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Random music news for Thursday, November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025 Alan Cross AI, Death Metal, Eagles, Jimmy Kimmel, Mariah Carey, Sam Fender, Sphere, Spotify, Stingray, Tape Machines, Tunein

This is some very important research. Scientists have determined that birds are more likely to poop on cars that are certain colours. Is your car colour on the list? Moving

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Mark your calendars: Music Day in Canada coming up September 27

August 23, 2025 Amber Healy Long & McQuade, Music Day in Canada, One Dream At A Time, Showpass, Stingray, Symphonic, The Lemmon Foundation, The Trenches

For one night, 11 cities across Canada are working together to host Music Day in Canada, a celebration of live music and the people who make it. The brainchild of

Tech

Canadian company wins contract to provide karaoke for Chinese EVs

August 8, 2023 Alan Cross BYD, Infotainment System, Karaoke, Stingray

In some places on the planet, karaoke is an indispensable part of life. Everyone wants to grab the mic. Stingray, the Canadian broadcasting and media services company, knows this well

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Random music news for Monday, August 6, 2018

August 6, 2018 Alan Cross 3 Doors Down, Brady Bunch, Courtney Love, Curiosity, Grateful Dead, iPhone 9, Jimmy Page, K-Pop, Lance Bass, Las Vegas, Maria Butina, Mars, Mozart, Music Choice, Phil Lesh, Podcasting, Prince, Route 91, Stingray, Stream Ripping, Streaming, Styx, Viper ROom

I’m supposed to be on vacation this week, so apologies if there are fewer posts than usual. Back to normal a week from today. However, I can’t leave you without

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Changes Coming to Air Canada’s Inflight Music Entertainment

March 26, 2015 Alan Cross Air Canada, IFE, Inflight Audio, Spafax, Stingray, XM

For the longest time, I hosted a couple of music channels on Air Canada’s IFE (inflight entertainment system), something I really, really enjoyed. People still ask me about those programs.