Daniel Lanois Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Musicians and artists bring The Tragically Hip’s lyrics to life in Echoes of the Flame

A new series of original artworks directly inspired by, and featuring, lyrics from the Tragically Hip continue to move forward

It’s been one year since Bob Lanois, legendary Canadian musician, photographer, sound engineer and artist, left this mortal coil for

There’s online buzz about the possibility that U2 has delivered a record called (we think) Songs of Surrender, a collection

If you don’t have enough to fret about, take a look at Satanist robots and vampire dolls. Got that? Then

What do The Tragically Hip’s Day for Night, Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy, The Neville Brother’s Yellow Moon and REM’s Automatic

The Order of Canada, this country’s highest civilian award, is given out twice a year. The latest crop of 99

Seventy years ago today, the first widely reported sighting of UFOs was made by Kenneth Arnold around Mount Rainer, Washington.

Whenever an artist goes into the studio, they hope for the best but expect the worst. You want the resulting

On March 9, 1987, a little more than ten years after a bunch of kids met up in a Dublin

The 30th anniversary of the release of U2’s The Joshua Tree was Thursday, March 9. This past Sunday (March 12),

U2 fans already know that yesterday (March 9) was the 30th anniversary of the release of The Joshua Tree, an

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