Country Music Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Thursday, July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beavis and Butthead, Bob Geldof, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Hachalu Hundessa, Lenny Kravtiz, Marshall, Mary J. Blige, MySpace, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Spotify, The Sound of Music, Walmart

Given that Canada had a day off in the middle of the week, this is not going to be a

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Hip-hop makes more inroads into country music. This has been happening for three decades, too.

April 22, 2019April 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country Music, Hick Hop, Hip-hop

You may have heard the story about a hitherto unknown rapper named Lil Nas X and his song “Old Town

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018November 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K video, Alessia Cara, Auschwitz, BBC, Brexit, Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Country Music, Donald Trump, Facebook, Go-Gos, iPhones, Music sales, NHK, Primus, Roland, Sesame Street, Streaming, Studio, Ticketmaster, Toilets

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Bryan Adams, Country Music, Disturbed, Harmonica, India, Johnny Lydon, Music sales, Piracy, Roger Daltrey, Streams, Wilco, Winamp

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

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I Was Sent to Cover the Country Music Awards in Nashville. What’s Wrong with THAT Picture?

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Awards, Country Music, Nashville

[NASHVILLE -] I had no bloody business being here. None. But somehow I ended up on the red carpet at the

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Random Music News for Monday, October 9, 2017

October 9, 2017October 8, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Automatic for the People, Blade Runner, Breeders, Country Music, Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, George Michael, Guns 'N Roses, Ian Watkins, Jerry Yester, Jose Feliciano, Lostprophets, Lovin' Spoonful, Mountain Goats, NRA, Ozzy Osbourne, REM, Rick Astley, Smart Speakers, Smartphone, Star Spangled Banner, Tesla, Troll, TuneIn Radio, Turntable, Vangelis, Victrola, Walk Off The Earth

Happy Thanksgiving to all! (Yes, America, we do things differently up here.) And now the music news for October 9.

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The NRA Has Supported Country Music for Years. Now Some Artists Would Like to Distance Themselves

October 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country Music, Las Vegas Shooting

If you’ve listened to any American talk radio over the last week, you’ll have noticed that some are treating the

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Music News Television

CMT Has Stopped Playing Country Music Videos So Vintage TV Moves in to Take Up the Slack

September 6, 2017 Alan Cross 3 Comments Country Music, Music VIdeos, Vintage TV

Canada’s CMT is officially out of the music video business for the same reasons MTV and MuchMusic moved away from

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Country Music is Making a Push to Get Fans into Streaming

August 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country Music, Garth Brooks, Streaming

If you look at the most-streamed songs on any given week, the charts are dominated–and I mean DOMINATED–but tracks from

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Sorting Out This Current Kerfuffle of Playing Songs by Women on Country Music Radio

June 1, 2015June 10, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Country Music, Keith Hill, Music Master, Music Scheduling, Selector, Women

By now, you may have heard about the shitstorm emanating from comments made by radio consultant Keith Hill on his

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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 100. ONE HUNDRED!

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Copyright, Country Music, Death Metal, Gene Simmons, hackers, Happy Birthday, iCar, Jony Ive, night vision, robot bartender, Singapore, Sonos, Tim Hortons, Unlocking the Truth, WiFi, Wrestling

And they said we wouldn’t last. I mean, look who we’ve got for a guest this week: Sir Jonny iCar!

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