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What the hell is going on with this explosion in sea shanties?

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sea Shanties, Spotify, TikTok

Who would have expected that sea shanties–often centuries old sailor worksongs–would become a massive social media trend? Just go to

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 20, 2021

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Blink-182, Dave Mustaine, Doc Martens, House Parties, Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, Mark Hoppus, New Zealand, TikTok, Weezer

No more Trump. I still can’t believe he was ever president. Here’s music news for a brand new era started

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 19, 2021

January 19, 2021January 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Apple, Bow Wow, Brexit, Bridgerton, Donald Trump, Drake, Facebook, INXS, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Robbie Robertson, Tesla, TikTok

It’s the last full day we’ll have to say “President Donald Trump” without using the word “former.” Meanwhile, in music

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Random music news for Monday, January 18, 2021

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andrew Wood, Ariel Pink, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Foo Fighters, Grunge, Joe Biden, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Marianne Faithfull, Mother Love Bone, Peleton, Spotify, Yoko Ono

Attention, Batman fans. You could have purchased Batman #1 if you had this much money. You probably don’t, so let’s

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Legendary record producer (and convicted murderer) Phil Spector has died

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Phil Spector

Phil Spector, who roared to fame producing a series of major hits in the 1960s has died. The cause of

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Songs for a Blue Day aims to provide cheer, music therapy

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Awesome Music Project, Blue Monday, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Choir Choir Choir, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Covid, COVID-19, Daveed Goldman, George Elliott Clarke, Jennifer Buchanan, Lia Pappa-Kemps, Long & McQuade, Music Therapy, Nobu Adilman

January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday

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Random music news for Saturday, January 16, 2021

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Def Leppard

A “smart mask?” I’m surprised it took this long. Moving to music news for January 16, 2021… RIP Tim Bogert,

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RIP New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain

When I was the program director at Y108/Hamilton in the early 2000s, a short man in a porkpie hat walked

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Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Ant, Bandsintown, Bitcoin, Brian May, Drill Muisc, Mobile Phones, New Horizons, Phil Collins, Shingoose, Skunk Anansie, Song Catalogues, The Voice, TikTok, Video Games

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

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My Word: Hip fans raise $40,000 for Unison Fund with Courage masks

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Courage, Covid, COVID-19, The Tragically Hip, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

Ever the civic-minded group, The Tragically Hip wanted to keep fans safe during these crazy times and started selling a

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In the world of alcohol, there’s news from the Foo Fighters and Motorhead

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bourbon, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Sake

It was announced this week that the Foo Fighters have teamed with Vans for a new set of skate shoes.

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