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Music History 

What can a band do when a key member dies? Let’s explore the Foo Fighters situation

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Foo Fighters, Predictions, RIP, Taylor Hawkins

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] One of the knocks against the Foo Fighters has been that

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Music Industry 

Into predictions? Here’s who Shazam says will be big in 2022.

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Apple, Ayra Starr, DannyLux, Lyn Lapid, Predictions, Sad Night Dynamite, Shazam, STAYC

Shazam, the Apple-owned app that magically identifies songs by listening to them, is used by people all over the world

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, January 4, 2022

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Ed Sheeran, KISS, Paul McCartney, Peter Criss, Predictions, RIP, Shmenge Brothers, South Park, Sylvester Stallone, Vinyl

Our credit cards are going vertical. That may take an adjustment. Here’s music news for January 4, 2022. Musicians we

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Music Industry 

Here are 11 predictions for music in 2022

January 3, 2022January 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Music, Predictions

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Like you, Omicron has bummed me out. Just as we thought things were

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Music Industry 

Where’s music going in the future? Let’s try some predictions.

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Predictions

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, it was comparatively easy to make predictions

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Music News Television 

Grammy Award predictions? Okay, if I must. [UPDATED with the actual winners in the rock categories, too.]

February 10, 2019February 11, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2019, Grammy Awards, Predictions, Rock

Let’s be very, very clear about what the Grammys are. First and foremost, they’re a prime time network TV show

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Music News 

Weekly survey: What are your wishes and dreams for music in 2019?

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Alan Cross 7 Comments 2019, Predictions

The year is but 14 days old, so with more than 350 days to go, let’s ask this question: If

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, January 5, 2018

January 5, 2019January 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, BTS, Ed Sheeran, Elvis, Eminem, Festivals, Greta Van Fleet, Kanye, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Predictions, Soundcloud

Off to Las Vegas for CES. Never been before. This should be weird, Meanwhile, here’s some music news for January

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, January 3, 2019

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Coachella, Elvis, Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, Jared Leto, Kimye, Madonna, Michael Buble, Mike Taylor, Mike Tyson, Predictions, Rob Zombie, Spongebob, St. Bart's, Super Bowl, Twisted Sister, Walk Off The Earth

It won’t be long until the Christmas shopping credit card bills start coming in. It’s the most un-wonderful time of

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Music Industry 

What trends are going to shape music in 2019? Glad you asked.

November 20, 2018November 19, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2019, Predictions

Now that American Thanksgiving is almost here, making predictions for 2019 has once become a parlor game for music industry

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Music News 

Totally Unguaranteed Predictions for the World of Music in 2018

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2018, Predictions

For my mom, the best time to buy all the supermarket tabloids is right about now when each of their

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