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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 950: 18 bands who successfully changed lead singers

April 15, 2022April 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 Days Grace, Alice in Chains, Faith No More, I Mother Earth, Joy Division, Lead Singers, New Order, Personnel Changes, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime

When someone in your band decides to leave, gets fired or, heaven forbid, dies, you have a problem. It’s an

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 919: Hobbies and non-musical passions of rock stars

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Billy Corgan, Blur, Hobbies, Metallica, New Order, RHCP, Rock Stars, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool

What do you do for fun? I’m talking about hobbies, pastimes, and other things you do just for you, away

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Band Reunions, Bonnaroo, Brits, Covid, Guide Dogs, Guitar Music, Instagram, John Lennon, Machine Gun Kelly, Music Supervisors, New Order, Radio, Rammstein, TikTok

This is one weird Kickstarter program. Once you decide if you want to support it, move to music news for

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020November 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, clubs, COVID-19, Drums, Eddie Van Halen, Graham Coxon, Little Richard, Maynard James Keenan, Metal, New Order, Singapore, Sonos, Streaming, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Sync

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Bob Mould, Bonnaroo, Corey Taylor, Drew Carey, Judas Priest, Metallica, New Order, Pearl Jam, Peter Hook, Reebok, Slash, Slipknot, Spotify, Streaming, System of a Down

There’s another health issue caused by COVID-19: cracked teeth. Let’s see what we have for music news for October 1,

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020September 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments adidas, Football, Guns 'N Roses, iPhone 12, Karaoke, New Order, Osama, Polaris Music Prize, Silver Dollar, Spotify

We needed some good news like this in the age of pandemic. No flu season this year? We’ll see. On

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, September 7, 2020

September 7, 2020September 6, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bob Marley, Hatebreed, Ian Brown, Iron Maiden, Live Nation, New Order, Radio, Rolling Stones, Stone Roses, System of a Down, Ticketmaster, Vinyl, William S. Burroughs

The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, May 14, 2020

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments Allen Grubman, Bob Dylan, Concerts, Ghost, Madonna, Music Festivals, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Post Malone, Simpsons, Spin, Venues, Vodka

Before we begin, please enjoy this. Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for May 14, 2020. Coronavirus

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, October 11, 2019

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Keys, Diana Ross, Dollywood, Donald Trump, Exciter, Glastonbury, Jason Alexander, Jimi Hendrix, Joker, Miley Cyrus, New Order, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Ric Ocasej, Seinfeld

Attention, America: We celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend. Do not be alarmed. We will, however, live up to our obligations to

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 832: Groups that changed frontpersons and survived

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Audioslave, Faith No More, Joy Division, New Order, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots

Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, September 1, 2018

September 1, 2018October 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Aretha Franklin, Arkells, Bobi Wine, Brooke Candy, Eminem, HBO, iPhone, Kanye, Lamborghini, Led Zeppelin, Marshall, New Order, Rod Stewart, Smart Speakers, Streaming, TAVES, Uganda, YouTube

Now that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format?

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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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    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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    Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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  • Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
    You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
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