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Random music news for Monday, June 15, 2020.

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Beatles, Darkness, Henry Rollins, Justin Hawkins, Liam Gallagher, Matt Bellamy, Muse, Noel Gallagher, Protest Songs, Song of the Summer, Tencent

Ew. Gross. Now cleanse your mind from those images by browsing through music news for June 15, 2020. Radio folk

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Random music news for Thursday, June 11, 2020

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Classical Music, Coachella, COVID-19, GWAR, Lizzo, Music Industry, Music Venues, Noel Gallagher, Plagiarism, Protest Songs, Travis Scott, Urban

Before we begin, here’s some kind of supercut for Star Trek: TNG fans. Now that’s out of the way, here’s

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 8, 2020

June 9, 2020June 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drake Hotel, Drive-In, Prince, Protest Songs, PUP

Anyone seen any Cool Ranch Doritos anywhere? There seems to be a serious shortage in the time of COVID-19. Moving

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Opinion 

The conditions are right for the return of protest songs. Will they?

June 8, 2020June 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Protest Songs

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The late ’60s and early ’70s were a time of almost

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette Store Day, Charlie Watts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, David Bowie, Dogs, Drive-In Concerts, Jay-Z, Krist Novoselic, Misfits, Protest Songs, Rage Against the Machine, Rolling Stones, WMG, YG

Here’s some good news. Your dog WILL come to your rescue–if he/she knows what to do. Nice to know as

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Lana Del Rey has released a song about mass shootings in America

August 10, 2019August 9, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment El Paso, Protest Songs

When National Guard troops opened fire on protesting students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, Neil Young was

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Music News 

Could this be the summer of protest songs we’ve been waiting for?

April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Protest Songs

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. It ties in with this week’s edition of The Ongoing History of New

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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Songs of Protest and Dissent

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Clash, DOA, Dropkick Murphys, English Beat, Green Day, MC5, Protest Songs, Rage Against the Machine, Sex Pistols, Smiths

Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, November 22, 2017

November 22, 2017November 21, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Apple, Choir, Eagles, Egypt, Facebook, Hong-Kong, iPhone X, One-Hit-Wonders', Pikachu, Protest Songs, Rock Photography, Stevie Nicks, Streaming, Van Halen

This will be the start of a fallow period for music news. America is closing down for Thanksgiving and then

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Random Music News for Thursday, July 20, 2017

July 20, 2017July 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Drake, Elvis, Ethiopia, Fender, iPhones, Judas Priest, Kid Rock, Madonna, Nickelback, Protest Songs, Smiths, Spotify, Stone Sour, Taylor Swift, Tupac

It was on this day in 1969 that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Why haven’t we gone back? And

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Random Music News for Saturday, July 9, 2017

July 9, 2016July 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Beyonce, Chris Cornell, Isis, Jay Z, Johnny Ramone, Military Bands, Protest Songs, PUP, Snoop Dogg, Spotify, StubHub, The Game

It was on this day in 1986 that homosexuality was decriminalized in New Zealand. And now, music news. Snoop Dogg

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