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New Music Friday: 12 new releases for your Labour Day Weekend (29 Aug)
I’m going to start New Music Friday by grumbling about Labour Day being on September 1? It feels like we’re getting cheated out of a week of summer, doesn’t it?
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The history of Celtic rock
Not only is Celtic rock still popular, its roots go back a lot longer than you might realize.
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 5
Magnetic audio tape made an interesting trip from Nazis to the Americans at the end of WWII.
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The AC/DC Comeback That Saved 2020: “What Makes People Happy is the Music Itself”
A look back at Power Up, AC/DC’s 2020 comeback album, which brought fans comfort and happiness during a time full of uncertainty.
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Ongoing history daily: A cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 4
What did magnetic audio tape have to do with Nazis? A lot, actually.
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Cool History of magnetic audio tape, part 3
What does magnetic audio tape have to do with cigarettes? Quite a bit, actually.
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 2
Before we arrived at modern magnetic audio tape, we had to go through some interesting stages.
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Five songs you must hear this week (25 Aug 2025)
It’s the last Five Songs You Must Hear list before Labour Day. Where did this summer go?
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 1
This week, it’s the fascinating history of magnetic audio tape. We’ll start at the very beginning.
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New Music Friday: 11 releases for late-summer listening (22 Aug 2025)
This New Music Friday is light on singles and heavy on big albums. Let’s take a listen.