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Random music news for Friday, April 9, 2021

If you’re a cyclist, you might find this cool. Next up: music news for April 9, 2021. By the way,

Back in the day when vinyl ruled the planet, lots of people exchanged drugs by hiding them inside album jackets.

In case you missed it, Dawn Wells–Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island–died this week at the age of 82. COVID. On

Certain types of music have been around forever. Jazz, for, example has been with us for over a hundred years.

Spring forward, etc. Why is daylight saving time still a thing? Why do we bother when science says it’s a

When a bunch of British punk fans became enamoured with the music of Jamaican immigrants in cities like Coventry, some

[Note: This is an article I wrote for Nightflight.com. You should check out that site for 80s and 90s material.

[Note: An edited version of this story appeared in the Metro papers across Canada. They only give me 400 words,

Back the 60s, DJs and their crews hauled massive PA systems around the island to spin records at parties. The

On this date in 1992, Johnny Carson hosted his last Tonight Show after 30 years. Here’s an interesting list of

The Legends of Ska is a Buena Vista Social Club-like documentary on Jamaican music. It has a screening at Harbourfront

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver