Interview Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Billie Joe’s early, early, early, EARLY recording career

Question: How long has Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong been recording music? He’s 49 now. The answer is 44 years.

It was five weeks ago that people died and scores were injured during Travis Scott’s set at the Astroworld Festival

Dave Grohl’s memoir, The Storyteller, came out last week (October 5). The next day, Dave and I connected via Zoom

Beatles fans, there are TWO collectables coming up for auction this month that might be worth taking out a loan.

There was a permanent cleaving within Mumford & Sons when Winston Marshall left the group after creating a controversy by

This comes from Radio X in the UK. Good sport, that Noel.

More than a quarter-century ago, Roberto LoRusso had a chance to talk to Kurt Cobain. The interview was taped and

This. How did Liam Gallagher ever keep from swearing for this long? (Via Tom and Noisey)

Of the many people I’ve interviewed over the decades, my favourite subject has always been Bono. When you’re in conversation

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and the Foo Fighters Dave Grohl seem to have a lot more in common beyond drums and

As someone who is often asked to appear on TV to talk about music, I know what it’s like 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