Christmas Song Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

It’s a COVID Christmas song!

They say you should write about what you know. The cAbiners have done just that with this Christmas song.

Arkells have become one of the most prolific Canadian bands of the last decade. They’re always writing, recording, and releasing

According to research by Viberate, there are more than one million Christmas songs in the wild. I believe it, too,

If you follow UK politics, you might remember Lord Buckethead, a one-time candidate for Prime Minister. He says that his

Green Day has been around for more than a quarter century without releasing an original Christmas song [citation needed]. They’ve

The Darkness–who, by the way, released an excellent album entitled Last of Our Kind, one of my favourite hard-rockin’ records

A porn song that ended up in Sesame Street? Jingles by Barry Manilow? And Brian Eno did what for Microsoft?

Every year, The Killers pump out a new Christmas single. Their 2014 model–maintaining a streak that began in 2006–features Jimmy

Welcome to The Roth Show. (Via Hennemusic)

Steel Panther is the LA hair metal band for whom 1987 never ended. They’d like everyone to know that they’re

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Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
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