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Weekly survey: Do you still buy actual physical music magazines?

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Music Magazines

It occurred to me recently that I haven’t bought a physical music magazine in months, maybe over a year. I

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Movies 

Trent Reznor won a Golden Globe for an animated Disney movie

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Globes, Trent Reznor

Read that headline again. Would you ever have expected to see something like this 25 years ago? Last night (February

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Guest Blog Music History 

A sad story of plagiarism regarding a big Australia hit.

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Men at Work, Plagiarism

[Readers of these pages know that I often cover stories about accusations of plagiarism when it comes to songwriting. Troy

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The largest guitar amp in the world

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Michael J. Fox, Ongoing History, Trent Reznor

Guitarists are always looking to outdo each other when it comes to gear. How about the largest guitar amp in

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Music News 

Don Reilly, drummer for Burlington’s Crowe, fighting ALS

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Burlington, Crowe, Crowe band, Don Reilly, fundraiser, GoFundMe, Lou Gehrig's Disease

Bands are often much deeper than just a group of people playing music together.  For Crowe, a Burlington-based band that

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Gadgets 

High-Res Audio is coming from Spotify. But will anyone pay for it?

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hi-Res Audio, Spotify

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you came of age musically in the 1970s and ’80s,

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Recommended Music 

New Music From The Inbox – Monday Edition! (Mar 01, 2021): Joanna Connor, Glitterer, Claire Rosinkranz, and more!

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Altin Gün, Claire Rosinkranz, Glitterer, Joanna Connor, New Music From The Inbox, The Picturebooks

Artist: Joanna Connor Song: “Destination” Album/EP: 4801 South Indiana Avenue There’s a pretty simple takeaway from this old-school stomping rock

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, March 1, 2021

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Worried about the rise of deep fake videos? If you’re not, you will be after watching this. If you’re still

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Recommended Music 

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox bring out a snake for this week’s Sunday Lunch cover of the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong.”

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Version, Foo Fighters, Robert Fripp, Sunday Lunch, Toyah Willcox

In this episode of What’s Toyah Wearing This week, she and Robert Fripp take on the Foo Fighters. But shouldn’t

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Music News 

Devin Cuddy Band played a post-lockdown show in Eastern Ontario. Here are photos.

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Devin Cuddy

[Ross MacDonald was out at Neat, a cool little venue in Burnstown, Ontario, for a show with the Devin Cuddy

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Music News 

Pokemon: The 25th-anniversary album

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Pokemon, Post Malone

Because I haven’t been paying attention, I was a little surprised to learn that the whole Pokemon thing has been

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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.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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