[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] We all know that music is a powerful and empowering thing. It affects our emotions, our psyches, our very souls —
Read MoreGovernments and various authorities have tried to censor music for centuries, something which almost never works. The moment you make something illegal, people will want it even more. Take the
Read MoreThis isn’t a good look. A variety of versions of the pro-democracy anthem known as “Glory to Hong Kong”–a fixture during the 2019 street protests–has disappeared from iTunes, Spotify, Instagram
Read MoreIt’s a stat in both the US and the UK today, but if you look hard enough, there’s still music news for May 29, 2023, to be found. BONUS: Tina
Read MoreCensorship is music goes back decades, centuries, millennia. And whenever someone says you can’t listen to something, you just want to hear it more. Meanwhile, though, the act of trying
Read MoreHere’s the stuff of my nightmares. And it’s coming for all of us. Until then, though, enjoy music news for September 30, 2022. This metalhead was back to fix Hurricane
Read MoreLest you think that musical censorship is a recent thing, think again. Certain authority figures have been trying to keep the masses from enjoying music for centuries. It’s probably good that
Read MoreApparently, WeChat, the Chinese social media monster, couldn’t afford more than a single black bar.
Read MoreA few weeks after closing its Russian offices, Spotify has announced that it’s suspending its freemium service in the country due to repressive and ridiculous censorship laws. The Kremlin has
Read MoreWith Putin’s Russia awash in fake news and propaganda about its war in Ukraine (which is going very, very badly; the Russian defense minister has “disappeared,” too), social media and
Read MoreIf it seems that Christmas music has started up earlier than usual this year, it’s not your imagination. And the debate over the lyrics in the Pogues’ “A Fairytale of
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