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Random music news for Thursday, November 26, 2020

Come on in! We have lots of room. As you make your plans, here’s music news for November 26, 2020.

Artist: Elbow, “Kindling (Fickle Flame) ft. John Grant” Album: N/A Forever one of my favourite bands out of Manchester Sounds

Please. Why do we want to bring back an obsolete bad-sounding music storage format? Those who are nostalgic for cassettes

No matter where I happen to be on the globe, I always find time to post eleven handpicked tracks for

After having picked through material from the last few weeks, here are eleven tracks that I think worthy of your

Artist: elbow, “All Disco” Album: Little Fictions Long time favourite of mine out of Manchester Sounds like: Emotional psychedelia Link/Listen/Watch:

Ah, the first playlist of spring! How can you not want to listen–especially since there’s a new Pop Will Eat

Some one-line news stories to keep you up to date: There was a terrible accident at SXSW last night when

Their sixth studio album, The Take Off and Landing of Everything, will be out in North America March 11.

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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