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A thought experiment: Which of today’s rock artists will still be heard 100 years from now?

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] What’s the oldest song you know? I’m not talking about something

Legends never die, right? Despite his death in March, guitar god Chuck Berry still has music on the way, and

April 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chuck Berry

Before Chuck Berry died on March 18, he’d record his first album since 1979. Chuck is due June 9, but

Forty-seven years ago today, Paul McCartney announced he was leaving The Beatles. And now, the music news… A Spotify executive

Many songs are sent. Few are chosen. These are my eleven recommended picks for the week. Mediazoic takes care of

The first incidence of sabotage aboard a commercial airliner happened on this day in 1933 when a passenger deliberately started

One of the coolest music projects ever was the Carl Sagan-curated Golden Record, phonograph records attached to the Voyager 1

On this day 59 years ago, Elvis was drafted into the army. And in music news… Chuck Berry apparently left

We’ve all heard by now that Chuck Berry, the great rock’n’roll pioneer, died on Saturday at the age of 90.

Remember this: no matter how much you hate your job, at least you’re not Sean Spicer. And now, some music

When aliens finally intercept one of the two Voyager spacecraft and decode the audio on their golden phonograph discs, their

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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