I Mother Earth Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 835: Revisiting CanRock bands of the 90s, part 2

Before 1971, there really wasn’t much of a Canadian music industry. Sure, there were record labels, recording studios, promoters, and

Canada is the sixth-largest music market in the world. Only the US, Japan, the UK, Germany and France are bigger.

Actually, “Wouldn’t It Be Etherium” would be a more accurate title, but then it wouldn’t go well with the bit

Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth–one of my favourite Canadian bands of all time, by the way–has launched a brand

This comes from the official I Mother Earth website, so it’s gotta be true, right? I know… completely crazy!! So… where

When Brian Byrne, the singer for I Mother Earth, saw that the surviving members of Stone Temple Pilots were holding

Every week I go through a ton of stuff that lands either in my computer or on my desk and

There is only one song that’s been on every single iPod/iPhone I’ve ever owned: “Not Quite Sonic” from I Mother

A couple of years ago, a new non-profit charity was launched with the aim of helping Canadian musicians who have

IME was (is) one of my favourite Canadian bands of the 90s. On May 2, the band is going to

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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