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Details finally begin to emerge about the death of Taylor Hawkins

It’s been two months since a call went out from Casa Medina, a Four Seasons property, in an area of

[Words by Karen Coughtrey. Photos by Ross MacDonald. – AC] It was a night of rocking duos with the band

The big astronomy story of last week was the release of a photo of Sagitarrius A*, the supermassive black hole

Johnny Cash was in the twilight of both his career and his life when producer Rick Rubin became determined to

Teen Jesus & the Jean Teasers Song: “Girl Sports”Album: Pretty Good For A Girl Band EPRelease Date: May 12, 2022

Before we get into music news for May 17, 2022, break your brain here. Russian hackers tried to get into

It was Juno Week in Canada, so there was plenty of promotion of music last week. Let’s see if it

I grew up five miles from the Stoney Mountain Federal Prison in Manitoba. In fact, I used to play minor

Sales of vinyl records have been on fire since 2008, posting double-digit growth year after year. According to some articles

I completely understand if you have not ever been into the Eurovision Song Contest. After all, it’s way over there,

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra was the big winner in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest (details here). And now after all the

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver