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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, October 30, 2017

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Alexa, Apple, Chrissie Hynde, DAB, Drums, fm, Google Home, India, Lido Pmienta, Ludwig, Never Mind the Bollocks, Radio, Sex Pistols, Slingerland, Southwest Airlines, Switzerland, Tea Party, Tom Morello

All Hallow’s Eve Eve? Sure. Let’s go with that. And now some music news for October 30. Chrissie Hynde of

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Music Industry 

“Why Cover Art is More Important Than Ever”

May 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Cover Art

One of the great things about vinyl is the sheer square footages of the packaging. A minimum, a vinyl record

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Cool! 

These Star Wars Album Cover Mashups are Glorious

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Album Cover Art, Album Cover Artwork, Album covers, Mashups, Star Wars

I love pop culture mashups. Thanks to Andy Roberts, who sent us the link, we can all enjoy this beautiful

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, Adele, Air Canada, Album Cover Artwork, Brazil, Chris Brown, Crowbar, Disco, JK Rowlings, John Lennon, Kanye West, Morrissey, Sinead O'Connor, Slaves, Yoko Ono

The American Thanksgiving weekend can be a sparse time for music news. Not around here, though. You just gotta dig

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Music History 

Music History: The Stories Behind Every Single Smiths Album Cover

August 15, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Smiths

The Smiths paid an awful lot of attention to the images they wanted to adorn their albums and singles. The

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Apple Radio, Bobbi Kristina, Duran Duran, IRA, Joe Jackson, Kaskade, Musical, Peking Duk, Princess Diana, Snoop Dogg, UKIP, VOA, Voice of America

Is this the last week of July? Already? Here’s some music news to start the week. Bobbi Kristina Brown died

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Music Industry 

How Technology is Changing the Way Album Covers Are Designed

June 29, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Technology

Back in the pre-digital days, the album cover was an endless source of wonder for me.  I’d stare at something

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Music News 

A New Picture Book That’s Very, Very Metal

April 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Metal

There have been plenty of good books on album cover artwork, but to my knowledge there has never been one

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Cool! 

Re-Imagining Classic Album Covers in a Retro Style

January 8, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Metal Albums

Here’s a fun gallery from Behance.net. What if classic metal album cover artwork was re-imagined in the style of retro

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Music History 

A Look Back on the Golden Age of Album Cover Art with Hipgnosis

December 14, 2014December 14, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Cover Artwork, Hipgnosis

One of the many nice things about the vinyl resurrection is that people are once again starting to pay attention

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Music History 

The Golden Age of Album Cover Art

December 10, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments Album Cover Artwork

If you remember gazing at a 12×12 piece of album artworking wondering what it all meant, then this article from

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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