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Working across the pond to unite Nickelback with the sea shanty trend

January 27, 2021January 26, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Jimmy Rankin, Nickelback, Polydor, Sea Shanties, sea shanty, Stan Rogers, The Irish Rovers, TikTok, True North Records

Yo-ho-ho and a bathtub you can play baseball in: Nickelback is one of the latest bands picking up vessels of

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avril Lavigne, Bon Jovi, Concerts, Sea Shanties, TikTok, Workout Music

What kind of digital hoarder are you? I’d like to think I’m a Collector, but I fear I may be

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Random music news for Monday, January 25, 2021

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Daniel Lanois, EVs, Guitar Solos, Judas Priest, Marc Maron, Metal, Rob Halford, Sony, TikTok, Trapt, Ultra Music Festival

If you don’t have enough to fret about, take a look at Satanist robots and vampire dolls. Got that? Then

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What the hell is going on with this explosion in sea shanties?

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sea Shanties, Spotify, TikTok

Who would have expected that sea shanties–often centuries old sailor worksongs–would become a massive social media trend? Just go to

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 20, 2021

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Blink-182, Dave Mustaine, Doc Martens, House Parties, Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, Mark Hoppus, New Zealand, TikTok, Weezer

No more Trump. I still can’t believe he was ever president. Here’s music news for a brand new era started

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 19, 2021

January 19, 2021January 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Apple, Bow Wow, Brexit, Bridgerton, Donald Trump, Drake, Facebook, INXS, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Robbie Robertson, Tesla, TikTok

It’s the last full day we’ll have to say “President Donald Trump” without using the word “former.” Meanwhile, in music

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Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Ant, Bandsintown, Bitcoin, Brian May, Drill Muisc, Mobile Phones, New Horizons, Phil Collins, Shingoose, Skunk Anansie, Song Catalogues, The Voice, TikTok, Video Games

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

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The next big thing on TikTok is…sea shanties?

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sea Shanties, TikTok

The thing about TikTok is that you never, ever know what’s going to bubble up. The latest example is an

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Random music news for Saturday, January 9, 2021

January 9, 2021January 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Axl Rose, Brian May, Britney Spears, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, Iced Earth, Mercedes, Neve, New Pornographers, Nicki Minaj, Pink Floyd, Queen, Radio, Robbie Robertson, TikTok, Tracy Chapman

That is ONE BIG SCREEN for a car dashboard. Want. As for music news for January 9, 2021… Still more

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David Bowie is now on TikTok

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, TikTok

If you’ve been following developments with TikTok, you’ll know that the platform is not only launching the careers of new

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Random music news for Friday, January 8, 2020

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Choice Prize, Clerks, Foo Fighters, Happy Mondays, Jamiroquai, Kanye West, Kevin Smith, Kim Kardashian, Livestreams, Metal, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Spotify, The Weeknd, TikTok

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys doomscrolling, take a look at this. If you can, move from that

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