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Here are your 2024 Juno nominations

February 7, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

The 2024 Juno Awards are set for the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on March 24. The host this year will be Nelly Furtado. Nominees on all bazillion categories were announced today (February 6).

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RIP Hal Harbour, a mainstay of the old CFNY days

August 11, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Hal Harbour (born Doug Barron) was a co-worker towards the end of the Spirit of Radio Days at CFNY-FM/Toronto. Not only was he pull regular announcer shifts, he worked tirelessly with the city’s

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Music News

And the 2024 JUNO Awards has been awarded to…

March 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One of the announcement made during JUNO Week (which is currently happening in Edmonton ahead of the award presentations Saturday and Sunday) is the name of the host city for the following year.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The immortal Sloan

August 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I have been told by many people that the average lifespan of a band is about seven years. But then there are bands like Sloan. Their roots go back to 1986 when Chris

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Halifax hip hop continues to lead the way as DK and Ghettosocks drop Masters project

May 20, 2022 Andrew Dick 0 Comments 0 min read

[This guest post is from Brad Fougere from Public Intox PR in Ottawa – AD] Halifax hip hop continues to lead the way as DK and Ghettosocks drop Masters project Veteran Halifax (via Ottawa) emcee Ghettosocks continues

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Music History

Remember when Halifax was the New Seattle? There’s a doc about that era.

May 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

For a brief moment back in the early 90s, it appeared that Halifax was the New Seattle. Labels from all over the world were suddenly interested in the music coming from the Maritimes.

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Music News

Random Music News for Friday, April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Halfway through April. Done your taxes yet? Ponder that whilst you browse through today’s music news. It was 14 years ago today that Joey Ramone died. Yeah, it’s been that long. (Via Tom)

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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.

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music. OUT NOW!

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