Cover Versions Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This is odd: Metal and rock songs played on unusual instruments

Clever. I wonder how many takes it took to get this right?

Dave Grohl, the most inclusive guy in the history of rock, has once again embarked with his friend Greg Kurstin

The Metallica/Soundgarden Venn diagram has come to life with this special vinyl-only tribute released through Metallica’s record club. It features

Seriously, you guys. I honestly can’t believe it’s taken this long for someone to pay tribute to South Park‘s greatest

Why not? It’s the internet. Behold the work of Michalina Malisz. (Via LouderSound)

The Dark and Middle Ages (c.600-1600 CE) had its own sort of music, some of which endures today. For example,

This is a strange coincidence: The 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles Let It Be album is Mother’s

I have a theory about why Tiger King has been such a phenomenon on Netflix: With all of us living

On this day in 1977, the Tandy Corporation (parent of Radio Shack–remember them?) released the TRS-80, one of the first

I’ll say this about Miley Cyrus: She’ll try anything once. Last Sunday was a good day for metal at Glastonbury

On this day in 1973, the first-ever handheld mobile phone call was made. As for music news on April 3,

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