Alan Cross🇨🇦
@alancross.bsky.social
Canadian radio, TV, music, and internet guy. My business card reads “Professional Music Geek.” I’m all about English bull terriers. And I follow politics.
Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
Australian report says local music is in trouble and that Canada isn’t far behind #musicnews
Australian report says local music is in trouble and that Canada isn’t far behind
This isn’t encouraging. A study from Australia says that recommendation algorithms used by Spotify, Apple Music, et al, are the main reason why local musicians are making less money even as people spend
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November 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Australian report says local music is in trouble and that Canada isn’t far behind #musicnews
Best duo of the weekend: An Irish balladeer and his dog #musicnews
Best duo of the weekend: An Irish balladeer and his dog
Introducing David Harris, a performer of traditional Irish ballads. This partner is a dancing bichon frise. She’s pretty good. @david.harris.musi Black Friday sale is on now 🐾💃 #bichon #irishdance #dancing #fyp #banjo ♬
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November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Best duo of the weekend: An Irish balladeer and his dog #musicnews
Random music news for Saturday, November 29, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Saturday, November 29, 2025
America might be on an extended long weekend, but there’s still music news to report for November 29, 2025. BONUS: I’ll be watching this. View this post on Instagram A post shared by
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November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Random music news for Saturday, November 29, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: Ticketmaster has just done something interesting with tickets for this tour #musicnews
Ticketmaster has just done something interesting with tickets for this tour
Olivia Dean was very vocal about how Ticketmaster was handling resale tickets for her 2026 tour. She didn’t hold back with an Instagram post on Friday (November 21): “[Ticketmaster], [Live Nation], [AEG]: You
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November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
ICYMI: Ticketmaster has just done something interesting with tickets for this tour #musicnews
ICYMI: The AI-and-music wave keeps coming. Another major has signed a licensing deal with Suno #musicnews
The AI-and-music wave keeps coming. Another major has signed a licensing deal with Suno
Suno is one of the most popular AI music generators and also a company that’s been sued quite a bit for using copyrighted material to train its models. However, those lawsuits are slowing
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November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ICYMI: The AI-and-music wave keeps coming. Another major has signed a licensing deal with Suno #musicnews
ICYMI: On the eve of American Thanksgiving, here’s a song about TACO. Yes, it’s about TFG. #musicnews
On the eve of American Thanksgiving, here’s a song about TACO. Yes, it’s about TFG.
How many American Thanksgiving dinners will be ruined by political arguments about Donald Trump and MAGA this week? A track called “TACO” from Woolley crossed my desk this week. Everybody dance!
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November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ICYMI: On the eve of American Thanksgiving, here’s a song about TACO. Yes, it’s about TFG. #musicnews
ICYMI: Can you play “Bohemian Rhapsody” with a bass guitar and a spoon? #musicnews
Can you play “Bohemian Rhapsody” with a bass guitar and a spoon?
Yes. Yes, you can. (Hey, America is starting their Thanksgiving long weekend. Music news will be a little light for the next bit, so I’ll take anything I can get.) As a bonus,
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November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ICYMI: Can you play “Bohemian Rhapsody” with a bass guitar and a spoon? #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: The Killers’ hit born out of an inability to pick up girls #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The Killers’ hit born out of an inability to pick up girls
When The Killers were first starting out in Las Vegas in the early 2000s, the guys in the band hung out in clubs looking to hook up. They were not successful, and the
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November 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: The Killers’ hit born out of an inability to pick up girls #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Wednesday, November 26, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Wednesday, November 26, 2025
A solid gold toilet’s auction result was, well, crappy. But believe it or not, it was sold. Music news for November 26, 2025, is much more useful. BONUS: Um… A televangelist in Louisiana
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November 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Wednesday, November 26, 2025 #musicnews
Did you catch the Jack White-Eminem halftime show? #musicnews
Did you catch the Jack White-Eminem halftime show?
