Random music news for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
“I’m not dead yet!” No kidding. “I’m not dead yet, either!” Oops. Once you shiver at the implications of those
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Eurovision
Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine’s entry into Eurovision, is tipped to win it all
When we watch stories of war on TV, we tend to think that bombs are falling and guns are fighting
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Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022
Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any
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Another round of music-related stories from the war in Ukraine
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been few times in history when so many people have
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Ukraine’s Eurovision entry has become an anthem for the country
Eurovision isn’t something most Americans care about, but across the Atlantic, it has been a Certified Big Deal for decades.
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Time to resurrect this Ukraine entry from Eurovision 2016 which took on Russian aggression
Back in 2016, Jamala, the Ukrainian entry in Eurovision, put forward this song entitled “1944.” The BBC describes it as
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Random music news for Monday, February 28, 2022
Recent timeline: 2020, COVID; 2021, COVID part 2; 2022, war in Europe. Can we get a break, please? Moving to
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Organizers of Eurovision reverse course and ban Russia for 2022
After initially saying that Russia could still compete in Eurovision 2022, organizers have changed their minds and banned the country
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Random music news for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
This is a pretty extreme sort of initiation ritual, don’t you think? While you try to keep your food down,
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Random music news for Thursday, June 10, 2021
Scientists have figured out the weight of all the COVID-19 viruses in the world. It’s not much. Ponder that as
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Rock (and Italy) rules at Eurovision 2021. And the Italian band may have snorted coke on live TV. (Update: They didn’t.)
Eurovision, the ultra-weird international song competition that consumes a couple of continents every spring, concluded last night (May 22) with
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