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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Matt Bellamy’s musical heritage

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments George Bellamy, Matt Bellamy, Muse, Telstar, Tornados

Matt Bellamy, the leader of Muse, inherited at least some of his need to make music from his father.  George

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Music History Music News 

Pink Floyd once again proves they are the kings of the anniversary reissue. Look what they’ve done for The Dark Side of the Moon.

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50th Anniversary, Box Set, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released one of the most important albums in the history of rock. The Dark

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Music History 

Great music history: The broken amp that changed the world

March 24, 2023March 25, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments

The foundation of rock is the loud, fuzzy, electric guitar. Rock has shown that distortion can be beautiful, something that

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Music History Music Industry 

How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Downloads, iTunes, Music Piracy, Music sales, Paid, Steve Jobs

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000,

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Music History 

Listen to the history of rock, one riff at a time.

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Guitar Riffs, Rock History

This is Andrea Boma Boccarusso. She’s created a short film on the history of rock from 1965 using just one

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Music History Music News 

The sad story of drummer Jim Gordon, who killed his mother with a hammer, has finally come to an end

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Derek and the Dominos, Jim Gordon, RIP, Schitzophrenia

Back in 1970 as Eric Clapton was searching for something to following the dissolution of Cream, he formed Derek and

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Gadgets Music History Tech 

A short film on how the iPod was created

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments iPod, Tony Fadell

Not only did the iPod mark the beginning of Apple’s transformation from an also-ran computer company to a two trillion

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Documentary Music History 

There’s a new U2 documentary that looks back on the Balkan war of the late 90s

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bill Carter, Bosnia, Sarajevo, U2

It’s called Kiss the Future, a project of American journalist Bill Carter. He dove into what happened in places like

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Music History 

New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time, was released 40 years ago today

March 7, 2023March 8, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 12-inch, 40th Anniversary, Blue Monday, Factory Records, New Order

Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of

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Music History 

This doc explains why Ringo Starr’s drumming is so different

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Beatles, drumming, Drums, Ringo, Starr

Ringo Starr is probably responsible for more people taking up the drums than any other drummer in history. Yet for

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Music History 

Good Sunday viewing: How Goth became Goth

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bauhaus, Goth, Subculture

Goth is one of the biggest musical subcultures on the planet. But how did this sound and look come to

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