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Random music news for Monday, April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Merch, iPhone, Kid Rock, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Metal Movies, Nile Rodgers, Sony Walkman, Tucker Carlson

Evil Republicans evil Disney villains. You can’t unsee this. Now some random music news for April 18, 2022… Well, this

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Random music news for Friday, December 17, 2021

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Afghanistan, Alexa, Brad Pitt, Christmas #1, Covid, Digital Audio, Gene Simmons, Nile Rodgers, Simpsons, Triumph

Artists from across Canada are coming together to help with flood relief for disasters on both coasts. You can learn

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Random music news for Friday, November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Instagram, Jay-Z, KISS, Lucian Grange, Metaverse, Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, Paul Stanley, Trooper, UMG

This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 4, 2021

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Chainz, American Idol, Bangles, Chris Martin, Colplay, Drake, Goop, Greg Goddovitz, Gwyneth Paltrow, KISS, Neil Young, Nile Rodgers, Rish, Rock Talk, Sony, Streaming, Ted Nugent

I wish my dog could talk like this. Over to music news for May 4, 2021. More proof that Ted

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Random music news for Saturday, October 17, 2020

October 17, 2020October 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Alanis Morissette, Audiobooks, BTS, Despacito, eBooks, Jagged Little Pill, Nile Rodgers, Peter Frampton, Podcasts, Streaming, Tony Awards, U2, YouTube

Fun with obsolete gadgets! Once you get through that, try music news for October 17, 2020. Coronavirus update: There was

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Music History 

Fun: The story behind the funky bass line of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”

February 18, 2020February 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carmine Rojas, David Bowie, Let's Dance, Nile Rodgers

“Let’s Dance,” the title track and signature piece of the Serious Moonlight Tour, didn’t start out as a funky dance

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Nile Rodgers calls out Spotify on songwriter treatment

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chic, Nile Rodgers, Royalties, Spotify, Streaming

Nile Rodgers is one of the coolest people imaginable. It’s that endless style, the carefree stature and the killer playing,

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Random music news for Thursday, January 24, 2019

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1968, Adele, Dolby, Drugs, Ed Sheeran, Infotainment Systems, KISS, MQA, Music Blogs, Nile Rodgers, Vinyl

Off to Nashville today for a chat with Metallica. Kirk Hammett and I will inevitably have a conversation on our

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How you heard this bare-bones version of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance?”

January 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, Demo, Let's Dance, Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers, the producer for David Bowie’s Let’s Dance album, recently posted this demo version of the title track. It

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Nile Rodgers is a lucky guy

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Amber Healy 2 Comments Cancer, Chic, Earth Wind and Fire, Nile Rodgers

Getting a case of E. coli might’ve saved Nile Rodgers’ life. Or at least his kidney. Last summer, when he

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Random Music News for Monday, November 21, 2016

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Yauch, Beastie Boys, Bill Gates, Bob Lefsetz, Desert Trip, Freddie Mercury, Jingles, Kanye West, Microsoft, Nile Rodgers, Police, Sex Pistols, Spotify, Steve Jones, Westworld

Have I mentioned how much I hate the flip-top lids on tubes of toothpaste? Who came up with these useless

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