel like your are listening to an "album" and not a record. Every song has it's place. She is Ken Caillat's daugther. Ken co-produced Fleetwood Mac's album "Rumors". She rose to success after songs on her myspace page had been listened to some 46-MILLION times.