In three weeks, the Online News Act (otherwise known as Bill C-18) is scheduled to come into effect, meaning that companies like Google and Meta will need to start paying for their use
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Key Vhani, a Miami rapper (real name: Kevhani Camilla Hicks) is charged with second degree murder after she shot her manager to death, something that was caught on surveillance video. The footage shows
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[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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When Led Zeppelin was prepared to release their fourth album, guitarist Jimmy Page manager Peter Grant wanted to make the point that the band was so big that they didn’t need to put
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There are some things we don’t really question: the sun coming up in the east; American politics will continue to be dysfunctional; and the
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When The Darkness first emerged in 2004, no one really knew what to make of them. They were quite polarizing, largely because of Justin Hawkins’ Freddie Mercury-like vocal ambitions. Me? I thought they
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The history of the electric guitar is fascinating. And if you want to get deep into the weeds, here’s an Open Culture post on the history of the electric guitar solo. I’ll start
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I’ve always been in awe of studio musicians. They’re so good at what they do they can show up and play on a recording perfectly, following all the directions of the artist and
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The Polaris Prize–the juried competition that seeks to name the best Canadian album of the year–has only been around for seventeen years. That means there’s a whole lot of Canadian music history that’s
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Rick J found this video on TikTok that demonstrates playing a very old record–a 78 RPM shellac disc–played on an equally ancient gramophone. Think about this the next time to stream something instantly
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I’m a little late in getting this posted because I’m over in Scotland and I fell asleep before the Luminate info came. Here then, with my apologies are the Canadian sales and streaming
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