Dropkick Murphys Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Bruce Springsteen and The Dropkick Murphys played an empty Fenway Park. Watch here.

It’ll be some time before we get back to going to concerts the way we used to. Until such time,

Has civilization collapsed yet? No? Maybe I shouldn’t have run up the Visa so much then. Then return here for

Quinn Waters is just three years old, but he’s already had a challenging life. Diagnosed with a medullobastoma (a tumor

Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This

No, this isn’t a new track but until Larry pointed it out to me, I had no idea it came

I seem to have acquired an intense like for kombucha. Where did that come from? Whilst I sip my tea,

Christmas music is everything now. Radio stations have flipped to an all-Christmas format. Restaurants, stores, malls, offices and all manner

Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This

By Adam Morrison Had enough of the same old sickly sweet Christmas music that’s everywhere nowadays? Here are twelve alternatives

You can call them one trick ponies or you can rationalize that if it ain’t broke, they probably shouldn’t fix

It can be tricky for a band to keep things going with someone new providing their lead voice and, most

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