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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Post-Punk Explosion part 6: Ska

Every once in a while, music enters a period of flux where the direction of everything is, to put it

When a band goes on tour, they can never, ever be too careful. Same thing goes for promoters. If there’s

Bored with traditional guitar/bass/drums arrangements for rock? Then maybe you need the Lituus. This was an eight-foot trumpet-like instrument that

Eddie Vedder has always tended to do things a little differently–and back in the early days of the band, he

On July 25, 1989, the Beastie Boys released their second album, Paul’s Boutique. This was the follow-up to the massively

Here are some things you might not know about Franz Ferdinand: (1) Singer Alex Kapranos met guitarist Nick McCarthy at

On April 10, 1815, a volcano erupted in the central part of the Indonesian archipelago. Mount Tambora blew up, ejecting

Being in a band can be a lot more complicated than you might realize. One thing all successful groups have

From the outside, U2 has always seemed to have it together. They’ve got this all-for-one, one-for-all thing going. No line-up

If you know where to look, music can be found just about everywhere, even in space. That’s right, space. Astronomers

Let’s try and count all the bands that Jack White has been in, shall we? There are the easy ones:

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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