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Are you trying to get in shape this January? These songs might help.

January 24, 2026 Alan Cross Workout Songs

We’re more than three weeks deep into 2026, so how are those New Year’s resolutions going? Are you doing Dry January? Maybe trying to get in shape for beach season?

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Record Collecting

Are you into vintage music t-shirts? Then check this out.

January 24, 2026 Alan Cross Band T-Shirts,  Collectible

I finally caved into my wife’s request to cull my t-shirts. I have far too many, but I’ve developed an attachment to many of them. Irrational? Probably, but if I’m

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Saturday, January 24, 2026

January 24, 2026 Alan Cross Apple,  Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame,  David Byrne,  Drake,  Ed Sheeran,  Ice,  Metallica,  MTV,  Ozzy,  Pink Floyd,  Slipknot,  TikTok,  Tupac

Groundhog Day is coming up. PETA wants a hologram groundhog. Moving to music news for January 2024, 2026… BONUS: Why does toothpaste make orange juice taste so bad? Here’s the

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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 56: Stalkers and the Music Stars Who Fear Them

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross Stalkers,  Uncharted

You’ve endured untold rides in a broken-down van, eaten way too much bad food, survived plenty of bad decisions, and navigated all the sharks that inhabit the record industry. And

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Music Industry

The Eagles hit a very big sales milestone. Probably.

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross Eagles,  Greatest Hits,  Quadruple Diamond,  RIAA

One of the top-selling albums of all time is The Eagles’ Greatest Hits 1971-1975. It has just been certified as Quadruple Diamond in the US, which means 40 million copies

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Recommended Music

Violet Grohl, daughter of Dave has just released a single

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross Dave Grohl,  THUM,  Violet Grohl

Violet Grohl, Dave’s oldest child, has well-known aspirations of being a performer just like dad. She’s shown up with her father to sing live numerous times and was known to

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Recommended Reading

The One Minute Music Book Club: A Brief History of Music in Western Culture by Mark Evan Bonds

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross A Brief History of Music in Wester Culture,  One Minute Music Book Club

The internet is great for research, but there’s also much to be said for picking up a book and just leafing through the pages. More often than not, you’ll stumble

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Podcast

There’s been a new survey on Canadian podcast listening habits

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross Canada,  Consumption,  Podcast,  Signal Hill

Most of the world seems to be listening to podcasts these days. As someone with two such programs, I’m very grateful. But let’s drill down into the habits of Canadian

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AI
Music IndustryTech

What’s new with AI today? Glad you asked. Two things.

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross AI,  AI-generative music,  Eleven Album,  Stealing Isn't Innovation

Record labels are slowly reaching licensing agreements with AI-generative music companies, but other parts of the creative industries aren’t feeling so cooperative. There’s a new campaign out of Hollywood called

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1071: A Brief History of Post-Rock, Part 2

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross

One way to describe something that we’ve moved beyond is to affix the word “post” to it. For example, if we want to talk about the era following the fall

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: iTunes’ software terms and conditions agreement

January 23, 2026 Alan Cross iTunes,  Robert Sikoryak,  User agreement

When you install a new version of some software, you’re faced with the end-user agreement, a long document loaded terms and conditions. One of the worst was the iTunes license

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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.

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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