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Opinion 

Why would anyone want to be a music critic today? Here’s why I ask that.

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Criticism, Music Critics, Reviews, Rolling Stone, Social Media

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when music was expensive and required effort to acquire, people

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Opinion 

A thought experiment: Which of today’s rock artists will still be heard 100 years from now?

March 21, 2022March 20, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beatles, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Mozart, Music Critics, Paul Whiteman

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] What’s the oldest song you know? I’m not talking about something

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Music Industry 

Newspapers Are Firing All Their Music Critics. Bad Idea.

September 29, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Critics, Music Writers, Newspapers

This is bad business. Newspapers across North America are cutting costs by dumping their music writers.  The Times-Picayune in New

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