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Want to revisit the musical glory days of Kmart? Now you can.

June 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 Views

My mom used to take us to Kmart all the time, usually after music lessons. We’d stop in to buy supplies, which included some of the wretched mock chicken loaf from the deli.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Witchcraft and the Fyre Festival

June 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 Views

We’re still talking about the disaster that was the Fyre Festival earlier this year. Billy McFarland, the organizer, was arrested and charged with wire fraud. There are over a dozen lawsuits. People are

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Random music news for Monday, June 1, 2026

June 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8 Views

This work of art features Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht on fire. Now let’s feature music news for June 1, 2026. BONUS: Are you a good friend or a bad friend? Let’s ask AI!

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Funny/Weird

And what rock song has our adorably out-of-the-loop opera singer discovered this weekend?

May 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 57 Views

There is no way Elizabeth Zharoff had never heard Alanis Morissette and “You Oughta Know” before now. Right? Right? Wait… Was she that busy studying to be an opera star that she missed

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Concerts

The line-up for Toronto’s World Cup Countdown Concert is here

May 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 64 Views

The World Cup will arrive in Toronto in just a few weeks, and on Friday, FIFA announced the World Cup 2026 Countdown Concert. But it’s not just Toronto. Mexico City and LA will

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Recommended Music

Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is all new this week with KISS

May 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 71 Views

This took some makeup prep. Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox bring KISS and “Rock and Roll All Night” to the kitchen for Sunday Lunch.

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Music News

The O Canada! contest is back

May 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 56 Views

We’re about a month away from Canada’s 159th birthday on July 1. To celebrate that, the O Canada Station contest is back for a second year. All Canadians are invited to record a

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Cool!

Muse has something planned. They’re teasing it this way.

May 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 75 Views

Stage one: A cryptic social media post. Click on the listed link, and you’ll end up here. Scan the QR code, and… Enter your email and connect. Okay, I’ll bite. Allow. And yes,

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Concerts

Here’s the lineup for Ottawa’s 2026 Canada Day celebration

May 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 99 Views

While the Trump administration struggles with artist blowback over its Great American State Fair for the 250th birthday celebration of the US, things are going smoothly with Ottawa’s musical lineup for Canada Day,

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Music News

Random music news for Saturday, May 30, 2026

May 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 110 Views

A lunar base at the Moon’s south pole? Hopefully, they’ll find a monolith. Here’s what we have for music news for May 30, 2026. BONUS: Have trouble? Try some Dreambuds.

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Concerts

While Trump’s Great American State Fair flounders, Tom Morello pulled together this concert

May 29, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 163 Views

The Power to the People festival isn’t happening around July 4 (which would have been cool), but Tom Morello’s project will happen on October 3, about a month for the mid-term elections, which

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