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We have winners with the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize

The Polaris Music Prize has been honouring great contemporary Canadian music for a decade-and-a-half now. But our musical history extends

It’s October, which means Secret Path Week is almost upon us again. Between October 17 and 22, Canadians are called

No foolin’: Nickelback and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” are among the honourees at the 30th anniversary SOCAN awards

Barbie (as in the doll) made its debut 60 years ago today. And when it comes to music news for

Today, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced that they chose singer-songwriter and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie

There isn’t another music event in Canada that generates as much controversy, praise, bitching, arguing, debate and music discovery as

I called it, although I had nothing more to go on that a gut feeling. The 10th annual Polaris Music

Come September 21 at the Carlu in Toronto, one of these album will be declared by a jury of twelve

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver