Raina Douris
Raina Douris, an award-winning radio personality from Toronto, Ontario, comes to World Cafe from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), where she was host and writer for the daily live, national morning program Mornings on CBC Music. She is also involved with Canada's highest music honors: Since 2017, she has hosted the Polaris Music Prize Gala, for which she is also a jury member, and she has also been a jury member for the Juno Awards. Douris has also served as guest host and interviewer for various CBC Music and CBC Radio programs, and red carpet host and interviewer for the Juno Awards and Canadian Country Music Association Awards, as well as a panelist for such renowned CBC programs as Metro Morning, q and CBC News.
Douris began her career at Toronto rock station 102.1 The Edge, and then continued on to CBC Radio 3, where she hosted daily music-focused shows. In 2013, she was part of the team that launched Central Ontario Broadcasting's Indie88 radio station, and served as its music director and afternoon host before moving to the morning show. In both 2014 and 2015, she was chosen as the "Best Radio Personality in Toronto" by Now Magazine readers for her work. She is a 2009 graduate of Ryerson University's Radio & Television Arts program.
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There are some people so endlessly inventive that it's almost impossible to imagine them getting writer's block. David Byrne is one of those people. The Scottish-American rock star teams up with New York's Ghost Train Orchestra. -
On Nobody's Girl, the singer-songwriter offers her perspective on her high-profile split from Jason Isbell. -
The British rock band talks about life on the road and making their third album in Norway. -
On their fourth album, the American rock band refined their innovative sound, which had long been inspired by Black music traditions. -
Much of Mae Martin's work as a stand-up comedian, television writer and actor has been based on their own life. Today, Martin talks about their debut album, I'm A TV, and all the ways telling jokes and making music are connected. -
The singer-songwriter decamped to Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to record her new album, Returning to Myself. -
In Montreal, Leonard Cohen is an almost mythical figure. His presence is everywhere. His portrait watches over the streets in murals, tourists visit his old haunts like pilgrims, and all over the city, you'll find landmarks that he wrote about in his songs. -
Howard Bilerman went from taping punk shows as a teen to co-founding Hotel2Tango, one of Montreal's most iconic recording studios. -
Jasamine White-Gluz takes us back to the early aughts, when the city was experiencing a boom of DIY music. -
The Grammy Award-winning musician is used to playing for big crowds, but there was one person whose opinion mattered more than anyone else's: her eldest daughter.
