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Random music news for Monday, November 25, 2019

American Thanksgiving week. At least we’ll get some extra football on Thursday. Here’s music news for November 25, 2019. Christopher

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

The first thing I’d like to do with this week’s show is to thank you for listening to the radio.

Although they had solid fanbases in places like Toronto and San Francisco, the Catherine Wheel didn’t enjoy the popularity their

I was (and remain) a big Catherine Wheel fan, a group that should have been much bigger than they were.

One of my favourite English bands of the early 90s was The Catherine Wheel. Songs like “Black Metallic” and “I

I was–and still am–a big fan of The Catherine Wheel, the British band that never really got their due outside

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