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Spotify is still trying to dodge investing in Canadian music.

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

For years, terrestrial and satellite radio have had financial commitments to developing and supporting Canadian music. Terrestrial radio, for example, puts money into such programs as FACTOR and Starmaker. There’s also something called

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Tech

Court rules that Meta and YouTube encouraged social media addiction. Defeat for tech bros, victory for everyone else.

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

There was a verdict in a landmark trial in California regarding social media addiction. The losers? Meta and Google. An anonymous plaintiff–we only know her as “Kaley”–alleged that Instagram and YouTube were deliberately

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Music Industry

There was a major US Supreme Court decision regarding music piracy this week

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

There was a BIG decision by the US Supreme Court this week. In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, an internet provider was left off the hook when it comes to connecting people with music

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Music Industry

Let’s look at the weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. Streaming stats, too. (26 Mar 2026)

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

There are a lot of negative numbers from Luminate with this week’s Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. But wait until next week when the stats for the new BTS album are tallied.

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Documentary

The CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary is coming to theatres Here’s advance ticket info for Waterloo, Hamilton, Stouffville, Vancouver, and Brampton

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Our little documentary on the Spirit of Radio Years at CFNY (1977-1991-ish) has done VERY well in its 60-minute cut on TVO’s YouTube channel, running up 120,000 views as of today (February 13).

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The first laser-etched LP

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

On January 21, 1980, New Zealand’s Split Endz released their fifth album, True Colours, and it was different from every vinyl record that came before it. What made it different was that a

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Recommended Music

New Music from the Inbox: TOMORA, Soft Cult, Thundercat, and more!

March 26, 2026 Zoe Orion 0 Comments 2 min read

Artist: TOMORASong: SOMEWHERE ELSEAlbum: COME CLOSER TOMORA is a new duo of comprised of Norwegian artist AURORA and Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers. SOMEWHERE ELSE is from the duo’s forthcoming album COME

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Music News

Random music news for Thursday, March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Are you overwhelmed with so many subscriptions that you don’t even know what you’re paying for anymore? Then read this. It might help. As for music news for March 26, 2026… BONUS: Got

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Tech

Apple’s new update brings changes to Apple Music

March 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

If you’ve got an Apple device, you’re probably already being nagged to update to iOS 26.4. Maybe they’ll fix the stupid keyboard and useless predictive spelling feature. We do know that there are

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Tech

Spotify has just added a feature called SongDNA that looks like liner notes on steroids

March 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One of the problems with streaming is that it’s been impossible to go deep on a song or album without leaving the app. With an LP or CD, there’s the packaging, the artwork,

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Concerts

Photos and a review of Matt Berninger in Ottawa

March 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5 min read

[A collaboration of coverage with Ross MacDonald and Zachary Resnick. – AC] Fans showed up in droves on Friday, March 20th to revel in the emotive, rich baritones that are the signature sound

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