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Random music news for Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canadian Music Week, Jay-Z, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nashville, Record Stores, Streaming Music Services, Tidal, Weldon Angelos

Pleeeeasee eexcusee any typos in today’s missivee. The eeeee key on my MacBook Pro is screeweed, so eeach keeeystrokeee reeesults

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Random music news for Tuesday, December 29, 2020

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AEG, Damon Albarn, David Hasselhoff, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Ghost, KISS, Lana Del Rey, Nashville, Sammy Hagar, WKRP

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

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Guest Blog 

“Old Town Road” may not be the song Nashville wants, but it’s the song they deserve

June 6, 2019June 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country, Nashville

[A guest post by John Duffy on a song that’s been #1 on all single charts for eight straight weeks.

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Raconteurs to Provide R’n’R Aid with Help Us Stranger

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Help Us Stranger, Jack White, Nashville, New Album, The Raconteurs, Third Man Records, TMRx10

The Raconteurs have announced their eagerly-anticipated third album Help Us Stranger will be out on June 21st, 2019. The Nashville,

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This is awkward: Foo Fighters invite a kid onstage to play drums–and then he won’t leave

May 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Nashville

The Foo Fighters are one of those bands that enjoys some solid crowd participation. But these sorts of stage invitations

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I Was Sent to Cover the Country Music Awards in Nashville. What’s Wrong with THAT Picture?

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Awards, Country Music, Nashville

[NASHVILLE -] I had no bloody business being here. None. But somehow I ended up on the red carpet at the

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Drummer Plays So Hard He Falls Out of a Window

January 31, 2016January 30, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Don Kelley Band, Nashville, Robert's Western World, Stan Saxon

If you’ve ever been to Nashville, you’ll know that you run into a different honky-tonk about every fifteen feet, all

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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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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Podcast – The Backstage Project

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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