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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Blur’s multi-million-dollar joke

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blur, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Song 2

Some songs take forever to write while others emerge fully formed within minutes. Take the case of Blur back in

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Recommended Music 

New Music From The Inbox – Monday Edition! (Mar 20, 2023): Captain Planet & Jimena Angel, Collapsing Scenery, Olivia Jean, and more!

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Captain Planet, Collapsing Scenery, Jimena Angel, Kristi Lane Sinclair, New Music From The Inbox, Olivia Jean, Stephen Dawes

Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Monday, March 20, 2023

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Looking for a new car? How about this monster fitted with a 27 litre engine from a tank? Now how

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Recommended Music 

This week’s Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox features more bollocks

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bloopers, Bollocks, Robert Fripp, Sunday Lunch, Toyah Willcox

“Bollocks” is a word that only really works in England. Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox ran into a lot of

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Cool! 

Let’s mess around with Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, and New Order

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, Blue Monday, Mashup, New Order

It was harder to find two 90s acts further apart than Alice in Chains and Backstreet Boys. You would have

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Music News 

Take a moment to think about music therapy

March 19, 2023March 18, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Dementia, music therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy Awareness Month

Have you ever turned on a song, or an album, on a bad day because it made you feel better? 

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Music News 

And the new drummer for the Foo Fighters is…

March 18, 2023March 19, 2023 Alan Cross 43 Comments Atom Willard, Drummer, Foo Fighters, Matt Cameron, Replacement, Rufus Taylor, Taylor Hawkins

The Foo Fighters have a string of festival dates set for this summer, starting with a gig in Gilford, New

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Recommended Music 

U2 covered ABBA with an orchestra

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, BBC, Bono, Radio 2, Songs of Surrender, SOS, The Edge, U2

U2’s Songs of Surrender finally arrived yesterday and Bono and The Edge have been doing the rounds promoting the album.

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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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Speaking Gig 

My 2023 speaking gigs continue. Here are the upcoming dates.

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Cross 5 Comments Salon, Side Door Access, Speaking

My next round of speaking events is now underway. These are discussions with music fans in what I call “salons.”

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, March 18, 2023

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Last of Us, Spotify

BOOM! And BOOM AGAIN! Now we move to music news for March 18, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS:

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