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I didn’t want to write about Rolling Stones’ list of the 50 greatest Canadian artists of all time, but it’s so horrible, that I just have to.

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 38 Views

Rolling Stone, which fancies itself as some kind of arbiter of musical taste and culture, even in areas where its writers obviously have no expertise. Witness this abomination of a list of what

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Music News

Does FIFA know about The Rolling Stones Streaming World Cup?

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 28 Views

FIFA is really, really vigilant when it comes to its trademarks. Will The Rolling Stones attract their attention with this? They call it The Rolling Stones Streaming World Cup. For the next four

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Bryan Adam has a released a STFU song directed at Donald Trump called “51st State”

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 26 Views

They don’t come much more Canadian than Bryan Adams, and he’s sick and tired of all the BS 51st state nonsense coming from President Count of Mostly Crisco. His response is a vicious

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Here comes the Las Vegas Elton John hologram show

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 28 Views

With so many artists in their 70s and 80s, there are efforts to keep them performing and earning after their dead. Holograms are one way. ABBA Voyage is the gold standard for this.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Operating room music

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 22 Views

We’ve all seen TV shows featuring surgeons performing delicate procedures while music is playing in the operating room. Music keeps things calm, keeps the pace up, and helps everyone to stay awake during

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Random music news for Friday, July 3, 2026

July 3, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 28 Views

Robots are now taking jobs once reserved for office interns. It’s another solution to a problem that did not exist. We’re doomed. Music news for July 3, 2026, is much more uplifting. BONUS:

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Huzzah! Canada will compete in Eurovision in 2027!

July 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 68 Views

Following the CBC’s full integration into the European Broadcasting Union, Canada is now fully eligible to participate in the greatest, dumbest, campiest, cheesiest, cringiest, most flamboyant, and totally over-the-top music event in the

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Music Industry

It’s the weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. We’ll look at streaming, too. (02 July 2026)

July 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 56 Views

The last sales/streaming report of the first half of 2026 has arrived via Luminate. Here’s where we are at the six month mark.,   Streaming numbers:

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RIP Victor Wills of The Village People. Donald Trump is sad.

July 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 66 Views

It’s never a happy day when someone dies, and today, Donald Trump must be in mourning. Victor Wills, the singer of The Village People–the singers of “YMCA,” which provides the soundtrack for Trump’s

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And the artist with the sexiest festival voice is…wait–what? Who?

July 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 68 Views

I dunno about you, but when I think of sexy voices, the names “Fred Durst” and “Limp Bizkit” do not come to mind. Yet SeatPick, the British ticket reseller, begs to differ thanks

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Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)

July 2, 2026 Alan Cross 27 Comments 90357 Views

[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are

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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.

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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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