Gord Downie Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Twin Flames honour Gord Downie with inspired Grace Too cover

It was on a five-hour drive from the Quebec-Ontario border that Twin Flames really listened, deeply, to The Tragically Hip’s

Every day across Canada, 27 people receive news that they have a brain tumour. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada holds

It was just about four years ago that Tragically Hip fans woke up to the news that Gord Downie was

Gord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6. As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a

Stephen Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada, recently said that the bank is looking to put someone new

Two years after his death, Gord Downie has been named Ontario’s first-ever poet laureate. This comes from The Poet Laureate

Back around the turn of the century, Gord Downie decided to step away from the Tragically Hip to stretch his

By now, most of us are familiar with the story of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who tried to walk

The scared boy and the rock star. The story of Chanie Wenjack is one of trying to get home. We’ve

It’s October, which means Secret Path Week is almost upon us again. Between October 17 and 22, Canadians are called

“Brood & Bloom,” the first full-length album and second release from the Kingston- and Toronto-based Kasador, is a time capsule

Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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