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Don Reilly, drummer for Burlington’s Crowe, fighting ALS

Bands are often much deeper than just a group of people playing music together. For Crowe, a Burlington-based band that

Let’s be very, very clear. As someone who has spent the better part of two years battling with urological issues

Brian Doherty, who was a member of Ian Thornley’s Big Wreck for years, has been battling a terminal case of

As John Mann, the singer for Spirit of the West, continues to live with early-onset dementia, his friends have come

Creationists. Anti-vaxxers. Donald Trump. How have we come to live in such a world of unreason? When did it become

Frank Pain of Abilene, Texas, is a major Foo Fighters/Nirvana fan. He loves them so much that he’s asking you

Everything I’ve read about Nick Alexander says he was a terrific guy. A British citizen, Nick handled merch sales for

It’s called the “Amen Break.” It comes from a six-second drum break in a 1969 song by the Winstons called

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