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
History of Pop Punk: Part 1
Before we get to the topic at hand, I’d like to revisit the movie “Forrest Gump,” specifically Forrest’s shrimp boat buddy, Benjamin Buford Blue—but you can just call him Bubba…he knew all the ways o…
00:21:34 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Where Are They Now? Part 4
At some point, you may end up being invited to your high school reunion—and you’re probably going to go because you wanna see what happened to all those people…
Where’s the jock that made your life …
00:22:36 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Musicians Who Lost It: Part 2
Sometimes, life becomes too much…things get too weird, there’s too much pressure, too many decisions, too many wrong choices….the uncertainty builds—and then you just kinda lose it…
We lose the plot…
00:30:15 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Musicians Who Lost It: Part 1
There’s something about creative types that make them different than the rest of us…if you’ve ever spent any kind of time with any kind of artist, you’ll what I mean…they’re just different, you know?…
00:27:29 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
New Rock Secrets
This show is going to blow the lid off some secrets and mysteries in new rock. Admittedly some you may have already have heard rumours about, but others....well this may be the first time you are ev…
00:26:32 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Ongoing History Introduces you to: "History of the 90's"
In the 1990s there was a massive flood of stand-up comedians making the leap to television to star in their own stand-up sitcoms thanks in part to the success of the Cosby Show and Roseanne.
Those s…
00:45:54 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
The Ongoing History Book of Lasts
Everyone talks about being first at something because it’s cool to be the first to do something…but what about being last?...
There’s something called “Telesphobia,” which is the fear of being last …
00:24:05 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
If That Is Your REAL Name
This is a show all about fake names…sure we could spend an hour talking about how people like Courtney Love and Elton John and Madonna use fake names on hotel registers…or we could go into how Bono’s…
00:24:50 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Your questions answered
Here at the Ongoing History of New Music, we get questions....a LOT of questions. So many that it's often difficult to answer all of them. But we do.
And what we've gathered in this edition of the …
00:30:37 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Get in the Van
If you've ever wanted to be a musician, chances are you dreamed of going on tour.
The romance of the road and everything that comes along with it.
But it's not as easy as you think. Not everyone i…
00:22:42 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
The History of Power Pop
In the beginning—and I’m talking about, say, 1955—it was easy to categorize popular music…there was rock, pop, country and r&b…it was nice and simple…pretty much all mainstream music you heard could …
00:26:21 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Trying to be a Superstar in the 21st Century
You may have noticed that the most of the biggest rock acts in the world aren’t that young…Green Day?...middle 40s… Dave Grohl?...creeping up on the half-century mark… Trent Reznor?...as we sit here …
00:32:33 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Good Goth: Part 2
This is the second part of out examination of the Alt-Rock scene and this time we go from mid 80's right up to today.
Goth has always had a bad rap so we're going to try to clear everything up with …
00:20:53 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Fashion
Today we go back into the Ongoing History archives to talk about Fashion.
This is a request for Amy in Cambridge who asked "have you ever done a show that talks about how fashion was influenced by a…
00:25:39 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
10 Things About Muse
There are some bands that you can take at face value, what you see is what you get.
Then there are others which have backstories that go on for ever and ever.
Pearl Jam is one U2 Green Day. Nirvana…
00:26:30 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Canadian Producers
We all know that Canada has created some of the biggest selling musicians in the world. I mean think about it...
Celine, Alanis, Shania, Nickelback, Drake, Bieber, The Weekend....you get the idea.
…
00:19:49 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
What's The Big Deal About Bauhaus?
They only exhisted for barely 4 years and released just 4 albums but without them would there be a Smashing Pumpkins? Nine Inch Nails? Marilyn Manson? White Zombie?
This is a program in the "what's …
00:19:33 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
The Oral history of "Madchester": Part 2
This is part 2 of our Oral History of Madchester as told by someone who was there to see it and make it happen.
Gaz Whelan of the Happy Monday's!
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00:28:37 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
The Oral history of "Madchester": Part 1
This week it's the Oral History of Madchester as told by someone who was there to see it and make it happen.
Gaz Whelan of the Happy Monday's!
This really is something else...
Learn more about your…
00:33:21 |
Thu 28 May 2020
Ian Thornley - In His Own Words: Part 2
The problem with so many interviews is that they can come across as interrogations…” I have a list of questions I must get through in the allotted time so let’s begin”…
Depending on the circumstance…
00:35:35 |
Wed 20 May 2020
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