Documentary Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s a trailer for the new limited-edition series on Sharon Osbourne

While she might be the wife of Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne has led a very successful, separate, and interesting life of

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] My collection of David Bowie books takes up nearly two metres of

Few contemporary musicians have experienced a greater variety of personal and professional turmoil that Sinead O’Connor. From the moment we

Today is my parents 65th wedding anniversary. Yay, mom and dad! I put together this round of music news for

David Bowie is like The Beatles. Just when you thought you’d learned absolutely everything about him, something comes along that

Unable to sleep earlier this week, I started surfing through the channels and ran across the multi-part HBO series on

If you don’t understand GWAR, move along, This story isn’t for you. If you do appreciate what they’ve done, then

Bowie is one of those artists that just keeps on giving. Just when you think you know everyone about his

There’s no sign that interest in vinyl records is going to end soon, let alone plateau. Why? That’s the central

Back in November, people were killed and scores were injured during a stage crush at the Astroworld festival in Houston.

Mike Downie (Gord’s brother) is currently working on a multi-part documentary on the Tragically Hip. There’s no title yet and

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