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Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2022

I have a very long plane trip coming up on Thursday–in economy, of course. This shows how I’ll try to

What’s the over/under on the number of people who attend the Trump rally tonight in Tulsa and get COVID-19? Just

This isn’t exactly a new story–it’s been circulating since shortly after James Brown died in hospital on Christmas Day 2006

Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and

With Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner’s passing at the ripe old age of 91, Paste takes a look at his influences

It’s Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, but there’s still music news for May

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

Even if you’ve never heard the name Clyde Stubblefield, you’ve heard his work–or at least about 20 seconds’ worth of

It was December 25, 2006, that word came down that James Brown had died at the age of 73. His

Every morning at 8:45, I do a break with Fred and Mel on the morning show on 102.1 the Edge.

I’ve heard–and not being a boxing fan, I’m not sure if this is entirely true–that Mike Tyson once employed a

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