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Classic Rock

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This map shows the most popular artist in every country

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Around the World, Classic Rock, Liberty Games, Most Popular Artist, Most Popular Song

It is not one world. While there are some artists that transcend borders, oceans, language, and culture, not everyone is

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Music News 

This is a weirdly specific study on rock, truckers, and sex

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Classic Rock, Metal, Sex, Truck Drivers, Truckers, Trucks

According to a new study that apparently needed to be conducted, truckers who listen to hard rock and metal have

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 28, 2022

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arabic Pop, Bruce Springsteen, CDs, Classic Rock, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Fuji Rock Festival, India, Live Nation, Lollapalooza, R Kelly, Shania Twain, Spotify, Stephen Colbert, YouTube

Spongebob? Is that you? If not, who or what is it? Ponder that as you browse through music news for

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, June 4, 2022

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Avatars, Classic Rock, Jack Antonoff, Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, Led Zeppelin, Liam Gallagher, Podcasts, Prince

This politician is having a bad week. It, however, continues to be a good week for music news–like what we

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Music News Radio 

If you’re a member of Gen X, the music of your youth is the new classic rock

April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Boomers, Classic Rock, Gen X

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when The Simpsons still offered biting social commentary, season seven

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Opinion 

Is classic rock a threat to the new music of the future? Here’s why I think it might be.

February 1, 2021January 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Classic Rock, Music Publishing

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Call it the revenge of the boomers. Music publishing is both

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Radio 

What is “classic rock, anyway?” Let’s look into that.

November 15, 2019November 14, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Classic Rock, Radio

About a year ago, filmmaker Daniel Sarkissian asked me to sit for an interview on the topic of classic rock.

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Music News 

“We need to talk about classic rock…”

May 25, 2019May 24, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Classic Rock, Completely Ignored

Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored went through the streams generated by classic rock artists. Here’s what he found out. Click here

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Academy Awards, AI, Apple, Classic Rock, FCC, HMV, Jeopardy, Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, P-Diddy, raves, Runaways, T.I., Thom Yorke, Vans Warped Tour, Vulfpeck

I saw some romaine lettuce on sale at my grocery store. so it must be safe. right? So can we

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Shiny Tunes, Biopic, Brad Roberts, BTS, Buskers, Classic Rock, Crash Test Dummies, Dave Grohl, Elton John, Gary Lightbody, GDPR, K-Pop, Radio, Silverchair, Snow Patrol, Third Man, U2

Both the US and the UK are back to work after a long weekend today, so is there any music

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018May 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bing, Classic Rock, Concerts, Daniel Johns, Def Leppard, Elton John, Google, Metallica, Music Lessons, Napster, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, Tbilisi, Twitter

On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As

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