A promoter calls and offers you a gig for BIG money. Who’s paying? Sometimes it might be a dictator or some kind of criminal. And it happens a lot.
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Ongoing History Daily: Florence Welch's near-death experience
Florence Welch really dodged a bullet.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (27 Oct 2025)
This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear includes a couple of interesting collaborations.
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Ongoing History Daily: What was the first musical score written for a movie?
Virtually every movie comes with a musical score. But which movie was first?
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New Music Friday: 11 releases for your weekend (24 Oct 2025)
This week’s New Music Friday is pretty meaty with new singles from the Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, and Nick Cave along with albums from Big Wreck and The Lemonheads
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1060: Rock Explainer 6
There are things about rock music that we just accept, no questions asked. But maybe we should be asking them. This is another edition of The Rock Explainer.
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Ongoing History Daily: The "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" story
There are all kinds of things about “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” from the Beasties Boys that are worth remembering.
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Ongoing History Daily: Radiohead's Israeli adventure
Going through customs can be a traumatic thing. Just ask Radiohead about their first trip to Israel.
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'Do we play the Jays game?': Calgary bride faces World Series wedding dilemma
A Calgary bride is torn as her wedding day collides with the Blue Jays’ World Series run, debating whether to play the game on her big day or not.
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Ongoing History Daily: The French LOVE Iggy Pop
The French love Iggy Pop so much they gave him one of the country’s highest civilian awards.
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Ongoing History Daily: One band, two names. The world of pseudonyms.
Pseudonyms offer some nice cover when a band wants to do something different. Here are some examples.
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