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Random music news for Saturday, May 8, 2021

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

A couple of weeks back, I hosted an online event called The Lost Tapes of the 27 Club. Its purpose

Everyone has heard about the legend of the 27 Club, the spooky coincidence of so many famous musicians dying at

It was on this day in 1965 that A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time. Meanwhile, in music

Why have so many musicians–Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, et al–died at the age of

You can see why the legend of The 27 Club endures. Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and

Yes, it’s Monday, but in just a couple more days we’ll have put January behind us. Another four weeks and

February 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 27 Club

We’ve all heard about the “27 Club,” that group of rock stars and famous people who died at the same

Kurt Cobain. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Amy Winehouse. They all died at the age of 27. Can science

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 […]
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