Are these the most hated Christmas songs of all time?
We’re in the thick of Christmas music season, something that seems to have started sometime in October. It’s also time to make a list of the Christmas songs that grate on the nerves.
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Lists
Here’s a new way of calculating the 100 best-ever rock albums
Lists are fun, but when it comes to compiling something like the 100 best-ever rock albums, once it’s been done, things become canon and it’s rare to see much change in the rankings
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What Christmas songs are hot this year? Deezer has its list.
Deezer, the Paris-based music streamer collects user data like all the rest of them. The company has just released its list of hot Christmas songs and albums for 2023. Top Christmas songs worldwide:
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Are these the 50 best rock albums of 2023?
The album is having a rough time of late. Streaming is turning many people away from listening to whole albums and directing them to playlists filled with individual songs. But the album is
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Looking for a new sound? Here’s a list of some of the world’s weirdest musical instruments.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] While I was doing some research on an Ongoing History of New Music program on the endless battle between tech and music, I rooted
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Ten songs that got a second life through movies or TV
[Another list from contributor Adam Morrison. – AC] The right song in the right scene sticks with us. And nothing says the song has to be new, or even new to us. Let’s
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Some stats for people who love one-hit-wonders
A one-hit-wonder is usually defined as an artist who has had one and only one song reach any position in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Yes, you can
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Top ten songs from movies
[Another list from Adam Morrison. – AC] A song can end up on a movie soundtrack because it fits a theme, or because it fits a certain scene. But sometimes artists write songs
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10 songs inspired by literature
[Another fun list by contributor Adam Morrison. – AC] Many great, inspiring songs were inspired by great written works. Here are ten examples. 1. “One pill makes you larger and one pill makes
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Tabletop rock: Ten songs about Dungeons and Dragons
[Another list from contributor Adam Morrison. -AC] Dungeons and Dragons. The classic role-playing game immerses the player in a world of fun, fantasy, and rules so dense that it sounds like a secret
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A list of very bad, terrible, no good collaborations
[Another list by list specialist Adam Morrison. – AC] Ten musical collaborations that just didn’t work. When artists from different musical worlds get together to create, something special gets made. But special doesn’t
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