102.1 the Edge

Alan Cross shares the research behind why both musicians and music lovers listen to music with their eyes closed. 

Thirty years later, Beck’s Odelay remains a genre-blending masterpiece that sampled everything, won awards and reshaped alt-rock.

After a historic journey around the moon on the Artemis II spacecraft, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reflects on the mission, his future goals, and his love of space. He recently sat down with Q107 Toronto’s Fearless Fred to talk about how space exploration interested him as a child and how being over a million kilometres…

Alan Cross reveals the true story behind Phoenix’s “Lisztomania,” exploring its origins, meaning, cultural impact and surprising inspiration.

In May of 2005 Coldplay had reached a new peak in their career, officially having become a stadium band after two incredibly successful albums and a third soon to be on store shelves. A band this big will naturally draw a crowd. A very large crowd. A crowd that overwhelmed the area around The Edge…

The development of the keyboard synthesizer was one of the most important technological developments in the history of new music. It’s hard to imagine what rock would be like today without the high-tech keyboards, sequencers and samplers musicians have at their disposal. But back in the day, not everyone thought they were a good idea….

After Oasis exploded in popularity in the mid-90s their larger-than-life personalities tended to cause some friction between them and other artists (and of course later on, between themselves). Their biggest and most notable feud was likely the one with fellow Britpop band Blur but the rivalry between Liam Gallagher and Michael Hutchence of INXS was…

We’ve all been there. Relentlessly poring over the page in search of that one elusive man in the striped shirt: Waldo. Created by British author and illustrator Martin Handford in 1987, the Where’s Waldo? series became immensely popular and entertains readers to this day as they try to find Waldo on every page. What many…

No one expected Nirvana to perform well, including Nirvana

A look back at Chris Cornell’s legendary career. From Soundgarden and grunge to Audioslave and his lasting legacy.