Hall of Fame Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

We Now Have a Site of the Official Hip-Hop Museum

It takes a long time to build a museum. You need funding, a location, architects, curators, artifacts and a location.

A new non-profit dedicated to preserving the history of heavy metal has been created and announced the first inductees to

One hundred and forty-five years ago today, Henry Stanley ran into lost African explorer Dr. David Livingston near Lake Tanganyika,

When it comes to music history, influence and pure creativity, few names come to mind. Lou Reed has always been

Shazam, the magical app that “listens” to help you identify songs you hear, has just released its list of the

Here’s who will be honoured at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 10: Peter Gabriel (Deservedly so) Hall and

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 […]
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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 […]
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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