The One Minute Music Book Club: Giant Steps by Derek Shulman
Derek Shulman had a good ten-year run (1970-80) as a member of Gentle Giant, the English prog group. After that ended, he transitioned into the roll of music executive, signing
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1070: A Brief History of Post-Rock, Part 1
I’m going to try to tell the complete history of rock music in 90 seconds. Ready? Here we go. [Deep breath] Rock ’n’ roll begins in the ’50s, when R&B
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Ongoing History Daily: The race to save old tapes (part 2)
Last time, we looked at the crisis involving the slow disintegration of magnetic recording tape and the potential loss of the master tapes of great albums made since the late
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Random music news for Friday, January 16, 2026
This viral Chinese app is a hit with people living alone. It basically asks, “Are you dead?” Music news for January 16, 2026 is very much alive. BONUS: Here’s something
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Luminate’s year-end report of music in 2025 is here
Luminate is the tracker of statistics for the music industry in North America. They’ve just released a summary of what happened with music in 2025, focusing mostly on Canada. (Get
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There’s been a development in the great FACTOR cybertheft case
In the summer of 2024, the people in charge of FACTOR (Foundation for Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings), the non-profit organization that helps fund up-and-coming musicians, noticed something weird about
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This is our Canadian CD and vinyl sales report (streaming numbers, too) (15 Jan 2026)
We are firmly into the 2026 sales year. You’ll notice that we’ve started from scratch again. Luminate says Canadian CD and vinyl sales started off this week. Streaming numbers:
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The One Minute Music Book Club: The Shortest History of Music by Andrew Ford
For some reason, the human brain comes hardwired for music, even though there is no solid evolutionary reason for this to be so. We’ve been making music as a species
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The race to save old tapes (part 1)
The race to save old tapes is on. Magnetic tape, the recording medium for music from the late 1940s through to the digital era, doesn’t age well. The older a
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, January 15, 2026
We can now reserve a hotel room on the moon for US$250,000. Does the big-toothed Trivago guy know about this? Moving to music for January 15, 2026. BONUS: Good recovery,
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There’s a Canadian effort to break up Live Nation
Another day, another legal headache for Live Nation. The Consumers Council of Canada approached the Canadian Comprehensive Tribunal, asking for permission to sue Live Nation and Ticketmaster. They want Live
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