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Random Music News for Tuesday, July 11, 2017

To Kill a Mockingbird was first published on this date in 1960. And with that, here’s the music news for

David Bowie would have been 70 yesterday. To mark the anniversary of his death a new four-track EP was released

David Bowie has been gone since January 10 but he’s still managing to surprise his fans thanks to the carefully

David Bowie knew he was dying when Blackstar was released on January 8. Hidden within the artwork is a secret

“I Can’t Give Everything Away” is the third single from David Bowie’s Blackstar album. The accompanying video was created by

Just as fans are coming to grips that Bowie is gone comes word that he wasn’t quite done with us.

No artist has ever so carefully stage-managed a death as well as we saw with David Bowie and his Blackstar

Tallying album sales in real time can be a tough thing, especially when you’re not sure if all the data

Believe it or not, none of David Bowie’s albums reached the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 chart in America.

Because there are so few vinyl pressing plants online, the backlog of orders keeps growing and growing. That means if

David Bowie’s 26th album, Blackstar, is set to come out tomorrow on Bowie’s 69th birthday. Here’s the video for “Lazarus,”

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
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