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Join me for a live podcast performance of Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. The topic? Music and the Mob.

May 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 124 Views

Departure–now in its second year as the new incarnation for Canadian Music Week–runs May 4-10 in Toronto. Along with the conference, showcases, comedy performances, and film screenings, there will be a series of

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Funny/WeirdRecommended Music

It’s here! An AI version of “Ballroom Blitz” spoofing Trump and his ballroom

May 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 147 Views

Trump is fixated on building a US$400 million ballroom attached the White House. After last week’s “assassination attempt,” his toadies are suddenly on board, too. About 24 hours after the “assassination attempt,” there

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Tech

What, exactly, is Spotify’s “Verfied” badge? Is it to identify AI artists or not?

May 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 76 Views

AI artists are flooding the libraries of streaming music services, and the situation is getting worse. (I take a close look at the problem here.) Something’s gotta be done. Spotify has begun rolling

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Saturday, May 2, 2026

May 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 63 Views

How do we smell? Like this. How about music news for May 2, 2026? BONUS: Gotta love the people of Buffalo and Sabres fans in general. (Via Sean)

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Concerts

Photos and a review of Angine de Poitine in Gatineau

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 93 Views

[Emily Plunkett and Paul Harvey were there for the fun. – AC] Like so many, I was made aware of Angine De Poitrine around the end of March – back when the views

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Crime

Here’s why you don’t want to be singer D4vd’s lawyers in his murder trial. Wow.

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 101 Views

The biggest current crime in the music industry is the murder charges brought against singer D4vd. He’s accused of killing 14-year-old runaway Celeste Rivas Hernandez and leaving her remains in a cadaver bag

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Tech

This singing robot is exactly what we don’t need

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 79 Views

Art is a uniquely human thing. So why are so many people trying to make it the domain of AI and robots? The latest abomination is Sophia, a singing humanoid robot who performed

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1082: The 50 biggest all-time alt-rock one-hit wonders (10-1)

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 95 Views

Who doesn’t love a good list? Even before the internet was choked with listicles, my love of lists goes back to at least 1977, when I bought a paperback book called The Book

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Medical Mysteries of Music

Ongoing History Daily: Singing is good for antibodies

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 73 Views

We all know that music can be good for the mind, body, and soul, which is why researchers continue to look at how music can be used for treating all manner of maladies.

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Friday, May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 104 Views

Companies are firing workers in favour of AI, but they’re spending more money on AI than they would have humans do those jobs. And if companies are all running on AI and there

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ControversyMusic Industry

One prediction-market company is doing something with music streams

April 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 161 Views

We have every reason to be concerned about the rise of apps/websites where you can bet on literally anything. You’ve probably heard about the “betting on war” controversy as well as all the

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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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