2022 Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The winner of the 2022 Polaris Music Prize is Pierre Kwenders

After a year of debate and voting, the Polaris Music Prize has declared that José Louis and the Paradox of

What was once a list of more then 200 nominated albums became a Long List of forty. And now just

I know, I know. We’re only halfway through September and people are already talking about Christmas shopping. But if we’re

The first Burning Man festival in three years has wrapped up in the Nevada desert and by all accounts, things

Hate to break to you, but it’s September. By Tuesday, we’ll get into that batsh*t crazy period where everyone ramps

Back in the summer of 1982, Dexy’s Midnight Runners released their Too-Rye-Ay album, which contained their massive global hit, “Come

As summer winds down, the Canadian recorded music industry is starting to get a clearer picture of how things have

The Tragically Hip have been added to the list of inductees into Canada’s Walk of Fame for 2022. Not only

As part of the Commonwealth, Canada will be competing in Birmingham, England, starting August 8. UB40 was asked to come

Nice! The Ongoing History of New Music Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award in the category of

A few weeks after the Polaris Music Prize announced the Short List for 2022, the equivalent Short List for Britain’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