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Gene Simmons on the future of KISS, selling song catalogues, and vodka

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

I had about 25 minutes with Dave Grohl earlier this month to talk about his new book, The Storyteller. One

Dave Grohl’s memoir, The Storyteller, came out last week (October 5). The next day, Dave and I connected via Zoom

Charlie Watts was the quiet reserved one in the Rolling Stones, so when there was an opportunity to hear him

[Neat Coffee Shop is an odd place outside of Ottawa. Even during COVID times, it’s managed to stage a number

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

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca on Sunday. – AC] After relentless touring behind their debut album, Up to Here, 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