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Why aren’t these Christmas and holiday songs available for streaming anywhere but YouTube?

December 23, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

[Reader Danny Fournier has been searching from some older Christmas and holiday songs on the streaming music platforms with no luck. – AC] 1. The Payola$, “Christmas Is Coming” It’s available on YouTube

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Whitehorse helps bring live music back to a corner of Ontario: An interview with Melissa and Luc

July 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 7 min read

[This is a guest post from Ross McDonald. He also took all the pictures. – AC] In March of this year, Whitehorse released their 6th studio album, ‘Modern Love’. Although not the start of

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The White Stripes’ White Blood Cells is now 20 years old. How has it aged?

June 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

[This is a guest post by Gilles LeBlanc, an insanely big Stripes’ fan .- AC] It doesn’t get the same glory as when grunge exploded onto the scene ten years earlier, or obviously

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A sad story of plagiarism regarding a big Australia hit.

March 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

[Readers of these pages know that I often cover stories about accusations of plagiarism when it comes to songwriting. Troy from Sydney, Australia, remind us of a sad case involving Men at Work

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Who deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? A reader weighs in.

February 16, 2021 Alan Cross 28 Comments 5 min read

It’s the annual silly season when it comes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations. Now that the nomination committee has put forth its list for the class of 2021, the

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Can you help with a 30-year-old David Lee Roth quest?

February 6, 2021 Alan Cross 22 Comments 5 min read

An email arrived from Danielle this week It’s 1988. I’m 13 years old. Like a lot of kids who lived in the GTA at that time, my introduction to concerts was at Canada’s

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Damn, I miss the White Stripes…

February 2, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments 3 min read

[A guest post by contributor Gilles LeBlanc on the 10th anniversary of the breakup of the White Stripes. He still hasn’t recovered from that traumatic event. – AC] How can anyone ever hope

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Ever wonder what it’s like to go on one of those band scavenger hunts? Here’s a first-person account.

December 6, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 17 min read

Artists are always looking for unique ways to engage fans in different ways. One of the most intriguing have been the scavenger hunts that send fans looking for clues in all sorts of

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Guest blog: What is the heaviest song of all time?

February 22, 2020 Alan Cross 7 Comments 3 min read

[A guest opinion piece by Chris Donaghue. – AC] It’s so hard to say what makes music heavy. Music that is really meaningful, or intense is ‘heavy,’ like “Mother” by John Lennon, or

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An appreciation of Neil Peart: Farewell to a king

January 15, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments 4 min read

[Here’s a guest post from life-long Rush fan Chris Donaghue. -AC] Neil Peart got me through highschool. I want to celebrate the man because he gave us so much to enjoy. He rose

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“Old Town Road” may not be the song Nashville wants, but it’s the song they deserve

June 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

[A guest post by John Duffy on a song that’s been #1 on all single charts for eight straight weeks. – AC] Billboard can spike it from their charts for lacking the “characteristics

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