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Here are the dates, locations, and ticket information for the second leg of my national speaking tour

October 11, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 13 Views

With the first leg of the tour over, it’s time to move to central and eastern Canada for the second leg. Here’s what you need to know. I start in Nova Scotia Then

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Recommended Music

Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is…well, freaky.

October 11, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 9 Views

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back in the kitchen this week to cover Silverchair for Sunday Lunch. That’s an exercise ball. Where did the costume come from? What do they have in

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Funny/Weird

Our adorkable opera singer spent nearly FIVE HOURS analyzing The Blues Brothers movie

October 11, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 13 Views

For the longest-ever Charismatic Voice session, opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff (the poor naive thing who spent her youth studying music and missing all the music and movies everyone grew up with), takes us

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Contest

Want to sing a duet with Finger Eleven? There’s an open call for vocalists

October 10, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 37 Views

Finger Eleven is offering up an opportunity with their new album, Last Night on Earth. The title track is the new single, but it needs something…more. They’ve launched an open call for a

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Cool!

Jack White just released a concert poster that doubles as a board game

October 10, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 52 Views

Jack White played a gig at the BleauLive Theatre in Las Vegas earlier this month. As soon as it was over, the poster for the show went on sale for US$150. That seems

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Music News

Random music news for Saturday, October 10, 2026

October 10, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 54 Views

It’s official. You can now play proper Tetris on your Volkswagen. As for music news for October 20, 2026… BONUS: This mini-robot runs on an Android phone and costs US$400.

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SurveyTech

Survey: Canadians HATE AI-generated music and podcasts

October 9, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 59 Views

Good. I hate this stuff, too. I’m glad that I’m not alone. Signal Hill Insights has something called their monthly Audio on the Move survey. Each month, they look at issues involving Canadians’

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Music Industry

This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report (09 Oct 2026)

October 9, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 57 Views

A day late again because I’m still in the UK and the time zones mess things up. I feel shame. Back to normal next week. Meanwhile, here’s the better-than-never weekly Canadian CD and

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1089: 1976-The birth year of alt-rock, part 1

October 9, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 63 Views

When was rock’n’roll born? That’s hard to pin down. It’s not like the world woke up one day and, all of a sudden, there was this brand-new genre of music that had emerged

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The Weezer song that was inspired by an all-female top 40 group

October 9, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 59 Views

Sometime around 2004, Rivers Cuomo went to see a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. As he flipped through the night’s program, he saw a picture of Wilson Phillips, the all-female pop group that

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Music News

Random music news for Friday, October 9, 2026

October 9, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 60 Views

Want a good night’s sleep? Let a dog curl up next to you. It’s science from Canada. This is music news for October 9, 2026.from me. BONUS: Can a computer create art? This

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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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