The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 794
There are plenty of famous “firsts” that everyone knows. The first man on the moon. The first person to the top of Mount Everest. The first person to run a four-minute mile. That
Read MoreThere are plenty of famous “firsts” that everyone knows. The first man on the moon. The first person to the top of Mount Everest. The first person to run a four-minute mile. That
Read MoreBack in the UK for a couple of days for a Sparks concert (that was last night), a trip to the V&A for the Pink Floyd exhibit and two EPL games. Meanwhile, the
Read MoreNext to music, his family and his children’s charity, Chris Cornell’s biggest passion was food. Before Soundgarden took off, he worked as a sous chef in a Seattle restaurant. Later, he opened Black
Read MoreBecause finding a name for your band is so difficult, people love hearing origin stories. Take Imagine Dragons, for example. Where did that come from? This is…tricky. The name is allegedly an anagram,
Read MoreIn the UK for the weekend with a visit to the Pink Floyd exhibit at the V&A museum tomorrow. And now, the music news for September 28. As you get ready for the
Read MoreIn case you’ve ever wanted driving directions from KFC HQ in Louisville, Kentucky, to its Big Chicken store (the one with the 56-foot tall animatronic chicken) in Marietta, Georgia, don’t pull out your
Read MoreEarlier today (September 28), Gord Downie tweeted out news of a new solo album entitled Introduce Yerself that will be released on October 27 through Arts & Crafts. Whoa. Did NOT see that
Read MoreOkay, we went long this time but that’s because we have a fascinating interview with Phyllis Fender, the widow of guitar legend Leo Fender. She and Randall Bell (Leo’s biographer) offered so much
Read MoreAn incredible amount of Canadian music history gathered together earlier this week for the annual Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Geeks&Beats writer Gabrielle Bossy filed this report. On Saturday evening, Bruce
Read MoreThere’s been an ongoing and dynamic symbiotic relationship between music and tech since the process of recording music was invented almost 150 years ago. Wanna know why we’re happy with songs that run
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