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Random music news for Wednesday, May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Dave Mustaine, Duran Duran, Heardle, Mental Health, Metadata, Motley Crue, Nick Cave, Spotify, Travis Scott, Tupac, Worldle, Young Thug

You think you live in a small place? Take a look at 10 Hyde Park Place in London. Nothing small

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Ever wanted to eat like a roadie? Now you can with The Roadie Cookbook.

August 13, 2021August 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cookbook, Mental Health, Music Support, Roadies, Stagehand, Touring

Back when tours rolled across the world, thousands of roadies made it possible. But with COVID having screwed things up,

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Apparently, there are physical and mental health benefits of singing in the shower

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mental Health, Showers, Singing

Here’s another one of those surveys from the UK that’s actually a commercial in disguise. In this case, Harvey Water

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Check Your Head podcast combines musicians, mental health

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Check Your Head, Check Your Head podcast, Covid, COVID-19, Depression, Headspace, LGBT, Mari Fong, Mental Health, Musicians, Pandemic, Podcasts, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund

The past 18 months or so have been really tough on everyone’s mental health, including artists of all stripes. Not

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Random music news for Friday, June 25, 2021

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple TV+, Concerts, Dave Navarro, Documentary, Fave, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, KISS, Mark Ronson, Mental Health, Noel Gallagher, Paul Stanley, R Kelly, Rock Critic, Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift, Twenty One Pilots

I think I need me some of these bacteria. And you might need some music news for June 25, 2021.

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If Kurt Cobain had lived, would he have written a song like this?

April 5, 2021April 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 27 Club, AI, Amy Winehouse, Artificial Intelligence, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Lost Tapes of the 27 Club, Mental Health, Over the Bridge

A couple of weeks back, I hosted an online event called The Lost Tapes of the 27 Club. Its purpose

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Random music news for Friday, March 12, 2021

March 12, 2021March 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Bee Gees, Crown Lands, Fall Out Boy, K-Pop, Kanye, Kenneth Branagh, Mental Health, New Found Glory, NFTs, Sarah McLachlan, Spotify

Dude, you do NOT call 911 because mom changed the password on your Xbox. Chill out with some music news

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Blue Rodeo’s Michael Boguski and friends release song for Secret Path Week

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Blue Rodeo, Cold Manitoba Project, Deep Dark Woods, DoSomething, First Nations, Gord Downie, Mental Health, Reconciliaction, Reconciliation, Secret Path, Secret Path Week, substance abuse, The Sheepdogs

Michael Boguski of Blue Rodeo is joining this year’s Secret Path Week efforts to help move Canadians toward healing and

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Random music news for Thursday, October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blind Melon, Bon Jovi, Damon Albarn, Flaming Lips, Jaguar, Mental Health, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Quibi, Shannon Hoon, Silentium, Stress, Todd Haynes, Tom Petty, Tony Lewis, Velvet Underground

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 1, 2020

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country Music Association of Ontario, Glastonbury, Landfill INdie, Mental Health, Songwriing, Steven Page

Elon’s super-pig. Cool. I think. Coronavirus update 1: Glastonbury is optimistic about a return in 2021. Coronavirus update 2: This

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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 286: A very frank discussion about depression with Michael Landsberg

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Depression, Mental Health, Michael Landsberg

After a week off (I think we’re going biweekly for the rest of the summer), we brought in TSN’s Michael

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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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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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