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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 53: The Crimes of Chuck Berry

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

On May 21, 1955, a new sound came from Universal Recording Studios in Chicago. A 29-year-old guitarist from St. Louis ripped through his new song. It told the story of a man driving

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Music Industry

This is the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (13 Nov 2025)

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

It’s an interesting time of year for physical music sales. New releases slow down and streaming involves a lot of Christmas music. Here’s the weekly report on vinyl and CD sales for Canada

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Marshall has release a line of Spinal Tap amps that can be turned up to “infinity.”

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

In the original Spinal Tap movie, guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off his special Marshall amp that has a volume control that goes up to 11. We’ve talking about “turning things up to 11”

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Cool!

AC/DC helped set a new record for simultaneous bagpipers

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

An ensemble of bagpipe players–374 of them–set a new world record in Melbourne, Australia, this week. This was the largest number of pipers to play the same song simultaneously. The song they chose?

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Music Industry

An interesting new copyright change is coming to Canada

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

In the early 80s, the music industry was in the midst of a terrible downturn. The disco bubble burst, returns skyrocketed, and sales dropped year-over-year for the first time since the Great Depression.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The riddle of Phoenix and “Lisztomania”

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One of Phoenix’s biggest songs is “Lisztomania” from their 2009 album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. But what are they talking about in that song? It references Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer who was at

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Music News

Random music news for Thursday, November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

This is some very important research. Scientists have determined that birds are more likely to poop on cars that are certain colours. Is your car colour on the list? Moving to music news

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Music IndustryTech

Worried about AI musicians taking over from humans? We should be. The robots are already here.

November 12, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

If you’re a fan of country music, you’ve probably heard “Walk My Walk” by an artist called Breaking Rust. This person/band does not exist. It’s a creation powered by generative AI technology. It’s

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Concerts

What does it take to put AC/DC on the road? This video shows how it’s done.

November 12, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

When an act the size of AC/DC goes on the road, it’s like mobilizing an army. In the case of the band’s current tour, they travel with 28 trucks of production gear and

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A new survey says that live music is Canada’s favourite form of entertainment

November 12, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Live Nation has just released a global report that surveyed 40,000 people aged 18-54 across 15 countries about how they like to spend their leisure time. The “Living for Live” report shows that

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Radio

This is fun: A mini-documentary on CFNY Toronto

November 12, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

While we wait for the official CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary (patience, people, it’s coming), here’s a throwback to a mini-doc on the station created by Karim Mosna, a self-professed radio junky, who

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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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