https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ Filtering what is happening in music to save you time, money and effort. Brought to you by Human Beings, not AI bots. Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:02:05 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/alanlogo-150x150.png https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ 32 32 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-rush-reunion-what-does-anika-nilles-kit-look-like/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-rush-reunion-what-does-anika-nilles-kit-look-like/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:20:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249909 Imagine this assignment: You’re at home in Germany when you get a call about possibly joining Rush for a reunion tour. The pressure to live up to Neil Peart is immense. And you]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-rush-reunion-what-does-anika-nilles-kit-look-like/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sunday-lunch-with-robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-is-all-about-the-nookie/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sunday-lunch-with-robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-is-all-about-the-nookie/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249962 Yes, Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox chanced upon “Nookie” by Limp Bizkit for Sunday Lunch. And yes, this is a repeat from the archives. You can tell by Toyah’s outfit.]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sunday-lunch-with-robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-is-all-about-the-nookie/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-rock-song-has-our-adorkably-opera-singer-discovered-this-week-what-youre-kidding-right/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-rock-song-has-our-adorkably-opera-singer-discovered-this-week-what-youre-kidding-right/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249927 Another Sunday, another review of what Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) discovered through her reaction view channel. Amazingly, before last week, she had never, EVER heard “Song 2” from Blur before she]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-rock-song-has-our-adorkably-opera-singer-discovered-this-week-what-youre-kidding-right/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/here-is-the-long-list-for-the-2026-polaris-music-prize/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/here-is-the-long-list-for-the-2026-polaris-music-prize/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:20:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249916 The Polaris Music Prize, now more than 20 years old, is an annual effort to determine the best Canadian album of the year without any regard to genre of commercial success. Each year]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/here-is-the-long-list-for-the-2026-polaris-music-prize/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-unofficial-world-cup-anthem-for-the-scottish-side-might-be-the-best-of-the-bunch-its-certainly-funny-and-clever/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-unofficial-world-cup-anthem-for-the-scottish-side-might-be-the-best-of-the-bunch-its-certainly-funny-and-clever/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249923 FIFA has its own picks for World Cup anthems, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from writing their own and posting them on social media. JJ Bull is a football writer, contributing]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-unofficial-world-cup-anthem-for-the-scottish-side-might-be-the-best-of-the-bunch-its-certainly-funny-and-clever/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-saturday-june-13-2026/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-saturday-june-13-2026/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249800 Here’s the title of a new HBO documentary: Bang My Box. Guess what it’s about? Now move to music news or June 13, 2026. BONUS: Let’s end this episode the way we began.]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-saturday-june-13-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/if-you-cant-get-enough-of-the-clips-from-the-rush-reunion-tour-watch-this-multi-camera-edit-of-2112/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/if-you-cant-get-enough-of-the-clips-from-the-rush-reunion-tour-watch-this-multi-camera-edit-of-2112/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:41:58 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249898 Let’s call it. Geddy and Alex are two-for-two in recruiting drummers for their band. Neil did okay taking over for John Rutsey in 1974. Now the consensus is that Anika Nilles is nailing]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/if-you-cant-get-enough-of-the-clips-from-the-rush-reunion-tour-watch-this-multi-camera-edit-of-2112/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-bowies-bookshelf-the-100-books-that-changed-david-bowies-life-by-john-oconnell/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-bowies-bookshelf-the-100-books-that-changed-david-bowies-life-by-john-oconnell/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:21:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249930 David Bowie was a voracious reader. He’d read about everything, absorbing knowledge and opinion and then transmuting that into music. John O’Connor has compiled a fascinating list from Bowie’s library and calls it]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-bowies-bookshelf-the-100-books-that-changed-david-bowies-life-by-john-oconnell/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-trailer-for-the-green-day-inspired-comedy-road-movie-nimrods/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-trailer-for-the-green-day-inspired-comedy-road-movie-nimrods/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:20:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249882 We’ve been hearing about NIMRODS for the better part of a year now, and the release date is almost here. The movie tells the story of a naive indie band who somehow become]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-trailer-for-the-green-day-inspired-comedy-road-movie-nimrods/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/first-there-was-the-facebook-movie-the-social-network-now-theres-a-sequel-called-the-social-reckoning/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/first-there-was-the-facebook-movie-the-social-network-now-theres-a-sequel-called-the-social-reckoning/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249866 