Attention Concordia students:

This Tuesday, April 12th, CJLO and Piknic Électronik will giving away tickets for Piknic 2011. If you're around the Hall or EV buildings keep your eyes peeled and if you spot us, you could get a ticket!

But if you miss us and don't get a free ticket, Piknic Électronik is also offering a special student price from April 13th to May 3rd. During you can pick up passes for $45+tx+sf instead of the usual $65+tx+sf.

The new Piknic season begins on May 22nd and they will announce their programming on May 2nd.

This Saturday in the Limelight we'll be interviewing Homeboy Sandman from Queens NY. He released his third album The Good Sun last year which has gotten praise from Okayplayer and Hip Hop DX.

We had a chance to meet him at the CMJ Music Marathon & see him perform. We'll find out what he's been up to since then so be sure to tune in.

Limelight Saturdays 6pm to 8pm on CJLO 1690AM

When I heard Nelly would be coming to Montreal I was pretty excited. In 2000 Country Grammar was released as Nelly's first solo project and the single of the same name became a number one hit. I loved the song; I knew it by heart, but, to be honest, I had no real clue what it was about. With references to a “street sweeper” and something about puff and pass, I was somewhat lost.