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Documentary Music History 

Here’s a trailer for the doc on the rise and fall of Casablanca Records

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Casablanca Records, Disco, Documentary, Donna Summer, Neil Bogart

Back in the 70s, Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records was on a roll. Not only was the label home to some

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This documentary on vinyl and record stores will make you feel all misty

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Stores, Vinyl, Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor, a French hip hop artist on tour in the US, decided to make a documentary on independent record

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Documentary Music History 

Into drums? Then you’ll want to see this new documentary.

October 15, 2022October 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Drummers, Drums, Justin Kreutzmann, Taylor Hawkins

As a drummer myself, I’m admittedly biased toward anything that gives our type a little respect. That’s what I’m interested

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Documentary Movies Music History 

There’s a GWAR documentary coming. It’s everything you’ve hoped for and feared.

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, GWAR

If you don’t understand GWAR, move along, This story isn’t for you. If you do appreciate what they’ve done, then

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Documentary Movies 

If you’re into vinyl then you’ll need to see this new doc called Vinyl Nation

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Collecting, Records, Vinyl, Vinyl Nation

There’s no sign that interest in vinyl records is going to end soon, let alone plateau. Why? That’s the central

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Documentary Music Industry 

There’s already a documentary on the Astroworld disaster–and the court cases haven’t even begun

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments AstroWorld, Charlie Minn, Documentary, Lawsuits

Back in November, people were killed and scores were injured during a stage crush at the Astroworld festival in Houston.

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Documentary 

Tragically Hip fans: A multi-episode documentary is coming to Prime Video–eventually

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Documentary, Gord Downie, Mike Downie, Prime Video, Tragically Hip

Mike Downie (Gord’s brother) is currently working on a multi-part documentary on the Tragically Hip. There’s no title yet and

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Documentary Music History 

There’s now a documentary on the Sam Roberts Band

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments

Sam Roberts had his first Canadian hit twenty years ago, so it’s time to look back on his career–at least

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