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
The Book of World Records Version 1.0 - Part 2
This week we go back into the Ongoing history vault from 2008 and the second of two parts on world records.
Most people want to leave this earth being known for... something.
We want it to be at lea…
00:22:49 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
The Book of World Records Version 1.0 - Part 1
This week we go back into the Ongoing history vault from 2008 and the first of two parts on world records.
Chances are you have at least some kind of talent. Maybe it's not something very useful, bu…
00:26:59 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Tracking Down Demos
If you're a fan of a particular artist, you want as much as you can get from that artist,
you know, the albums, the singles, the t-shirts, all the downloads and all the swag and that's great when you…
00:24:35 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
100 weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 10
There’s a fine line between “wonderful” and “weird”...things that are “wonderful” tend to inspire you with awe...you feel warmth and light and awe and admiration...and you may suddenly find yourself …
00:29:20 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 9
Money is a weird thing...when you don’t have it, it’s all you can think about...when you do have it, it’s the last thing on your mind...
It’s gotta be especially weird for successful musicians...99.9…
00:28:50 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 8
The standard musical diet consists of three things: sex, drugs and rock’n’roll....all three of these stapes affect the same areas of the brain...
We’ve talked about this before, but here’s a quick re…
00:26:06 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 7
It is a fact of human nature that those given the power to make rules that govern the behavior the rest of us will devote their lives to making and enforcing those rules...
Most of the time, that’s a…
00:29:15 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 6
I think we take music for granted...as much as we love it; we also treat it like something disposable...
And I don’t if we can be blamed for it...I mean, there’s just so much music out there...there’…
00:28:15 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 5
Some things just go together naturally...
A nice sauterne is a fine companion to foie gras that is served with fruit compote...or, if that’s too rich, strawberry jam works well in a sandwich with pea…
00:30:57 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 4
From the outside, being in a famous touring rock band seems like a glamourous thing...you travel the world, playing for thousands of adoring fans night after night with your gang of buddies...
Oh, th…
00:29:58 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
This historical, true crime podcast hosted by Kru Williams from History Television's hit original series Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gold investigates the curse and legend surrounding the…
00:27:39 |
Sat 17 Jun 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 3
If you’re listening to this show, you are a music fan...any arguments?...probably not...
“fan” is short for “fanatic”–a person who is extremely passionate and enthusiastic about something...could be …
00:29:02 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 2
There’s an old saying that goes “he who dies with the least regrets wins”...
Good words to live by because by the time we shuffle off this mortal coil, all of us are going to have done and said thing…
00:26:24 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 1
I have a fascination with the strange...what seems ordinary at first glance is–well, isn’t ordinary at all....
Once you get in the habit of looking past the obvious, the universe opens up in some int…
00:31:53 |
Wed 31 May 2023
10 Things About Chris Cornell
It’s always a shock when we hear that a rock star has died...but when the news about Chris Cornell came out on May 18, 2017, it was extra-jarring...
The overall impression was that he was a guy who h…
00:25:37 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Rock Explainer 3
This universe is very weird...so weird, in fact, that we often don’t question its weirdness even though it’s right in front of us...we’re completely caught up in it...
For example, when someone takes…
00:38:05 |
Wed 17 May 2023
Valuable Vinyl
Times are good for vinyl...the format was all but dead until some desperate record store owners invented “record store day” in 2008...since then, we’ve seen double-digit increases in vinyl sales year…
00:30:56 |
Wed 10 May 2023
54-40 In Their Own Words Part 2
If you’re going to commit to being in a band, you have to prepared to deal with the bad as well as the good...
The good stuff can include fame, money, perks, and the ability to make a living by playi…
00:39:15 |
Wed 03 May 2023
54-40 In Their Own Words Part 1
Being in a band is hard...keeping a band together is harder still...and if a band can keep it together for more longer than a decade, they should get some kind of medal...
Let’s give props to the Red…
00:39:59 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Buying Catalogues - A Primer
There is a new gold rush going on right now—but this one is different...it has nothing to do with minerals or oil or any other traditional commodity...it’s not what we’ve seen with crypto currency...…
00:40:31 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
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