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Funny/Weird

Tickets are on sale for a concert that will take place on September 4, 2640. This is not a typo.

August 16, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 21 Views

In a church in Germany, an organ is plugging away at a composition entitled “As Slow As Possible” by avant-garde composer, John Cage. And the people in charge of this organ are very,

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Recommended Music

Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is a two-for-one. Sort of.

August 16, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 26 Views

Why is Robert Fripp dressed like Slash for Sunday Lunch? Because this is a cover of “Give in to Me,” a Michael Jackson song from the 1993 album, Dangerous, that featured Slash on

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Funny/Weird

Our adorkable opera singer has discovered Rush and “Subdivisions”

August 16, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 32 Views

Rush played a whole whack of hometown shows last week, and coincidentally, Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) chanced upon “Subdivisions” for her reaction video and analysis. And like all her videos, she’s

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Music NewsPodcast

New study: There’s a huge demand for music podcasts but not enough supply

August 15, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 63 Views

Well, this is good new for my two podcasts, The Ongoing History of New Music and Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. WhichPodcast is a service that indexes the millions of

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Music HistoryTech

Explaining quadraphonic vinyl with an electron microscope

August 15, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 55 Views

Today we have all sorts of spatial audio available to us: Atmos, Dolby 5.1 (and beyond), DTS, Apple Spatial Audio, and so on. But the first journey into immersive music beyond two-channel stereo

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Saturday, August 15, 2026

August 15, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 70 Views

At this point, I’d take Count Binface over Donald Trump. He’s the British political candidate who wears a garbage can on his head. It’s still better-looking than Trump’s new wig. As for music

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Music Industry

How about a tour through a massive Toronto vinyl pressing plant? Let’s go!

August 14, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 94 Views

Back in May, I was invited to tour Microforum, a record pressing facility in Toronto. It’s located in a weirdly zoned place on a street that alternates between detached houses, businesses, warehouses, and

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Medical Mysteries of Music

Why do you still listen to the same music you discovered at 17? Let’s ask science!

August 14, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 91 Views

We all go through a coming-of-age period when it comes to music that runs from about age 13 until you emerge into the real world about 10 years later. During this time, much

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Music News

Eurovision has changed the rules for countries at war

August 14, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 92 Views

The Eurovision Song Contest, the craziest international talent contest in this arm of the galaxy, will welcome Canada for the first time in 2027. They’ve also changed the rules for countries at war.

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Ongoing History Daily: The worst music festivals EVER (part 5)

August 14, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 82 Views

Here’s another story of a music festival gone horribly, horribly wrong. I take you back to June 1970, for the Celebration of Life Festival, which was held on a farm in Louisiana. Promoters called

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Friday, August 14, 2026

August 14, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 81 Views

We’ve known that dogs can read our emotions very, very well. Now there’s scientific proof. What have we got for music news for August 14, 2026? BONUS: Back to dogs. This time, it’s

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alan cross uk rock tour

This September, Cross will be leading the UK Legends of Rock: Music History Tour, a 10-day tour of England that will take participants from London to Liverpool and Manchester to learn about its musical legends — The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Oasis, Joy Division, The Smiths and more.

For full details and the itinerary, go here.

Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music.

The Science of Song by Alan Cross

This illustrated book explores how music and the ways we experience it has transformed over the years and the science behind all of it. It starts with the basics — how does sound work? and what, exactly, is music?

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