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Random music news for Saturday, September 4, 2021

Helmet has canceled their headlining tour. They’ve got COVID concerns. Speaking of which, it looks like it could be a

The virtual (sigh) SOCAN Awards are on deck for this week, just as the summer gets going, and among those

The moment I heard him say this during that press conference, I thought “Someone’s gonna run with that little gaff.”

Look who made the cover of Rolling Stone this week. I did a quick scan of all the covers of

Justin Trudeau tweeted out his summer playlist on Spotify this weekend. Anyone want to analyze his tastes? What am I

Bono and The Edge say they were “grateful guests” on the Canada Day stage in Ottawa. Here’s their appearance in

On this day in 1975, Steve Wozniak tested the first prototype of the first Apple computer. And now in music

Bono has often said that “the world needs more Canada.” He’s now working on Justin Trudeau when it comes to

Here at the music conference in Singapore, I just ran into the guy who helped put together Babymetal. I just

This arrived from Christopher yesterday. Now that all the Tragically Hip hoopla (Hipla?) is starting to fade away, I thought

Gord Downie was on tour that summer He went on a fishing trip The last(?) show he ever played Stopped

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 […]
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