What is the future of radio in cars? It’s now being written.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Listening to the radio in the car is almost as old as the automobile itself. The very first time anyone demonstrated
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Retro fun: The car radio of the future
In 1971, our family car was a 1968 Chevy Impala, In the dashboard was a very basic Delco pushbutton AM radio. I don’t even know if an AM/FM radio was
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What artists will still be relevant in 2100?
Rock’n’roll has been with us for about seventy years, a mere eyeblink when compared to classical music. We’re still listening to Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach hundreds of years after they
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1009: The history and future of artificial intelligence in music
The biggest tech story of recent years has been the rise of artificial intelligence. The subject of AI is everywhere. The Wikipedia article on ChatGPT, the company that got things
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What do the Foo Fighters do now?
I know. Too soon. But this is an issue that’s going inevitably have to be dealt with. Let’s be very clear: Taylor Hawkins will never be replaced in the Foo
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Weekly survey: Will Taylor Hawkins’ death mean the end of the Foo Fighters?
The tragic death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins has hit very, very hard. Next to Dave Grohl, he was the most visible and most beloved member of the Foo
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This Will Start Fights: The NYT’s “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going”
The New York Times Magazine is put to bed a week before it’s delivered with the Sunday paper, so this article now landing with a thud on doorsteps this morning
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Welcome to another episode of The Lucky Sperm Club. I don’t even remember my 16th birthday. All I knew is that it meant I could get a driver’s license. I
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Why Are Hip Hop and R&B Fans So Crazy About Streaming?
If you take a very close look at what kind of genres of music are being streamed on Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, Deezer and the rest of them, you’ll find that
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Random Music News for Monday, September 28, 2015
Is it just me or are the cups at Starbucks getting thinner and flimsier? On to music news… In “Dave Grohl is Awesome” news, he dedicated a song to a
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Let’s Predict the Future: What Will the Music Business Look Like in Five Years?
If I knew the answer to that question, I wouldn’t be typing this: I’d be out making it happen so I could be very, very rich in five years. But
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