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The 2020 Polaris Music Prize Ceremony is TONIGHT. Here’s what you need to know.

In the Before Times, the Polaris Music Prize came to its annual conclusion with a big gala in Toronto on

This year has been nothing short of wretched. And while I’ve posted plenty on Nickelback over the last couple of

Yep. That’s about right. Get yours here.

There are many things about Australia that are different from us in the Northern Hemisphere. The inverted seasons. The plethora

SOCAN, Canada’s performance rights collection, has announced the finalists for its 2020 songwriting prize. The winner will end up with

When this whole process began, music wonks such as myself nominated over 200 albums for consideration by the Polaris Music

Record Store Day has always been on the third Saturday of April, but that was killed this year by the

Had COVID-19 stayed in bats, the 2020 Juno Awards would have been old news by now, celebrated with an event

The 2020 Junos were supposed to have been held in Saskatoon back in March, but COVID-19 spoiled the party. CARAS,

Ben Folds kinda sums things up nicely, doesn’t he? (Via Laughing Squid)

Had this been a non-plague year, the Juno Awards would have been handed out in Saskatoon back in March, but

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 […]
Mark Silver