Back in 2010, Aaron Sorkin directed The Social Network, the story of the founding of Facebook, which starred Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg. Much has happened in the world of social media, so]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/first-there-was-the-facebook-movie-the-social-network-now-theres-a-sequel-called-the-social-reckoning/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/another-canadian-music-festival-bites-the-dust-goodbye-rifflandia/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/another-canadian-music-festival-bites-the-dust-goodbye-rifflandia/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:12:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249826 There have been 15 Rifflandia festivals over the last 18 years in Victoria, BC. There will be no more. This week, organizers made the difficult decision to fold the festival. And yes, it’s]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/another-canadian-music-festival-bites-the-dust-goodbye-rifflandia/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-running-list-of-artists-who-have-sold-some-or-all-of-their-song-catalogues-to-a-new-breed-of-company/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-running-list-of-artists-who-have-sold-some-or-all-of-their-song-catalogues-to-a-new-breed-of-company/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:11:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=171137 [If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-running-list-of-artists-who-have-sold-some-or-all-of-their-song-catalogues-to-a-new-breed-of-company/feed/ 27 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-the-weekly-canadian-cd-and-vinyl-sales-report-streaming-stats-too-11-june-2026/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-the-weekly-canadian-cd-and-vinyl-sales-report-streaming-stats-too-11-june-2026/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:06:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249885 Time for another check on how CDs and vinyl are selling in Canada. Luminate also supplies streaming numbers, too.   Streaming numbers:]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-the-weekly-canadian-cd-and-vinyl-sales-report-streaming-stats-too-11-june-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-does-music-sound-better-in-the-car/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-does-music-sound-better-in-the-car/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:05:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249622 There’s nothing like having the window open or the top down on a great day with tunes blasting from the car stereo. Chances are you’ve got your favourite driving song, if not a]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-does-music-sound-better-in-the-car/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-friday-june-12-2026/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-friday-june-12-2026/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249780 BONUS: I’m not crying. You’re crying.]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-friday-june-12-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/rush-fans-have-fallen-in-love-with-anika-nilles-this-interview-will-make-that-love-deeper/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/rush-fans-have-fallen-in-love-with-anika-nilles-this-interview-will-make-that-love-deeper/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249817 This is a fact: Geddy and Alex could not have gotten things more right when they hired Anika Nilles to play drums for the 50 Something Tour. I’ve watched all the videos from]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/rush-fans-have-fallen-in-love-with-anika-nilles-this-interview-will-make-that-love-deeper/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-all-the-feelings-tour-broken-social-scene-metric-stars-has-this-important-report/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-all-the-feelings-tour-broken-social-scene-metric-stars-has-this-important-report/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:25:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249813 The All the Feelings Tour, featuring Broken Social Scene, Metric, and Stars, is going to be one of the great indie events of the summer. This short video explains things in a different]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-all-the-feelings-tour-broken-social-scene-metric-stars-has-this-important-report/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-abbey-road-nw8-by-david-hepworth/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-abbey-road-nw8-by-david-hepworth/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:21:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249869 Abbey Road in the St. John’s Wood area of London (just north of the crosswalk) has to be the most famous recording studio in the world. I’ve had the good fortune of both]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-one-minute-music-book-club-abbey-road-nw8-by-david-hepworth/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/donald-trump-will-hate-the-new-randy-rainbow-video-but-he-hates-all-of-them/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/donald-trump-will-hate-the-new-randy-rainbow-video-but-he-hates-all-of-them/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:20:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249810 Donald “A Very Stable Genius” Trump is unwell. He’s in a downward spiral. He’s a danger to the world. But no one around him will step up and do the right thing. Randy]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/donald-trump-will-hate-the-new-randy-rainbow-video-but-he-hates-all-of-them/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-lego-trolling-music-video-that-praises-canada/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-lego-trolling-music-video-that-praises-canada/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=249802 The situation between the US, Israel, and Iran is not improving and doesn’t look like it’ll get better anytime soon. The LEGO-themed anti-American music videos by Explosive keep coming. There is, however, a]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-lego-trolling-music-video-that-praises-canada/feed/ 0