Ongoing History of New Music
Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada’s most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 497
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
9 Amazing Things About Your Brain and Music
There is absolutely no need for music—speaking in terms of evolution, anyway…
As far as scientists can tell, there’s no compelling reason for humans to make and enjoy music…neurologically, we could …
00:33:44 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Music Questions People Almost Never Ask
I think one of the greatest gifts humans have is a sense of curiosity…the ability to question things around to learn why things are the way they are pushes us forward…
Here are my three favourite qu…
00:40:26 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
The Beginners Guide to Vinyl
So you’ve decided to go all retro and dive into vinyl…no more digital for you…you are going back to the future…it’s all about analogue, baby…
Buh-bye, mp3s and digital downloads—except maybe for the…
00:36:31 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
RocknRoll Rehab
Sometimes, the pressures of life become a little too much and the methods of escape you choose to cope with them aren’t exactly the best ones…over-indulgence with and reliance upon drugs and/or alcoh…
00:39:12 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
The Tragically Hip's "Saskadelphia"
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, tens of millions of Canadians watched and listened to the final Tragically Hip concert from Kingston…given Gord Downie’s illness, we knew that was the last time we’d see…
00:43:05 |
Wed 26 May 2021
A Requiem for Daft Punk
It takes a special kind of band to obscure their appearance…but if you can do it right, then it moves from being a silly gimmick to an important piece of your identity, image, and brand.…
When Kiss …
00:32:28 |
Wed 19 May 2021
Hobbies of Musicians
What do you for fun?...hobbies, pastimes—things that you do just for you, away from your job and all your other responsibilities?...
I’ve got my dogs…my wife and I like to travel…and I’ve always had…
00:36:16 |
Wed 05 May 2021
Big Bands from Small Towns
Let me say from the outset that I have nothing against small towns…I grew up in one myself…population: 2000…it was in the middle of the Canadian prairies…the nearest big city was Winnipeg…after that,…
00:35:38 |
Wed 28 Apr 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 7: All the rest
The original punk rock explosion of the 1970s was two things…first, it was a major reset for rock’n’roll…think of it as a great musical decluttering…
Punk of the 70s wasn’t revolutionary…it was reac…
00:30:43 |
Wed 21 Apr 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 6: Ska
Every once in a while, music enters a state of flux where the direction of everything is, shall we say, undefined…we see and hear change but we’re not quite sure what it all means just yet…something …
00:34:14 |
Wed 14 Apr 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 5: Goth
On April 10, 1815, a volcano erupted in the central part of the Indonesian archipelago…Mount Tambora blew up, ejecting nearly 200 cubic kilometres of debris into the atmosphere…all that dust circled …
00:33:02 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 4: Alt-Dance
Dancing is as old as the human race…not long after we started walking on two legs, we found a groove and have been moving to the music ever since…
Fast-forward several million years and we find that…
00:31:19 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 3: Industrial
By the time we got to the mid-70s, rock had organized itself so that were rules…you did things this way and not that way…then came punk…
One of the great gifts of punk rock was a reminder that you d…
00:33:50 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 2: Techno-Pop
For the longest time, the sounds of rock were made with voice, guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards like piano and organ…there were plenty of ways to manipulate the sounds of those instruments: effect…
00:30:56 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
The Post-Punk Explosion Part 1: New Wave
If you’ve been around enough, you may remember those special times when you know that you’re in a middle of music history being made…
You might be old enough to remember the early 90s…so much new a…
00:36:23 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
History of Nerd Rock
Nerd…noun…a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious…definition 2: a single-minded expert in a particular technical field...example: a computer nerd…
It’s an ol…
00:34:21 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
50 Years of CanCon
Fifty years ago, there was no such thing as a Canadian music industry…well, at least not compared to the U.S. or the UK…we had bands that played gigs and recorded singles and albums…but there wasn’t …
00:41:42 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
The Diversity Show 2021
Here is a truth that some people find very uncomfortable: rock, alt-rock and indie rock are predominantly white…why is that?...the answers—and there is more than one—are complicated…there has actuall…
00:32:37 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Digital Debris Part 3: Liner Notes
When you listen to music through a streaming music service, how aware are you of what you’re listening to?...sure, you can look at the screen, but what does that tell you?...the name of the artist, t…
00:37:44 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Digital Debris Part 2: Album Artwork
A little while ago, I carved out some time to finally file some records and CD’s…I’d been procrastinating, but I finally summoned up the discipline to get it done…and honestly, it was a task that sho…
00:36:05 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
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