Guest Blog Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Whitehorse helps bring live music back to a corner of Ontario: An interview with Melissa and Luc

[This is a guest post from Ross McDonald. He also took all the pictures. – AC] In March of this

[This is a guest post by Gilles LeBlanc, an insanely big Stripes’ fan .- AC] It doesn’t get the same

[Readers of these pages know that I often cover stories about accusations of plagiarism when it comes to songwriting. Troy

It’s the annual silly season when it comes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations. Now that the

An email arrived from Danielle this week It’s 1988. I’m 13 years old. Like a lot of kids who lived

[A guest post by contributor Gilles LeBlanc on the 10th anniversary of the breakup of the White Stripes. He still

Artists are always looking for unique ways to engage fans in different ways. One of the most intriguing have been

[A guest opinion piece by Chris Donaghue. – AC] It’s so hard to say what makes music heavy. Music that

[Here’s a guest post from life-long Rush fan Chris Donaghue. -AC] Neil Peart got me through highschool. I want to

[A guest post by John Duffy on a song that’s been #1 on all single charts for eight straight weeks.

[Another guest piece by Jess Walter. – AC] No one can argue against how influential music is to a person’s

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