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The conditions are right for the return of protest songs. Will they?

June 8, 2020June 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Protest Songs

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The late ’60s and early ’70s were a time of almost

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How to properly file your vinyl (according to me, anyway.)

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Vinyl

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you jumped into the vinyl resurrection over the past few

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Weekly survey: What are concerts going to be like in the future?

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Alan Cross 7 Comments Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19

It’ll be a while yet before most of us go to any kind of live gig, but when we do,

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50 years after their breakup, The Beatles still rule

April 6, 2020April 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Break-up

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When I was a kid, I toted my Lloyds transistor radio everywhere,

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Weekly survey: Have you watched any livestream concerts since the virus hit?

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments Concerts, Livestreams

We’re all in lockdown, deprived of our usual social interactions. Short-term pain for long-term relief, right? However optimistic you want

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Anxious times inevitably produce great art and music. Here’s proof.

March 30, 2020March 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Death, Coronavirus, COVID-19

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The spectre of disease, pandemic, and death have been with us

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Weekly Survey: Which of the following musicians would you choose to quarantine with?

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19

The streets are empty as we self-isolate/shelter in place/commit to a quarantine. It already feels like this has been going

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Weekly survey: How long to you think it’ll be before we get back to normal with concerts after COVID-19?

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Festivals

We’re in full-wartime mode when it comes to the coronavirus with all indications pointing towards things getting more dire before

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Weekly survey: What song can you no longer listen to anymore because of…whatever.

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Alan Cross 7 Comments Trigger

It’s a fact that certain songs are indelibly linked to specific events in our lives. They become triggers for all

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Mourning the death of liner notes and album credits

February 6, 2020February 5, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Album Credits, Liner Notes

Last week, I finished up writing the liner notes for an upcoming reissue by an iconic Canadian artists. Even though

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Is the death of the album nigh?

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Albums

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, there was a complicated decades-long ritual involved

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