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Random music news for Saturday, March 26, 2022

March 26, 2022March 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Apple, CFNY, Genesis, Grimes, Hyperpop, iPhones, Killers, Korn, MiniDisc, Music News, Smiths, Spirit of Radio, Spotify, Turntables

Uh, nope. And no thanks to this, too. I’d rather just read music news for March 26, 2022. If you

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Interested in solving some musical mysteries? Try to identify these songs. [UPDATED with a solution!]

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Alan Cross 5 Comments CFNY, Mystery Songs, Silent Running, Spirit of Radio

One of the great things about working at CFNY during The Spirit of Radio years (1977-1991ish) was that the announcers

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Funny/Weird 

UPDATE: A mystery song may have been identified.

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Mystery Song, Spirit of Radio, SpiritofRadio.ca

I got this link from reader Scott who is hoping for some help with this mysterious song that seems to

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Movies Radio 

The producers of a CFNY Spirit of Radio doc are looking for your help

April 28, 2021April 27, 2021 Alan Cross 5 Comments CFNY, Documentary, Spirit of Radio

If you’re of a certain age, you may have grown up with CFNY-FM/Toronto (now 102.1 The Edge) during the Spirit

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Polyphonic Spree has covered Rush’s “The Spirit of Radio”

April 16, 2021April 15, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cover Version, Polyphonic Spree, Rush, Spirit of Radio

Dallas’ Polyphonic Spree has given the Rush classic “The Spirit of Radio” the cover treatment on the new album, Afflatus,

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Music News Radio 

Rush has a new animated video for “The Spirit of Radio” that honours Neil Peart and gives a nod to radio stations that helped the band

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Permanent Waves, Rush, Spirit of Radio

I’ve told the story many times before. One January day in 1980, some friends came over to my house to

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Cool! 

Here’s Neil Peart’s isolated drum parts from “The Spirit of Radio”

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Cross 4 Comments Isolated Tracks, Neil Peart, Permanent Waves, Rush, Spirit of Radio

Rush fans and drummers are still trying to come to terms with the death of Neil Peart. My Instagram feed

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Music History Radio 

The true story of CFNY and Rush’s “Spirit of Radio”

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments CFNY, Rush, Spirit of Radio

Since I lived across the street from my high school, my friends and I would eat lunch at my place.

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Music News 

RIP Skip Prokop, Lighthouse Drummer and Former Colleague at CFNY

August 31, 2017 Alan Cross 6 Comments CFNY, Lighthouse, Skip Prokop, Spirit of Radio

When I first arrived at CFNY in October 1986, one of the first people I met was Skip Prokop. Back

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Music News 

It Was Thirty Years Ago Today: An Incredible Story of Dumb Luck That Changed My Life Forever.

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Alan Cross 28 Comments CFNY, David Marsden, Peter Gabriel, Spirit of Radio, The Edge

Historians talk about something called “hinge points,” seemingly small events or developments that end up changing the future forever. The

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Radio 

Watch the Documentary CFNY-FM: Not Your Average Radio Clone

August 4, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment CFNY-FM, Documentary, Karim Mosna, Spirit of Radio

There aren’t a lot of radio stations that have inspired the same sort of devotion that we’ve seen with CFNY-FM

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