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
Catching Up With The Black Keys
It is so hard to have a hit record these days…hell, with all the music out there it’s nearly impossible to attract any kind of attention…all the noise and distractions and competition…
If you’re a n…
00:27:06 |
Fri 27 Dec 2019
60 Mind Blowing Facts in 60 Minutes: The 5th Edition
I have a long list of music-related facts that came to my attention this year…many of them were incorporated in various “ongoing history” programs over the last 12 months…but there’s also a lot of or…
00:32:35 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Unfortunate Sonic Coincidences
Here are a couple of musical terms you may have heard of…
Earworm: that’s when a clip of a song keeps running through your head on a loop over and over and over again.
Mondegreen: a misheard lyr…
00:37:22 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Musicians With Disabilities
The human body can be both very strong and very fragile…given its complexity, it generally works pretty well…but there are those among us who face challenges because of various disabilities…
Some of…
00:34:32 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
Lost Canadian Bands 3
There are a lot of things wrong with Facebook—don’t get me started—but there’s no denying that it can be addictive…
The best thing for me is finding out where people from my life have ended up…high …
00:19:40 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Golden Age of Synths as told by OMD
There have been many times over the last one hundred years where technology has changed the way we make music…
Take the microphone, for example…before it came along, singers had to be naturally loud…
00:36:35 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
The Sum 41 Story As Told By Deryck Whibley: Part 2
You don’t need me to tell you that being a rock star isn’t a normal kind of job…you live in a bubble that’s as far removed from the regular 9-5, Monday-to-Friday thing…
You spend a lot of time livin…
00:26:07 |
Wed 06 Nov 2019
The Sum 41 Story As Told By Deryck Whibley: Part 1
If you’ve ever seen Sum 41 perform live, they seem larger than life…big…loud…brash…in your face…very punk rock…and out front is Deryck Whibley…he’s like a man possessed….it all makes for a great show…
00:26:48 |
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Solo Noel Gallagher
It all came to an end on august 28, 2009, with a plum thrown against the wall…after eighteen years, the most volatile band in the world came to an end…
Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher had always f…
00:27:22 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Riot Grrrls - A Primer
There is no question that the vast majority of rock history involves dudes…it’s been a very male thing…not always, but most of the time…
There was a time when it was “common knowledge” that girls ju…
00:26:29 |
Wed 16 Oct 2019
A Guide to Genres: Part 2
I’m trying to imagine what it might be like to design an Amazon warehouse…a typical fulfillment centre is at least a million square feet filled with a zillion kilometres of shelving…
And given that …
00:23:16 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
A Guide to Genres: Part 1
Humans have always tried to make sense the world by putting things into neat little piles and filing them away somehow for further reference…it just makes things easier…
If you study biology, you…
00:27:51 |
Wed 02 Oct 2019
Ultra-Deep Background on Dave Grohl: Part 3
Whenever you’re having a bad day, I want to think of this number…the probability of you existing—that you’re this sentient being, alive in this vast universe—is exceedingly small…in fact, it’s about …
00:22:11 |
Wed 25 Sep 2019
Ultra-Deep Background on Dave Grohl: Part 2
When you reach a certain level of fame, you can expect that everything you do will be recorded somewhere…it’s out of your control…fans will do it…your management team will do it…your social media peo…
00:25:18 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Ultra-Deep Background on Dave Grohl: Part 1
A couple of years back, i was invited to 606 studios, which is the headquarters of all things Foo…it’s the house of foo…
This is where the Foo Fighters rehearse and record…it’s where they have band …
00:31:17 |
Wed 11 Sep 2019
History of Shoegaze
Every once in a while, a form of music comes along that makes it its mission to break with the traditions of rock n roll.
Okay...well maybe the instrumentation is largely the same...but it's the way …
00:21:43 |
Wed 04 Sep 2019
The History of Vinyl: Part 2
As we looked at in part 1, Vinyl is making a comeback.
But how did this happen? Will it last? And what lies ahead for the future of one of the oldest forms of recorded music?This is the History of …
00:36:41 |
Mon 26 Aug 2019
The History of Vinyl: Part 1
Vinyl.
It's one of the oldest formats that you can listen to music on. And a few years ago everyone was talking about its death: First thanks to the CD and then the MP3. But a funny thing has happen…
00:35:19 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
The Influencers - Springsteen
Once upon a time, music was incredibly tribal…once you picked a tribe, you had to conform to serious and rigid rules…whatever the prevailing dogma dictated was your reality…snobbery abounded….
For e…
00:19:27 |
Wed 07 Aug 2019
What's The Big Deal About The Stooges?
If you were to ask a contemporary group like say The White Stripes or The Hives about which band influenced their sound they would probably list off a bunch of names including The Stooges.
If you we…
00:25:56 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
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