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Random Music News for Saturday, January 27, 2018

This was the first day of the Great Blizzard of 1977. People in the Great Lakes still talk about how

You may have heard of the “seven-year rule,” a made-in-California construct that allows artists of all sorts to exit a

Virtual reality used to be the stuff of science fiction, but not anymore. Tech savvy businesses and pop-ups are bringing

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

Here’s yet another list of songs hand-picked by me from all the dozens (hundreds?) that came through my computer this

On this day in 1973, Elvis Presley’s live broadcast from a Hawaii set a record for the most-watched show ever

Deep in a study done by a guy named Andrew Powell-Morse–the same study that says pop music lyrics are being

The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver
The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
Mark Silver