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Here’s the latest official trailer for the Beatles’ Let It Be doc

Beatles fans are really looking forward to Peter Jackson‘s long-awaited documentary on the making of The Beatles Let It Be

At some point in the next while–but probably not until 2022–Netflix will debut a Kanye West documentary called Jeen-Yuhs. According

And you thought your band’s last tour was rough. Edisun, a four-piece band from Connecticut, decided the best way they

Rush wasn’t the only power trio to come out of Canada in the 70s and 80s. There was also Triumph,

Believe it or not, there has never, ever been an authorized Led Zeppelin documentary. That’s about to change with the

Between 1994 and 1996, Oasis was on one of the greatest rocket rides in the history of music. They went

The joke goes that when the Velvet Underground was around in the 60s and very early 70s, they never sold

Back in the day before CD-Rs and streaming, making mixtapes on cassette was something everyone did. Not only were these

Come September 9, Rush fans will have a chance to see Cinema Strangiato, a documentary on the band’s 2015 R40

Last month, the Foo Fighters played the first full-capacity show at Madison Square Garden in NYC since the pandemic began.

Here’s a truism: People cannot get enough about The Beatles. More than 50 years after the group broke up, there

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