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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 61: The great Once Upon a Time on Shaolin Caper

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

How much would you pay for a record you just had to own? The world of ultra-collectible and ultra-expensive records is a strange and murky place. On July 18, 1953, an 18-year-old truck

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Music News

This is exactly what music news: An “AI slop tracker”

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

There is so much AI garbage being uploaded to DSP every single day. Not just thousands, but MILLIONS of fake tracks every 24 hours. It’s estimated that 28% of all new uploads to

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Music News

How’s the fan voting going for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame going?

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re into rock, not good. Here’s the leaderboard for the fan voting in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of 10pm EDT Monday night (March 31). New Edition is in

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Tech

An excellent expose: The biggest scams in hi-fi audio from the last 40 years.

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

I’d consider myself to be a mid-level audiophile. I appreciate great audio from my gear, but I’m not going to take out a second mortgage to buy top-of-the-line esoteric gear. For me, there’s

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Music IndustryTech

How do Canadian musicians feel about AI? They’d rather not engage.

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

AI is here and it’s not going away. The future of music hingers largely on how AI will be regulated, tamed, and used ethically without harming human artists. As it stands now, Canadian

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Ongoing History Daily: Why can you remember every word of a song from 25 years ago?

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I know this has happened to you. You’re driving when an old song comes on the radio, a track you haven’t heard for years. Yet miraculously, you’re able to sing along with every

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music from the inbox
Recommended Music

New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (March 31, 2026): Snowcuffs, Sick Shooters, Patience Please, & More!

March 31, 2026 Nerhys 0 Comments 2 min read

Snowcuffs Song: “Burst”Album: Sweet Gravity EPRelease Date: March 5, 2026Location: Chicago, IllinoisWhy I like it: There’s a ton of cool textures in the instrumentals and a sweetness to the vocals that float along

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Music News

Random music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2026

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Cocaine sharks. They exist. Now for some music news for March 31, 2026. BONUS: Fascinating. The evolution of NASA’s Mission control.

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Music News

Well, that was some JUNO Awards, wasn’t it? And it started with a performance by–wait for it–RUSH!

March 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

The JUNO Awards were back in Hamilton after an absence of some years, and the city did it right. The venue was the TD Coliseum, the completely refurbished Copps Coliseum. It’s a fine

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Global News ContentMusic Industry

Demystifying music industry jargon so you won’t feel like an outsider.

March 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I hate jargon, technical terms used only by insiders. Jargon is, by its very nature, exclusionary. If you don’t know the language, the codes

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Concerts

Photos and a review of July Talk in Ottawa

March 30, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 7 min read

[Nicholas Wrixon-Wood provides the words and the photos come from Melody Maloney. – AC] July Talk’s ten-year anniversary Touch X Tour sells out The Bronson July Talk sold out The Bronson in Ottawa,

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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. OUT NOW!

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