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Music History Recommended Reading 

How, exactly, do we define “pop music?” That’s actually kind of tricky–and the answer is interesting

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Stanley, Music History, Pop Music, Popular Music

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When it comes to the term “pop music,” most people will

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: “Pop” music

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Etymology, Music Charts, Pop Music

Here’s a question: why do we call it “pop” music? A little research suggests that the world was first used

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Hasselhoff, Facebook, Halsey, Influencers, Metallica, MTV, Mumford & Sons, Neil Peart, Pop Music, Record Stores, Sesame Street, Streaming, The Weeknd, Trent Reznor, USS, Wintston Marshall

Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is

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Controversy 

This is why boomers hate today’s pop music. Discuss.

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pop Music

I once read that “every generation has a biological right to believe that the music of their youth is the

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, July 10, 2020.

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ashley Joanisse, Far Side, Gary Larson, Kanye West, Metallica, Music Business, Pop Music, Quebec, Sharon Osbourne, Talking Heads, Twitter

Are you woke? Are you sure? On to music news for July 10, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Aid to the

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Music History 

Pop music isn’t as English-speaking as it once was. Call it the YouTube effect.

February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pop Music, YouTube

For years, the global pop scene has been dominated by songs sung in English. That’s changing, thanks in large part

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Music News 

Pop stars don’t have much time for music anymore

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Disctraction, Pop Music

One of the more thought-provoking things I read over the weekend was a New York Times article on how pop

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Music News 

Has 2018 killed the pop star?

June 23, 2018June 23, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2018, Pop Music

Popular music is always roiling with cycles, trends, and fads. Things come into favour and just as quickly discarded. And

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, December 29, 2017

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Alice in Chains, Audio Processing, Bose, Doors, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Phone-Free Concerts, Pop Music, Princess Diana, Sonos, Tesla, U2

I walked into a restaurant for bacon and eggs this morning and what’s the first thing I heard? Mariah Carey’s

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Music Industry 

Have You Noticed How Glum Pop Music Became in 2017?

December 23, 2017December 22, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Pop Music

Pop music tends to be happy-sounding stuff, songs constructed to make us sing along, dance or, at the very least,

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Music News 

Streaming is Changing the Very Sound of Pop Music. Here’s How.

September 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Composing, Pop Music, Songwriting, Streaming

There’s been an ongoing and dynamic symbiotic relationship between music and tech since the process of recording music was invented

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