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Random music news for Thursday, May 13, 2021

And the latest word on sex robots is…what? Uh, okay. I’ll stick with music news for May 13, 2021. These

We all know how crappy 2020 has been for musicians and venues, as hundreds if not thousands of shows have

How would this piece of memorabilia look on your shelf? Now let’s consider music news for July 21, 2020. Coronavirus

The big day might not come until November, the deadline for early Indie Week registration is April 9 – just

A year after the first-of-its-kind collaboration with an orchestra, and just months after their first appearance there in their more

The podcast keeps plugging along. This week: The Horseshoe Tavern: an institution for those who are into music (or booze).

To celebrate their 70th anniversary, Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern will hold a concert series that kicks off on September 26 and

Have you ever dreamed of being a rock star? Plenty of real-life stars will be descending on Toronto for NXNE

With a new book on the Horseshoe Tavern coming out soon, Cameron at Completely Ignored tried to make a list

Juliette Jagger, a frequent contributor to these pages, wrote this history of Toronto’s Horseshow for the National Music Centre, which

There’s a reason why they call Torotono’s Horseshoe “legendary.” BlogTO explains. There is no live music club in Toronto with

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 […]
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