Interview Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Watch Dave Grohl break down the song “Learn to Fly” and gets deep into success, Nirvana and “addiction.”

MSNBC’s Ari Melber desperately wants to be a rapper (no one quotes more rap lyrics on cable news than him),

[Words, photo, and interview by Karen Coughtrey.] The Neat coffee shop in Burnstown, Ontario (just west of Ottawa) played host

[Text by Karen Coughtrey. Photos by Ross MacDonald. – AC] The night of May 27 was rainy in Burnstown, Ontario

[Before the storm hit and the power went out, Ross MacDonald (photos) and Karen Coughtrey (text) caught this show in

[Story by Karen Coughtrey. Photos by Ross MacDonald. – AC] On a beautiful spring night in Ottawa, the city’s major

Tool has released a re-imagining of their 1992 debut release, the Opiate EP. They call it Opiate². Have a listen.

Gene Simmons is at the other end of a Zoom call. He’s at his home in LA with the family

Here’s another portion of the chat Dave and I had back in October when we connected to talk about his

Last month, Dave Grohl and I connected over Zoom to talk about his book, The Storyteller, along with a few

Dave Zoomed in for a chat about his career and his new book, The Storyteller. View this post on Instagram

Is Dave Grohl the nicest guy in rock? We touched on that with this part of our interview about his

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