Random music news for Friday, March 12, 2021
Dude, you do NOT call 911 because mom changed the password on your Xbox. Chill out with some music news for March 12, 2021. Is the worst still to come with the Canadian
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Blue Rodeo’s Michael Boguski and friends release song for Secret Path Week
Michael Boguski of Blue Rodeo is joining this year’s Secret Path Week efforts to help move Canadians toward healing and reconciliation. Along with Chris Mason and Lucas Goetz (formerly of Deep Dark Woods),
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, October 22, 2020
Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back for music news for October 22, 2020. Coronavirus update: The Flaming Lips want
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Elon’s super-pig. Cool. I think. Coronavirus update 1: Glastonbury is optimistic about a return in 2021. Coronavirus update 2: This British charity is helping musicians find paid work. Coronavirus update 3: The Country
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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 286: A very frank discussion about depression with Michael Landsberg
After a week off (I think we’re going biweekly for the rest of the summer), we brought in TSN’s Michael Landsberg to talk about mental health. Wasn’t Kurt Cobain’s suicide a wakeup call?
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Is COVID-19 isolation taking a mental health toll? Take some advice from U2’s Adam Clayton
Staying home and remaining distanced is the smartest thing we can do right now. It’s short-term pain for long-term relief. But it’s not easy. We’re all feeling a little weirded out right now.
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What can we do about the mental health crisis in music?
Anyone who chooses to follow their heart into the music industry may end up with doing harm to their heads. Mental health is something that often gets short shrift. That cannon continue. Mike
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Random music news for Monday, September 9, 2019
It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward to music news for September 9, 2019, and we have… New figures from
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Another study says that metal music is good for your mental health
With some people scapegoating metal for the mass shooting in Dayton, it’s time to bring out a new study that metal is actually good for your mental health. In other words, the exact
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Is the music industry doing enough to address its mental illness crisis? (SPOILER: No.)
The suicides and needless deaths keep coming. Just last week, Huntress lead singer Jill Janus took her own life after battling with mental illness, adding her name to a list that includes Chester
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, June 21, 2018
We hit the summer solstice at 6:07 am ET this morning. Next stop? Winter. And now music news for June 21, 2018. Pot will be legal in Canada on October 17, 2018, one
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