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The opening of Barack Obama’s presidential library was a star-studded affair. Look.

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 28 Views

The best Trump could do for his Freedom 250-sponsored Great American State Fair was Vanilla Ice. And now he’s even been dumped for what will be a big MAGA rally on July 4

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I’m speaking at a U2 event tomorrow in Toronto. Wanna go?

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25 Views

There’s a place at 1245 St. Clair West in Toronto called Cat’s Cradle Sports and Spirits. Not only are they into sports and spirits, but the owners are massive fans of U2. Each

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The One Minute Music Book Club – Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves by Chris Dalla Riva

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20 Views

This is the kind of nerdy music reading I just love. With Uncharted Territory: What the Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves, Chris Dalla Riva uncovers some odd facts

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How do you discover new podcasts? For most people, it’s through YouTube

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20 Views

Sounds Profitable is a podcasting industry trade organization. They’ve got new research showing the methods by which people discover new podcasts. YouTube is king, followed by TikTok, and Instagram. Here’s a cool chart.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History: The Foo Fighters album that Dave Grohl hates

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 30 Views

Many artists won’t go back and listen to their previous albums because all they hear are the mistakes and the things they should have done to make it better. But what’s done is

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Random music news for Friday, June 19, 2026

June 19, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 28 Views

You can’t join the Mile High Club on a Ferris wheel. Or can you? As for music news for Friday, June 19, 2026… BONUS: The Simpsons Extreme Makeover – Homer Edition (Via Sean)

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Concerts

Donald Trump must hate this: Here’s the musical line-up for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center

June 18, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 92 Views

When Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 organization tried to book acts to play the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in DC, it turned into an embarrassment. The only act that didn’t

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Her Frequency is a study that looks at women’s value and importance when it comes to live music

June 18, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 70 Views

There’s a new report that has information on women in music, specifically how important women are to the live music sector. Almost 15,000 women from 12 countries were interviewed for the study, called

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Music Industry

Here’s the weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. We’ll look at streaming, too. (18 June 2026)

June 18, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 52 Views

As spring transitions into summer, let’s have a look at where things stand as far as CD and vinyl sales and then dip into the world of streaming. All figures from Luminate.   Streaming numbers:

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The One Minute Music Book Club: The Last Gang in Town by Aaron Chapman

June 18, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 60 Views

This isn’t exactly a music book, but it’s certainly music-adjacent. In the latest 60s and early 70s, Vancouver’s East Side was ruled by the Clark Park Gang. They loved to stir things up,

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Ongoing History Daily: The History of the word “punk,” part 2

June 18, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 68 Views

Last time, we traced the meaning of the word punk from the late 1500s to the 1950s. For all those centuries, the word had nothing to do with music. So how did that

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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.

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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