Italy Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Italy’s Rockin’ 1000 has this tribute to Taylor Hawkins

We first heard of The Rockin’ 1000, the massive volunteer collective of musicians, when they staged a giant performance (with

Eurovision, the ultra-weird international song competition that consumes a couple of continents every spring, concluded last night (May 22) with

Coronavirus update 1: Concerts will resume in Italy on June 15. Coronavirus update 2: British music magazines–the best on the

These balcony singalongs are getting better and better. (Via Tom)

By now, you’ve probably seen video of locked-down Italians singing together from the balconies of their apartments. That’s wonderfully uplifting

Earlier this year, a thousand Foo Fighters fans turned out to perform “Learn to Fly” in an effort to lure

You’ve probably heard by now that a thousand musicians gathered in Cesena, Italy, to perform “Learn to Fly” in hopes

The good people of Cesena, Italy, would really appreciate a visit from the Foo Fighters. To show how much they’d

Interesting sounding band from Italy. Thanks to Keith for the link. Hear more of their stuff on Soundcloud.

When a nun showed up as a contestant on the Italian version of The Voice, no one expected this 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 […]
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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 […]
Mark Silver