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Canadian feds promise $500 million for arts and creative industries

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arts, Canada, Culture

If you know someone who works in the arts, you’ll know that they’re really. really hurting. With all work dried

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Music News 

Play It Loud looks at the tools of the rock revolution

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Culture, Guitars, museum exhibition, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Met

What is loud rock music without the guitar? We need never wonder, but we can take the time to reflect

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Music News 

The 2018 Coachella Lineup Poster Tells You Everything You Need to Know Where Rock Stands Today

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 Alan Cross 5 Comments 2018, Coachella, Culture, Hip-hop, Rap

The lineup for this year’s Coachella was announced yesterday, sending everyone to the poster to parse which bands are represented

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Music Industry 

Canadian Culture (Including Music) as an Economic Tool

June 11, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Culture, Music Economy

Thanks to FYI Music for digging through a Statistics Canada report for these numbers. I quote: Statistics Canada has released

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Recommended Reading 

Your Band Sucks: A Book on the Failed Revolution of Indie Rock

June 8, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Culture, Indie Rock, Jon Fine, Revolution

Now this sounds like an interesting book.  Jon Fine, guitarist with Bitch Magnet, has a different take on the culture

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Music Industry 

How Did K-Pop Become Such a Good Thing? With Government Help.

April 19, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Culture, Government, K-Pop, South Korea

That’s right: it’s all a South Korean plot.  From NPR: In the late ’90s, when Asia went through a huge

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Music History 

40 Years of Hip Hop Presented by KRS-One

April 21, 2014April 21, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Culture, Education, Hip-hop, KRS-One, Rap, Slavery, Spirituality

As KRS-One declares in the opening seconds of this movie, this isn’t your usual history of hip hop. It’s much,

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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