Hollerado Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Canada has a new supergroup. Say hello to Anyway Gang.

It’s always intriguing when a number of experienced, well-connected, and highly regarded musicians decided to combine forces. Can the whole

Just in: Hollerado will be one of this year’s headliners at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington. The band

Sad news from the world of Canadian indie rock as Hollerado says that they’re calling it a day. They put

Before anyone starts asking “#MWE, WTF?”, the hashtag stands for Music Writing Exercise, and is the brainchild of Gary Suarez,

One of the many reasons I love Hollerado is because they insist on doing things differently. A complicated multi-person one-shot

With so many new songs coming at you day after day, here are eleven tracks pre-screened by me. Maybe your

If Donald Trump is good at one thing (other than tweeting crazy things, of course) it’s getting musicians to write

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

Yesterday, Supercrawl announced their 2016 music lineup. The Hamilton free festival runs from September 9 to 11, but just like

Yes, 111 Songs contains that many tracks, and it makes good on a promise. On their last album, White Paint,

Just in time for a tour through Europe comes this video. As an aside, singer Menno Versteeg’s wife, Annie Murphy,

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