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.
Episodes
August 6, 2025 • 31 mins
We're going back into the Ongoing History archives to bring you a show a lot of people have asked about.
And with over 300 OGH podcasts, sometimes episodes get buried in the feed.
This is the first of a two part series on the Oral History of Madchester as told by someone who was there to see it and make it happen.
Gaz Whelan of the Happy Monday's!
This really is something else...
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July 30, 2025 • 21 mins
For this week’s podcast, we’re going to revisit the Ongoing History of New Music vault for the second part of a two-part series on censorship in music.
Why are certain songs, bands, or styles of music censored? Who makes these decisions? Why? And what can musicians do about it?
Although this episode is from the earlier part of the ongoing history library, it remains highly relevant. We thought you’d enjoy listening… this is Censo...
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July 23, 2025 • 32 mins
For this week’s podcast, we’re going to revisit the Ongoing History of New Music vault for the first part of a two-part series on censorship in music.
Why are certain songs, bands, or styles of music censored? Who makes these decisions? Why? And what can musicians do about it?
Although this show is from the earlier part of the ongoing history library, it remains very relevant. We thought you’d enjoy listening… this is Censorshi...
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July 16, 2025 • 21 mins
For this week’s episode, we’re going to go back into the ongoing history of new music vault and our “what’s the big deal” series. This is where we try to figure out why we keep hearing and reading about these old names from the past. How are they connected to today's music? What did they do 20, 30 years ago and why should we care? And if they were so damn important, why didn't they ever sell a lot of records in the first place? Si...
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July 9, 2025 • 28 mins
Music is one of those things that can bring families together…and sometimes, that togetherness grows into a business…
The BeeGees had the three Gibb brothers…baby brother Andy Gibb was also part of that universe for a while…
Then there’s The Beach Boys…the original lineup included Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and their cousin Mike Love…Murray Wilson—the father of Brian, Dennis, and Carl—was their manager…he was terrible at it (...
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July 2, 2025 • 34 mins
Here’s a warning right from the outset: this is going to be a weird program…the performs and the music we’re going to talk about are famous because of their weird, shocking behaviour…they set out to get our attention—and they did…
Some of us appreciated what they were doing…but the vast majority didn’t get them at all…they were branded as sick, deviant, sociopathic, psychopathic, and even criminal…
Yet all found some measure of f...
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June 25, 2025 • 20 mins
This is the second part of our examination of the legendary Alt-Rock scene known as "Goth", and this time we go from mid 80's... right up to today.
Goth has always had a bad rap, so in our deep dive, we'll try to clear everything up..
This is "Good Goth-Part 2"
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June 20, 2025 • 20 mins
Goth has always had a bad rap and that's not fair to the music, the fans and the fashion so we're going to try to clear everything up with our deep dive.
But don't worry...no one's going to get hurt.
We are going to examine the Alt-Rock scene from the early 70's, and take it right up to today.
This is "Good Goth...Part 1"
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June 12, 2025 • 22 mins
When you’re the lead singer in a band, you’re pretty much guaranteed to get all the attention…after all, you are the visual and audio focal point for pretty much everything…
Yeah, there might be a hot guitarist or someone else flashy in the group, but for the 99% of the time, the spotlight is on you…which is fine if you’re the lead singer…
But if you’re not?...what if you’re the schlep on bass or drums?...what if you’re the newes...
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June 4, 2025 • 34 mins
Friday, August 16, 1974, was a hot summer day in New York City…it was 31 degrees, but the humidity made it feel a lot hotter…and if you were down in the Bowery amidst all the concrete, it was hotter still...and it smelled.
But what happened that night, when a bunch of punks took the stage at a scussy dive bar called "CBGB's", would change music forever.
This is the story of the original Ramones.
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May 28, 2025 • 30 mins
Most of us probably go through a phase where we decide to make music for ourselves…maybe we’ll do it alone, or perhaps we want to be part of a band.
The first thing you need to do is decide what instrument you will play…once you do that, you have to narrow things down to the exact make and model of that instrument.
When you’re starting out, your dream instrument is probably out of reach financially, so you make do with whatever y...
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May 21, 2025 • 30 mins
After World War II, Germany was destroyed…the country was divided…the east was under the control of the USSR…the west was in democratic Europe…and then there was berlin, sitting in the east but cut into different zones dominated by the Russians, the Americans, the British, and the French.
Most history books look at the political and military side of things…what we don’t hear about nearly as much as how Germany society was rebuilt...
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May 14, 2025 • 33 mins
What do you remember from history class back in school?... Maybe a few dates and events…maybe the names some important people…and probably how dull a lot of history classes were.
I remember being inundated with a bunch of facts—which was fine (i guess), but it didn’t really make history come alive, you know? ...and it didn’t have to be this way.
History is more than this country going to war with that one, who married who to cr...
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May 7, 2025 • 30 mins
There are plenty of thankless jobs out there…think about the people who have to work outside in all kinds of weather…line workers for power companies…garbage collectors… construction workers.
Same goes for prison officers, nurses, teachers, and first responders of all types…i could go on, but you get the idea…so much needs to go on behind the scenes for us to be able to live our lives.
There are dirty jobs but someone’s gotta do...
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April 30, 2025 • 34 mins
At its best, rock is a transcendent experience, something that takes us somewhere away from the ordinary, the normal, and the safe…there’s a huge fantasy element to it…done right, rock removes us from this universe and transports us someplace completely different where anything could happen—at least for a little while.
Sometimes the music alone is enough to take us there…but there’s so much more that can be done to enhance the exp...
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April 23, 2025 • 35 mins
This is the fifth edition of an occasional series called “The Rock Explainer.” The idea is to explore the strange, unexplained, and traditional aspects of rock culture that don’t get enough attention and analysis…
In many cases, we just accept these things and don’t question them as much as we should…but if we stop for just a second and cock a quizzical eyebrow and actually ask the question, then it’s possible to review new things...
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April 16, 2025 • 40 mins
The mp3 had a spectacular rise…the tech was everywhere…it brought music and the industry into the digital era. But like almost everything in this universe, it has a finite lifespan…it’s still with us and in many ways is still ubiquitous in some circles, but things have changed.
And yes, it did kill the music industry—at least the old one that insisted on selling fans their music on pieces of plastic
I’m going to try to tell the ...
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April 9, 2025 • 31 mins
Ever been to a concert and wondered "How do they make all of this work?". "How have I not gone deaf?" or "Why does the dude on stage wearing what looks like a pair of ear-buds?"
Well we're here to answer those questions and more as we delve deep into the history of concert sound...
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April 2, 2025 • 26 mins
Maybe it was the first time you saw your favourite musical. Maybe they played a set list that you thought was perfection. Maybe you were front and centre and the singer crowd surfed right over your head!
So sure...an absolutely legendary gig!
But what about those gigs that redefined alt-rock? Those concerts or shows that stand out as legendary for what came after them? The bands they inspired or the lasting legacy of that show on t...
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March 26, 2025 • 48 mins
People who study such things say that the human brain—this folded lump of mostly fat—has a pretty good hard drive…the average adult brain has a capacity of about 2.5 petabytes…put another way, that’s 2.5 million gigs…that’s a lot.
We’re talking personal memories, facts, academic education, learned behaviors, and muscle memory…there are also special places where things like musical memories and lyrics are stored.
Some memories remai...
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