Music
Islamic hardliners stop Lady Gaga show in Indonesia
Small extremist fringe says pop star’s concert would hurt country’s moral fibre
Leonard Cohen accepts Glenn Gould Prize, gives away the $50,000
Canadian musician accepts prize honouring a lifetime of art and gives the proceeds to help other artists
Music
Innovation helps Royal Conservatory hit all the right notes
125-year-old organization expanding aggressively with Carnegie alliance, online learning plan and arts-based education program for at-risk students
Music: Essential tracks
Five songs you need to hear
This week: Patti Smith, Japandroids, Booker T. & the MGs, R. Kelly and Neil Young
appreciation
With Donald Dunn gone, the bottom falls out of the blues
Long-time bassist for Booker T. and the MG’s created too many instantly recognizable low-end riffs to number
MUSIC
The rap pack and their genius website
Meet the three Ivy League nerds behind the coolest music site on the Web
Music
Santigold focuses on the music, not on dissing pop stars
Artist stakes her claim after opening people’s ears to electronic tunes
Music
With help of Roch Carrier, composer sets The Hockey Sweater to music
Abigail Richardson's work commissioned for young audiences
Music: Disc of the week
A slurry, rum-buzzed, focused and firm Andre Williams
Split right down the middle, an audacious hustler’s newest album crosses lines and revels in extremes
Music
Comeback kids: Why bands such as the Cranberries are touring again
While reunions keep coming up roses for the Cranberries and others, some artists have good reason to fear the nostalgia trap
Music: Essential tracks
Michael Moore does Dylan, and other songs you need to hear this week
Lefty filmmaker croons a Bob Dylan protest number
Music: Concert Review
Edmonton Symphony triumphs in dry run for Carnegie Hall
ESO has been not been outside Alberta since 1994 but it will play in New York on Tuesday
Music
Make some noise for Adam Yauch’s musical journey
The Beastie Boys transcended their early frat boy following by daring to mix it up on Paul’s Boutique
Music
Lee Fields: The second coming of a soul man
Lee Fields has an acclaimed new album and is leading a 1960s soul revival
Music: Disc of the Week
Damon Albarn’s ‘Dr Dee’: Undeniably fresh – and best forgotten
The former front man of the Blur delivers a novel tribute to a 16th-century alchemist that’s just a bit too daintily quaint
Music
Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys dead at 47
Co-founder of influential hip-hop group diagnosed with cancer in 2009
Music
Whistler’s jazz festival likely to move off the mountain
The three-day festival had its inauguration last September featuring ticketed performances by Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra and the Gary Burton Quartet, among others. However, it incurred a deficit of more than $700,000
Music
Leonard Cohen announces North American arena tour
Singer sets dates for major venues across North America
music
Loudon Wainwright III on death, decay and Dame Edna
The singer-songwriter launches a new album with the help of family and friends
music review
Willis Earl Beal digs deep at the Drake
Chicago soul singer and his guitar give until it hurts
Music
London Olympics to open with Duran Duran
Outdoor concert will also feature Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Paolo Nutini
Opera review
COC serves up a Florentine double bill
Powerful performances and apt adaptation invigorate back-to-back operas about the dubious crossroads of love and money
Essential tracks
Fiona Apple and other new songs you need to hear
Also new this week: Paul Reddick, Bobby Womack, Elise LeGrow and M.I.A.
Technology
Pepsi, Twitter team up for online concerts
Soft-drink giant embraces social media to promote streaming video, new ad campaign with Nicki Minaj
Technology
Pirate Bay to be blocked in UK, industry association says
High Court orders Internet service providers to block access to Swedish file-sharing site, BPI says
Music
Final curtain coming for Tokyo String Quartet
For more than four decades, the renowned ensemble has toured the world, forging a strong Canadian connection along the way
Music
Role reversal shows off talent and determination
Peter Oundjian and Itzhak Perlman reprised their original roles of student and teacher in an interesting and provocative TSO concert Saturday night in Toronto
Music Review
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lukewarm album, sizzling concert
They can’t stop. They are addicted to the shindig. And their audience is absolutely likeminded.
Disc of the week
Norah Jones makes the best of a broken heart
A decade removed from her Grammy-winning debut, Norah Jones has moved on, sounding better than ever
Celebrity
Beyoncé named Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine
Singer says giving birth makes her feel more beautiful than ever
Music
The mysterious Cults comes to terms with fame
Brooklyn-based band has grown from a mysterious duo to a five-member project more interested in being an unpredictable band
Music
Justin Bieber's home video turns unknown song into huge hit
Singer and friends clown around to Carly Rae Jepson’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ in video that has more than 35-million hits
Music review
Coldplay in Vancouver: When you give 119 per cent, you don't need nuance
The band shows they know the key to arena rock: Give the crowd what they want
Music
Road to Gordon Lightfoot’s live album was no carefree highway
‘Perfectionist’ singer couldn’t bear to release an inferior recording so performances with minor mistakes weren’t used
Music: Essential Tracks
Five songs you need to hear this week
Rush, Norah Jones, Loudon Wainwright III, Santigold and a Levon Helm tribute
Music
Parachute Club drummer Billy Bryans dies at 63
Born in Montreal, he was considered a pioneer of world music in Canada
Music: Concert review
Plants and Animals look forward to the spring
Montreal indie-rockers perform muscular, rhythmic concert in Toronto
Dance
Strike a pose: Voguing is back
The dance genre that disappeared from mainstream view 20 years ago has found new legs
Music: disc of the week
Jack White: A one-man army, slightly off-kilter
Can’t live with women, but can’t make albums without them either
Music
Remember vinyl LPs? Record Store Day may help
iWhat? Record stores use new media – and offline charm – to promote the power of place among music fans
