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
Kurt Cobain: 25 Years Later
There was nothing particular special about April 8, 1994…I came to work as usual, saw the usual people, and prepared for my radio show in the usual way…I made note that the Toronto Blue Jays were pla…
00:36:57 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Moonlighting
Just because you're a successful musician or are in a band doesn't mean you don't want to try something else.
Maybe you want to open up your own side business in something related to music. Maybe it…
00:24:44 |
Wed 03 Apr 2019
Matt Good: In His Own Words - Part 2
Like we said before, from time to time we have the opportunity to get a band or a musician into a studio and have them walk us through their career. What comes out of these interviews can be honest …
00:30:34 |
Sun 31 Mar 2019
Matt Good: In His Own Words - Part 1
From time to time we have the opportunity to get a band or a musician into a studio and have them walk us through their career. What comes out of these interviews can be honest and pure conversation…
00:24:18 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
New Rock Hair
Maybe this isn't a topic you thought about in New Rock, but it's time for us to take a look at New Rock Hair.
Seriously...
We've dug back into the archives and found this one from 2006 where we hav…
00:23:37 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
The 00s Part 5: Technology
Let’s make a list of all the things we did not have on January 1, 2000…ready?...iTunes, iPods, iPhones…YouTube, Facebook, Twitter…Snapchat, Spotify, smartphones…
There was no Netflix (at least as we…
00:41:16 |
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Ongoing History Introduces you to Crime Beat
Crime Beat” is a new investigative podcast series hosted by Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt. She's been covering cases for over the past 20 years and knows her hometown by the crime scenes she's been to. J…
00:13:59 |
Thu 14 Mar 2019
The 00s Part 4: Variety Returns
Music is always evolving, mutating, and modifying itself…enough people may agree on a certain direction for a new sound to become a new sub-genre…and in time, sub-sub-genres may spring from that offs…
00:23:04 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
25 Random Facts About Depeche Mode
They've been around since the early 80's and still recording and touring. It's really incredible considering how self-destructive Depeche Mode has been over that time.
Really....it is amazing what …
00:23:47 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
The 00's Part 3: The Return of Rock
In times of crisis, we start to look for a leader, someone who can get us out of trouble…this is a trope of every comic book universe movie and half all the action-adventure stuff…
But it’s true…whe…
00:32:22 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
The 00's Part 2: The Indie Revolution
At the end of the 90s, rock music was deep in the doldrums…fans were genuinely worried for its future…and it did look bleak, especially in contrast to how exciting things had been earlier in the deca…
00:29:05 |
Wed 27 Feb 2019
The 00's Part 1: The Sad State of Rock
How long should we wait before we write the history of a decade?...we can write things down as they happen, but that’s only the first draft…time has to pass before we can wrap our heads around exactl…
00:25:07 |
Wed 20 Feb 2019
A Deep Dive Into Vinyl Trivia
There are people who still believe that the resurrection of vinyl is a fad, a passing trend, something of which people will tire and we’ll all move on…
This, frankly, is insanity…total insanity…
Vi…
00:35:29 |
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Arkells - In Their Own Words: Part 2
When you’re in a band and things begin to take off, life starts to move pretty fast…days start to blur as you move from gig to the studio, from the studio to the van, and back from gig to gig…
Unles…
00:41:18 |
Wed 06 Feb 2019
Ongoing History Introduces you to: Russia Rising
“Russia Rising” is a new investigative podcast series hosted by Jeff Semple, the former Europe Bureau Chief for Global News. This series hopes to unravel the giant mystery behind Putin’s Russia with …
00:14:39 |
Mon 04 Feb 2019
Arkells - In Their Own Words: Part 1
When you’re in a band, you want to make sure the public record is correct…but you’re often at the mercy of someone else when it comes to creating that record…
First, there’s your publicist and anyon…
00:32:53 |
Wed 30 Jan 2019
The 500th Show!
Every once in a while we will pull a show from the vast Ongoing History of New Music Archives that is a bit of a time capsule.
It captures a moment in time that seems somewhat forgotten...distant...…
00:34:23 |
Mon 28 Jan 2019
You're Fired!
Chances are, at some point in your life you are going to lose your job. If you're lucky it will be a layoff situation and you'll get some sort of severance or package.
But it's possible that somethi…
00:30:59 |
Mon 14 Jan 2019
What’s with Florence + the Machine?
One of my favourite movie lines of all time comes from a 1982 Peter O’Toole film called “My Favorite Year”… O’Toole plays a movie idol named Alan Swann who is reduced to appearing on a variety tv sho…
00:28:39 |
Sun 06 Jan 2019
Kings of Leon in Their Own Words: Part 2
This is the second part of our "In Their Own Words" conversation with all four members of the Kings of Leon: Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Folllowill.
It's the conclusion of ours in depth and ho…
00:28:17 |
Mon 31 Dec 2018
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