Horseshoe Tavern Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

…Trail of Dead hosting shows to save Horseshoe Tavern, other venues

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

Tales from the Sports Journalist’s Beat – Morgan Campbell in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 019 January 24, 2021
From being an NCAA football player to becoming a journalist, Morgan Campbell has spent most of his life with an insiders’ view of the sports world. Over his 20+ year career, he’s witnessed the changes and pullback in sports journalism. In this episode, Morgan breaks down the impact of the new realities of sports journalism, […]
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The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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