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Random music news for Saturday, February 29, 2020

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, BTS, Coronavirus, Facebook, Green Day, Netflix, Oasis, Podcasts, RZA, SiriusXM, SXSW, Wheat Sheaf, Wu Tang

Look at it this way: Get past today and we won’t have to deal with another extra-long February until 2024.

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Random music news for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Black Metal, HBO, Justin Bieber, Lyme Disease, Michael Jackson, Piano, SiriusXM, Soundcloud, Strokes

Good news, Virginia! It’ll soon become legal for unmarried heterosexual people to have sex! Yes, you read that correctly. And

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Random music news for Friday, November 1, 2019

November 1, 2019October 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, Katie Perry, Katy Perry, Music Piracy, Olivia Newton-John, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, SiriusXM, Smartphones, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, U2

On this day in 1896, National Geographic published its first picture of a woman with bare breasts. Scandalous. Moving to

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What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?

March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 Amber Healy 2 Comments Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Google, Lawsuit, Pandora, Royalties, SiriusXM, Spotify, Streaming Music

Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled

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Random music news for Thursday, January 10, 2019

January 10, 2019January 9, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Bjork, Brendan Urie, Cord-Cutting, Drake, Fast Radio Bursts, Fifi Water Girl, Google Assistant, Panic!, Panic! At the Disco, Radio Astronomy, Rage Against the Machine, Sass Jordan, SiriusXM, System of a Down, The Economist

It’s tough getting back into the swing of things after the holidays, isn’t it? But now that we’re into double

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Random music news for Friday, October 26, 2018

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Auschwitz, Bon Jovi, Christmas Music, Freddie Mercury, Google, Holograms, Justin Beiber, Pokémon, Richard Ashcroft, Sinead O'Connor, SiriusXM, Spotify

Here’s another great German word that has no English equivalent: kummerspeck. It literally means “grief bacon” and describes how you

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Random music news for Saturday, October 20, 2018

October 20, 2018October 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Audioburst, Avril Lavigne, Beastie Boys, Blink-182, Chad Kroeger, Drake, Elton John, Elvis, Foo Fighters, Guitar Heroes, Madonna, Netflix, Nine Inch Nails, Piracy, SiriusXM, Tom DeLonge, Trent Reznor

Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October

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Random music news for Friday, September 28, 2018

September 28, 2018September 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, A Star is Born, Apple, Barbra Streisand, Bradley Cooper, Dave Grohl, iOS12, Joan Jett, Liberty Media, Live Nation, Moose Blood, Paul McCartney, Shazam, SiriusXM, Taylor Swift

Off to Winnipeg to see Paul McCartney tonight. I swear that when he does “Hey Jude” live, he casts healing

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 25, 2018

September 25, 2018September 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bataclan, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Carrie Underwood, Dave Grohl, Deezer, High Fidelity, Jeremy Dutcher, Joe Strummer, Music sales, Pandora, Paul Simon, Podcasting, Radio, Shazam, SiriusXM, Spotify, Streaming, The Clash, Ticketmaster, White Album

Back in the home office for a few days, long enough for the dogs to recognize me again. Here’s what’s

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Random music news for Monday, August 20, 2018

August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Aretha Franklin, Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Cardi B, Coldplay, Crazy Rich Asians, Diana Ross, Jimmy Buffet, Madonna, Nikki Minaj, R. Kelly, SiriusXM, TSA

It is just me or is there less paper on your average toilet roll these days? Just askin’. Moving to

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Random music news for Saturday, April 20, 2018

April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3D Audio, Bono, CBC, Chirorpractor, Coachella, David Bowie, Hank Thompson, Humboldt Broncos, Kendrick Lamar, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, SiriusXM, Spotify, Will Smith

Record Store Day! Yay! What else is making music news on April 21, 2018? Here are my weekly music picks

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