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As we get closer to the one-quarter mark of the 21st century, it may seem that things are changing faster than ever before, especially in the areas of culture and media. I deal with music for a living and even I can’t keep up with everything that’s going on. But I think I can see things clearly enough to make some predictions and observations for music in 2024.

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Dream Within A Dream · Propaganda Album: A Secret Wish ℗ 1985 ZTT Records Limited Released on: 1985-07-01

This is from the 1985 album by the German "Producer's Band" Propaganda; it is one of at least three singles (along with Duel and Dream within a Dream). Most FM radio airplay in North America was via college & university campus stations. Their work stayed in rotation in the nightclub scene well into the 1990s.

French star Christine and the Queens (or just Chris) charms her way through a glorious performance of previously unreleased single ‘People, I’ve been sad’. COLORSXSTUDIOS is a unique aesthetic music platform showcasing exceptional talent from around the globe. COLORS focuses on the most distinctive new artists and original sounds in an increasingly fragmented and saturated scene. All COLORS shows seek to provide clear, minimalistic stage that shines a spotlight on the artists, giving them the opportunity to present their music without distraction. #colors Lyrics: It’s true that people I’ve been sad (People I’ve been sad) It’s true that people I’ve...

On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on TV screens across America and instantly captured the hearts and ears of a generation. Bolstering the animated special, based on Charles M. Schulz’s immensely popular PEANUTS comic strip, was an engaging score from Bay Area jazz artist Vince Guaraldi, who brought characters like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy to life through his evocative cues. Working primarily with bassist Fred Marshall and drummer Jerry Granelli, Guaraldi paired inspired interpretations of traditional holiday fare (“O Tannenbaum,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” and “What Child Is This”) with original compositions, including the instantly...

Archie Bunker, the slur-spewing outer-borough dad on the CBS sitcom All in the Family, was probably the most famous character to be created by Norman Lear, the TV writer/producer who died this week at age 101. People remember Archie as a reactionary, but did you know he backed that liberal lion Ted Kennedy for president? OK, so strictly speaking that's actor Carroll O'Connor, not the character he played on the show. But the folks who shot that spot during the 1980 Democratic primaries did everything they could to suggest this was Archie Bunker speaking to voters. If you doubt that,...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group The Sons Of Knute Christmas Dance And Dinner · Garrison Keillor · Philip Brunelle · Janis Hardy Now It Is Christmas Again ℗ 1994 Angel Records Released on: 1994-01-01 Conductor: Philip Brunelle Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: John McClure Associated Performer, Musician: The Nilsson Sisters Composer: Traditional Composer: Arranged By Composer: Garrison Keillor Auto-generated by YouTube.

The Firefly was designed by Fairey Aviation, UK, in 1940 to meet a British Admiralty requirement for a carrier borne, fighter reconnaissance aircraft. The Firefly prototype first flew in December 1941 from Fairey’s Great West Aerodrome, (now Heathrow Airport). Successful flight trials were completed by the end of 1942 and the first production aircraft, Mk. Is were delivered to the Royal Navy in March 1943. Fireflies went into squadron service in October 1943 and later saw action in July 1944 against the German battleship Tirpitz, in Norway, when flying from HMS Indefatigable. From January 1945 onwards, the main area of...

"Music video by Yo-Yo Ma;Alison Krauss performing The Wexford Carol. (C) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT"

Geddy Lee surprised a venue full of Rush fans on Thursday by marching out old friend and longtime band mate Alex Lifeson to help him traverse back through decades of shared memories. It was a rare opportunity to see the progressive rock legends in a semi-causal setting, sans guitars but armed with many punchlines, as the bassist closed out the North American leg of his "My Effin' Life" book tour at Massey Hall in Toronto. "Don't make me cry before I get started," he pleaded with Lifeson shortly after the Rush guitarist was revealed as the other half of the...

Conrad Black’s latest book, Forgotten History: Civil Rights in Canada, is an insightful work that dispels many cheap slanders and misconceptions about Canada’s past. Black combines a deep knowledge of Western history and an eye for relevant historical details to help shine a new light on Canada’s civil rights record. Interest in this book may be heightened by the recent calls to upend historically-won civil rights in Canada in the name of social justice. Or it might also come from the rise in new identity-based subgroups — whose demands for collective rights often infringe upon the rights of the individual....

Dancing with tears in my eyes Weeping for the memory of a life gone by Dancing with tears in my eyes Living out a memory of a love that died It's five and I'm driving home again It's hard to believe that it's my last time The man on the wireless cries again It's over, it's over Dancing with tears in my eyes Weeping for the memory of a life gone by Dancing with tears in my eyes Living out a memory of a love that died It's late and I'm with my love alone We drink to forget the...

This is a fan remix and video made by JCRZ . Buy the original on Parlophone/Emi records.

I don't own the rights of this song, it is just a tribute. All rights reserved, 2011 Ultra Records, Inc.

CAMOUFLAGE (7:13 min. Full Length) Photo by Luis Sinco - LA Times shows Lance Corporal Blake Miller in Fallujah 10, Nov. 2004 Stan Ridgway born on April 5, 1954, is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, and was the original lead singer of the band Wall of Voodoo. Ridgway embarked on a solo career in 1983, shortly after Wall of Voodoo's appearance and break up at the US Festival that same year. He released his first proper solo album, The Big Heat (1986), which included the top 5 European (and UK) hit "Camouflage".

From the 2004 Jena-Michel Jarre performance at the Gdansk Shipyard to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Poland's Solidarity uprising.

Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) Paul Revere & The Raiders

Cher's brand new hit single, DJ Play a Christmas Song is out now! Cher's new album Christmas arrives October 20. Pre-Order/Pre-Save ‘Christmas' here: https://cher.lnk.to/Christmas and get the exclusive Ruby Red Colored Vinyl version available only from the Cher store at https://Cher.lnk.to/RubyRed Listen, download and share from all of your favorite platforms!

n 1940s Europe, Jews were forbidden by Hitler’s Nazis from stepping onto city buses. n 1940s Europe, Jews were forbidden by Hitler’s Nazis from stepping onto city buses. It’s not just a matter of not letting them on the bus because of their religion — these buses booked to transport Jewish Torontonians to Ottawa didn’t even show up as scheduled. The latest move of anti-Semitism saw about 500 people trying to get to the pro-Israel rally in Ottawa thrown under the bus. Or perhaps a better way of saying it is off the bus — and on the side of...

If you’re of a certain vintage, you’ll remember how inflexibly tribal music fans used to be. If you were, say, an alternative kid, you wouldn’t dream of listening to anything the rock kids were. It just wasn’t done. Admitting you liked the odd Black Sabbath or Van Halen song risked jeopardizing your relationship with the other alt kids. And because you were already known as someone who preferred Joy Division over Judas Priest, the rockers would have nothing to do with you. Might as well go die on an iceberg somewhere. There are still silos among music fans, but they’re...