Amber Healy, Author at Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Say what? Report looks at misheard lyrics

We’ve all misheard lyrics before. Even searching lyrics online for favorite songs can bring up inaccurate transcriptions. But when you

It’s been a long few years for Rocket Norton, the former drummer for Vancouver-based PRiSM. In 2021 he was diagnosed

Six years after The Tragically Hip took a final bow in Kingston, do you regret not picking up a poster

Once the numbers were crunched and the data analyzed, it seems that “My World” wasn’t worth sharing. The 2009 release

The next few years will be big ones for Tragically Hip fans, as the band announced this week not one,

After legislators in New York took on a battle to limit, or prohibit, the use of rap lyrics as evidence

A new series of original artworks directly inspired by, and featuring, lyrics from the Tragically Hip continue to move forward

There have always been Black musicians in Toronto, but they’ve never been brought together quite like this before. Premiering today

More than 20 years after she burst onto the radio waves with Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette is set to

Who better meets the moment and cuts through the noise than Chuck D? The influential rapper and one of the

The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed a law that would make it much more difficult to submit rap

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