Random music news for Saturday, October 13, 2018
Has Kanye done anything crazy yet today? He’s had enough attention this week, so we’ll leave him out of music news for October 13, 2018. Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca
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Amy Winehouse
Random music news for Friday, October 12, 2018
The first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was published on this day in 1979. And for music news on October 12, 2018… What is America’s new Music Modernization Act
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Because it’s Monday, you may need a metal version of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab.”
And how was your weekend? Imbibe a bit too much? Feeling like crap today? This might help.
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UK Rock’n’Roll Landmarks Tour, Day 3 (Monday, May 14)
A new guide today. Lee, an ex-punk rocker, told how he used to be in a band called Plex which had a cool connection: the drummer’s father owned famous Trident Studios. One day
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New documentary on rock’s infamous 27 Club
You can see why the legend of The 27 Club endures. Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at age 27. What is it about being 27
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Random Music News for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
On this day in 1993–25 years ago–a show called The Ongoing History of New Music ran for the first time. I’m currently working on episode 817. And in other music news for February
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 791: The Last Hours of…
At some point, all of us will shuffle off this mortal coil and join the choir invisible. It doesn’t matter who you are, how much money you have or how famous you might
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 785: Rock’n’Roll Rehab [Music and Podcast Embedded]
When you’re a rock star, you exist in a bubble where everyone is afraid to tell you “no” regardless of how crazy things might get. But then again after a while, “crazy” seems
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Random Music News for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Ugh. Snow. Lots of it. I say again: Ugh. Oh, and happy (merry?) Pi Day. And now, the music news… Canadian album sales are pacing at -12.4% this year, with the biggest problem
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Random Music News for Tuesday, February 21, 2017
It was on this day in 1958 that the peace symbol was unveiled. I have no idea its official name is the CND symbol. And now, the music news. Kurt Cobain would have
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Here Are 15 of the Top Selling Albums on Amazon
We’re quickly coming to the end of 2016 and vinyl’s relatively recent return to popularity doesn’t seem to be coming down any time soon. Of course, people use this newfound popularity to fill
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