Here’s a 40th birthday salute to the compact disc
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea
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Billy Joel
Ongoing History Daily: Synesthesia
Synesthesia is that interesting neurological condition where the senses overlap. Some musicians say that they can “see” musical notes in
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Ongoing History Daily: Did Iggy Pop record with Billy Joel?
It’s quite possible that Iggy Pop once played on a record with Billy Joel and the song was “Leader of
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Random music news for Thursday, February 4, 2021
Will there be a running of the bulls this year? It’s unclear. On to music news for February 4, 2021.
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Whisky + Billy Joel explains the history of Scotch in 4 minutes
Props to this whisky blogger who manages to tell the history of distilling Scotch from 1494 to the present in
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This Billy Joel-inspired parody pretty much lays out the entire presidency of Donald Trump
As anyone else done an anti-Trump song to the tune of “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” What took so long.
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Random music news for Thursday, July 16, 2020
It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER,
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Random music news for Friday, April 24, 2020
This former Disney Channel star is now doing adult entertainment. The Mouse is not pleased. Just thought I’d drop that
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Random music news for Friday, January 31, 2020
It’s not your imagination: a new study says that people with BMWs and Audis are worse drivers. Now that’s the
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A list of cool music news items you may have missed when this website was down
Yes, we’re up and running again after nearly two weeks issues with our web hosting service. It was THEIR fault
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The most moving songs for Remembrance Day, November 11
One hundred years ago today, at 11 am on November 11, 2018, the guns fell silent on the battlefields of
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