Music

Female artists to have won the most Grammys: -Alison Krauss has won 20 Grammy Awards. -Aretha Franklin has won 19 Grammy Awards and will be honoured as MusiCares Person of the Year 2008. Male artists to have won the most Grammys: -Stevie Wonder has won 25 Grammy Awards.

"I broke my keytar on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. It wasn't intentional. It was my original one, the very first that I bought. It was sad. We felt like we gave it a proper burial in the "Typical" video. That's the one you see turn into splinters by the end of the video.

They are not a band fronting Anne Hathaway despite the affiliation with the name. The Devil Wears Prada will be at Montreal's Club Soda on Feb. 9. Along with them will be ill Scarlett, Silverstein and Protest the Hero. Fans should expect to hear the songs off their new album for the first time in a live environment.

The Spice Girls landed in Montreal last Thursday with their Return Of The Spice Girls tour. Armed with a great girl friend, home-made "What's your Spice" t-shirts (mine was Ginger), and the golden ticket to make my way through the gate, I felt like I was about to time travel.

What would you call a band that has delivered hit after hit, sold millions of records and stayed together making award-winning music for 20 years? You could call it a small miracle -- or Blue Rodeo. Blue Rodeo's latest album is suitably named Small Miracles.

You are the music while the music lasts. - T.S. Eliot Tuesday, Jan.29 - Dj Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell + Guests @ Metropolis - The Teenagers + guests @ Studio Juste Pour Rire Wednesday, Jan.30 - Dan Deacon + Ultimate Reality + DD/MM/YY @ Sala Rossa - El Motor @ Petit Campus - Michael Buble @ Bell Centre Thursday, Jan.

Sam Shalabi has become known as one of Montreal's most creative and eclectic musicians. Shalabi is constantly pushing the limits of free improvisation and experimental music with elements of psych, noise, post-rock, avant-jazz and some weird electronics and field recordings thrown in for good measure.

Luke Doucet is a force of nature. More specifically, he is a jack-of-all-trades in the music biz. Doucet is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer and husband to Canadian singer-songwriter Melissa McClelland. With six albums under his belt, Doucet is back with number seven -- his new release Blood's Too Rich.

EDMONTON (CUP) -- Here's a riddle for you: what's white, from the East coast, and talented all over? One of Canada's premiere hip-hop artists - Luke Boyd, also known as Classified. Hailing from the small town of Enfield, Nova Scotia, there was no shortage of odds stacked against this emcee and 15-year-veteran of the rap game.

Montreal punk rock darlings Explode and Rebuild (E&R) are back in action. The quartet are fresh off the road from a few small tours around Canada, opening for a whole slew of bands, including You say party, We say die!, Only Crime and The Ataris. The Concordian chatted with Dave Samuel MacPherson Adams, guitarist and back up singer about what it's been like touring with some bands that he grew up listening to.

With a site like thesixtyone.com, you can kick back, relax and let the new music come streaming right in. This site isn't exactly original; other sites like Digg.com have already set up a music sharing domain. The users vote for their favorites, bumping free tunes up a list of independent and signed music groups - all vying for the most set of ears.

Balkan and Eastern European music is traditionally very passionate, joyful and lively, with sweet-tempered instruments and delicate strains of harmonies that either tug at your heartstrings, bring tears to your eyes or pick you up from your seat, moving your body in spite of yourself.