American Thanksgiving is all about football, and the Detroit Lions had their annual game, this time against Green Bay. We’d known that Eminem had been put in charge of producing the halftime show–he
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November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Did you catch the Jack White-Eminem halftime show? #musicnews
ICYMI: Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever #musicnews
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever
It’s June 10, 1973, and you’re headed to see the Grateful Dead at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. You’ll soon be joined by 100,000 Deadheads grooving to the music. Everyone around you is
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November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ICYMI: Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever #musicnews
It’s time for the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day for Canada #musicnews
It’s time for the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day for Canada
The Black Friday edition of Record Store Day is tomorrow. If you fancy some shopping, read on. If you’re a Blue Rodeo fan, you’ll love Songs Seldom Heard, a limited-edition release (just 1,000
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November 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It’s time for the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day for Canada #musicnews
ICYMI: There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla #musicnews
There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla
The story thus far: Back on September 8, the body Celeste Riva, a 14-year-old runaway, was found in the boot of a Tesla that had been towed to an impound lot in the
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November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ICYMI: There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla #musicnews
ICYMI: Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron. #musicnews
Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron.
There have been 3D music movies in the past–U2 3D from 2007 comes to mind–but I can’t think of another that involves director James Cameron. Yet here we are with a Billie Eilish
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November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
ICYMI: Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron. #musicnews
Jennifer Lopez had a giant payday playing a wedding in India #musicnews
Jennifer Lopez had a giant payday playing a wedding in India
According to my sources, Weezer flew into Toronto to play a private corporate event completely under the radar. Such things are not uncommon. Van Halen, The Tragically Hip, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Red
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November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Jennifer Lopez had a giant payday playing a wedding in India #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1064: Why Bowie Still Matters, part 2 #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1064: Why Bowie Still Matters, part 2
If you had to name the most influential artists in the history of rock, who would they be? I’m talking about the people who changed things, moved things, and otherwise propelled things forward
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November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1064: Why Bowie Still Matters, part 2 #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger
The late 90s were an awkward time for alt-rock. Pop music and hip-hop were the dominant sounds. Meanwhile, the rock music industry just threw stuff out there, hoping that something would stick. This
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November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger #musicnews
ICYMI: New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More! #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More!
Ax and the Hatchetmen Song: “Oasis”Album: SingleRelease Date: October 3, 2025Location: Chicago, IllinoisWhy I Like It: Catchy and jangly.Listen: Girl Tones Song: “Burnout”Album: SingleRelease Date: October 3, 2024Location: Kentucky, USWhy I Like It:
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More! #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Songs inspired by TV shows #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Songs inspired by TV shows
Like anyone else, musicians spend a lot of time watching TV, especially on those long bus rides between gigs. Occasionally, a TV show will inspire a new song. (1) The guys in Fall
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ongoing History Daily: Songs inspired by TV shows #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Finding it hard to get moving in the morning, even with coffee? What about this new Chinese wristband that shocks you awake? No? I thought so. On to music news for November 25.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, November 28, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, November 28, 2025
Black Friday. Let’s be careful out there. Now for music news for November 28, 2025.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Random music news for Friday, November 28, 2025 #musicnews
I have four more speaking dates to close out 2025. Details here:
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I've got new speaking dates for December! Here's where you'll find me. (Kingston show added!) | Alan Cross
After a bit of a break, I'll be back on the road for four more speaking dates before the end of 2025. Here's where you'll find me during the Christmas
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November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have four more speaking dates to close out 2025. Details here:
www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ive-got-new-...
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ICYMI: RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81. #musicnews
RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81.
While Bob Marley is at the top of the podium when it comes to exporting Jamaican reggae to the world, Jimmy Cliff is right behind him. The singer and actor has died at
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November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ICYMI: RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81. #musicnews
Time for our weekly check on Canadian CD and vinyl sales as well as streaming stats (27 Nov 2025) #musicnews
Time for our weekly check on Canadian CD and vinyl sales as well as streaming stats (27 Nov 2025)
It was a down week for CD and vinyl sales due to (a) fewer new releases, and (b) everyone waiting for Black Friday sales. Next week’s numbers will likely be much different, especially
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November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Time for our weekly check on Canadian CD and vinyl sales as well as streaming stats (27 Nov 2025) #musicnews