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Invasion

Music News 

Roger Waters has written an open letter to Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine.

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Invasion, Putin, Roger Waters

If you’ve been following the saga of Roger Waters is an Asshole, you’ll know that a couple of shows on

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Music News 

Eurovision winners Ukraine auction off their trophy to raise money for their country’s army

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Eurovision, Invasion, Kalush Orchestra

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra was the big winner in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest earlier this month. The group had to

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Recommended Music 

More songs Vladimir Putin won’t like

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Invasion, Pro-Democracy, Russian, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

The anti-Putin songs keep coming and will be with us for decades. Oreo has uncovered a couple more, including this

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Recommended Music 

How about a selection of anti-Putin songs? Happy to help.

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Invasion, Parody, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the biggest social media war we’ve seen to date. All the social media networks are

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Music News 

A running list of music stories from the war in Ukraine (UPDATED AS REQUIRED)

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Invasion, Oxxxymoron, Pussy Riot, Ukraine

[If this shows up in your feed again, it means that there have been developments. Read on to find out

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Recommended Music 

Ukraine has written a song about its killer drones

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bayraktar, Drones, Invasion, Russsia, Ukraine

Ukraine has really knocked the hell out of the big bad Russian bear, much to the shock of one Vladimir

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Music News 

Ukrainian soldiers love their Turkish drones so much they’re singing to them.

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drones, Invasion, NATO, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

The fog of war, etc. But whatever works.(Via Tom)

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Radio 

There’s an opening for a special kind of radio DJ in Ukraine (and now metal music is being used to fight Russian troops)

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Army FM, DJs, Good Morning Vietnam, Invasion, Robin Williams, Ukraine

One of Robin Williams’ most memorable roles was that of Adrian Cronauer, an Armed Forces Radio DJ who entertained American

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Music News 

Artists and musicians continue to support Ukraine in the war against Russia

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Artists, Invasion, Musicians, Russia, Ukraine

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca . AC] The strength and resolve of the people of Ukraine in their fight

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Music History 

Spotify to Russia: “No more streaming for you!” (And no one wants to go to jail, either.)

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Invasion, Russia, Spotify, Ukraine

A few weeks after closing its Russian offices, Spotify has announced that it’s suspending its freemium service in the country

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Music News 

YouTube and YouTube Music could end up being banned in Russia

March 24, 2022March 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Disfinformation, Google, Invasion, Russia, Ukraine, YouTube, YouTube Music

With Putin’s Russia awash in fake news and propaganda about its war in Ukraine (which is going very, very badly;

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