The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore presentation: The 90s, Part 5(b): The Hip-Hop Influence
July 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The 90s, Part 5(a): The Hip-Hop Influence
July 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
There are just some things that shouldn’t mix. Oil and water. Nitro and glycerine. Tequila and–well, it’s probably not a
The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The 00s, Part 5 – The Effects of Tech
June 28th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Let’s make a list of all the things we didn’t have before January 1, 2000. There was no iTunes, iPods
The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 4: Britpop
June 21st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Fashion is one of the most disposable of all the artistic endeavors. Much of what’s created and sold isn’t designed
Would someone PLEASE make this happen with podcasts and music?
June 15th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
One of the most-asked questions I get is “Why don’t you include full songs in the podcast edition of The
The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(b): The All-female and Female-fronted bands
June 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
During ’67’s Summer of Love, anything seemed possible. Civil rights issues were finally being addressed. There was a feeling that
The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(a): A Decade of Influential Female Solo Performers
June 8th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and
The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: The 90s, Part 1: The Foundational Changes That Made Everything Possible
May 31st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Writing history takes a very long time. Sure, you could write everything down as it happens, but that’s only really
The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Health Issues of Musicians
May 24th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Let’s face it: we’re just bags of water with some chemicals mixed in. The squishy bits that make up the
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 856: The rise and fall of the compact disc
May 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
On the afternoon of October 1, 1982, Sony introduced a new home stereo gizmo: the world’s first compact disc player.
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 855: Musical offspring
May 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
I supposed if you grow up in a creative household, something is inevitably going to rub off, whether it be
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 852: Alexisonfire – In Their Own Words
April 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
A band is like a plant. Stay with me on this because it will make sense. Like a plant, a
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 851: The death of Kurt Cobain, 25 years later.
April 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
At first, there was nothing particularly special about Friday, April 8, 1994. I came to work at the radio station
The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Oasis at War, Part 2 [Music and Podcast Embedded]
March 29th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
How well do you get along with your sibling (assuming you have any, of course)? Brothers and sisters can be
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 850: The 00s, Part 5 – The Effects of Tech
March 15th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Let’s make a list of all the things we didn’t have before January 1, 2000. There was no iTunes, iPods
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 849: Variety returns to alt-rock
March 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Music is always evolving, mutating, and modifying itself in a self-organizing way. Enough people may agree on a certain new
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 848: The 00s, Part 3 – The Return of Rock
March 1st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
In times of crisis, we look for a leader, someone who can get us out of trouble. This is a
Ongoing History of New Music podcasts hits 4 million downloads
February 27th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Twenty-five months after we began repurposing Ongoing History of New Music radio shows as podcasts, we can announce that we’ve
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 847: The 00s, Part 2 – The Indie Revolution
February 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
At the end of the 90s, rock music was deep in the doldrums. Fans were genuinely worried about its future.
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 846: The 00s, Part 1 – The Sad State of Rock
February 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
How long should we wait before we write the history of a decade? Sure, we can write things down as
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 845: A deep, DEEP dive into vinyl trivia
February 8th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
There are people who still believe that the resurrection of vinyl is a fad, a passing trend, something of which
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 844: The Arkells in their own words, part 2
February 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
When you’re in a band and things begin to take off, life starts to move pretty fast. Days start to
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