Random music news for Friday, February 7, 2025
What is the happiest time of day? Let’s ask science! Let’s now try some music news for February 7, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Got kids? You might
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1006: Rock firsts by Black artists
We would not be sitting here talking about rock music if it weren’t for people of African descent. If you start in the present and begin to trace things backward
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 976: A Black History Month follow-up
A couple of years back, I did an Ongoing History episode called “The Diversity Show. It ran in February as part of Black History month with the goal being to
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Diversity Show [Music and Podcast Embedded]
Here is a truth that some people find very uncomfortable: rock, alt-rock and indie rock are predominantly white. Why is that? The answers—and there is more than one—are complicated. There
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LyricFind highlights black activists who appear in lyrics most often
Black activists, icons, and personalities have shown up a lot in the lyrics of popular music over the last seventy years. LyricFind, the Toronto-based provider of licensed lyrics, did some
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 910: OH goes BHM
Here’s a truth that some people find very uncomfortable: rock, alt-rock, indie, rock, and metal are predominantly white. Why is that? The answers–and there is more than one–are complicated. In
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