Jazz Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Old people have been blaming society’s ills on new music FOREVER. Here’s proof.

Jazz was once considered the worst thing ever by older people. Here’s a summary of “proof” from about a hundred

Think it’s just you who doesn’t like today’s new music? Join the club of generations of people who have thought

Every once in a while, music enters a period of flux where the direction of everything is, to put it

Given that Flea is now one of the most respected bass players in the history of rock, it might be

I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been

Once the Province of Ontario softened up their liquor laws in 1946, Toronto came alive. This is when Toronto’s jazz

The dogs stuck their noses outside this morning, sniffed the cold and said “Nope. We’re holding it until April.” I

The first half of the 20th century was driven by jazz. This was the dominant music of the era and

Streaming is dominated by hip-hop, R&B, and pop. If you’re going to be a star and make millions like Drake

It was on this day in 1970 that Bobby Orr scored THAT goal, the one with him flying through the

Our Milky Way galaxy, which is at least 100,000 light-years across, completes a rotation in a leisurely 225 to 250 million

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