Hello, fellow music lovers!

We’re six days away from Halloween, and while candy (and the Nov. 1 sales, more specifically) is nigh, there’s another seasonal treat upon us. 

Every October for nearly 50 years, thousands of French students across Canada — and the adults they’ve become — have sung the same spooky song: C'est L'Halloween, a perfect tune for kids learning the language.

But do you know where the song came from? Find out about the young teacher who wrote the instructive earworm by reading the story behind C’est L’Halloween.

And for more music to add to your Halloween soundtrack, check out our Haunted Halloween playlist, which includes tracks from Nick Cave, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Elvira and more.

Rock out in the mosh pit at Pup’s rowdy live show

In front of a sweat-soaked crowd at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace, Pup hit the stage for the third show of the band’s Mega City Madness tour — and CBC Music caught the full raucous affair.

The oral history of OK Blue Jays

The story behind the song that took the Jays to a World Series championship run — from the songwriters themselves. 
 

Watch Dan Hill, Glass Tiger, Loreena McKennitt and Ginette Reno be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Back in May, Sometimes When We Touch singer Dan Hill, queen of the chanson québécoise Ginette Reno, rock band Glass Tiger and harpist/The Mummer's Dance singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt were all inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Relive the entire ceremony and the musicians’ individual performances now. 

Calgary's Kevin Chen earns 2nd prize at prestigious Chopin Piano Competition

The international competition is the world’s most prestigious for pianists, and 20-year-old Chen took home a silver medal and 40,000 euros (about $65,000 Cdn) for his silver-winning performance.

Did you know there’s a Canadian version of We Are the World?

Forty years ago, Canada's biggest musicians came together for a charity single for famine relief in Ethiopia. Do you remember this all-star song featuring Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Geddy Lee and more?

This Blue Jays rival loves him some Bublé, and walks out to one of the singer’s hits before each game

In more Blue Jays news, the team’s biggest obstacle during the World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers' hitter Shohei Ohtani, is a fan of Michael Bublé’s Feeling Good. So much so that he’s made it his walk-up song, which will play when the Jays face the Dodgers throughout the series. Bublé is feeling conflicted about the recognition. 

Tia Wood's rousing reflection on life, and 4 more songs you need to hear this week

Sage My Soul is Tia Wood’s most impressive vocal performance to date, her voice unabashed and soaring — making the track one of this week’s must-hear songs, along with releases from Pillow Fite, Peaches, Nemahsis and Soran. 

Find out what Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson have been loving lately

The memoir of a British rock icon, an Emmy-sweeping new comedy and more. 

Happy 25th birthday to Whoa, Nelly!

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Whoa, Nelly!, Nelly Furtado’s debut studio album. The folk stylings of that 2000 album are inextricable from the B.C. singer-songwriter’s identity, but over the last quarter-century she has proven to be a chameleonic star, additionally embracing pop, Latin music and subdued R&B. Furtado has so many timeless hits, that we’re celebrating her by ranking the 25 best ones.

A throwback to the ’90s R&B vocal staple ‘nayhoo’ 

This week’s Marvin's Room is lovingly dedicated to the vocal expression “nayhoo” and its use in R&B classics from the ’90s, mostly performed by male singers in deeply romantic, emotional ballads. You'll know it when you hear it. Don't miss “nayhoo”’s greatest appearances in songs from Boyz II Men, Usher and Masego.

Daniel Caesar bumps the Beaches for No. 1 on the Top 20

Timed perfectly with Friday's release of his new album Son of Spergy, Daniel Caesar has taken over the No. 1 spot on the CBC Music Top 20 with his current single, Call On Me. The Juno and Grammy-winning star from Oshawa held a series of susurprise (and at times, out of control) pop-up shows around North America that caused a fervor of anticipation for the record. After two weeks at the top, and keeping with the phone theme, the Beaches' Can I Call You In The Morning? drops to No. 2. Entering the chart this week are new songs by Canadian musicians Boy Golden and Elijah Woods, and international artists Olivia Dean and Conan Gray.

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