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The family behind Walmart is getting into the festival business

The Walton family, the ultra-rich folks from Arkansas that control everything Walmart, have decided to get into the festival business.

No, really. He is. When he’s not dealing with derivatives or hostile takeovers, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon moonlights as

When Lollapalooza went on the road for the first time in 1991, it was envisioned as a caravan of weirdos

How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] When it comes to music, not all years are created

Give what you know about the rise of the Delta variant of COVID, would you have gone to Lollapalooza last

…and you can see why. The AV Club also has this story. “Is it safe?” That’s the number-one question I

On “vacation” again for the next week, but that doesn’t mean the music news stops, does it? Here’s what’s happening

Over the weekend, Miami hosted Rolling Loud, attracting somewhere beyond 200,000 people to see acts like A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott,

That’s a lot to pay for a short flight. Still, what a flight, right? Moving on to music news for

The Clash never really formally broke up. They just kind of…evaporated sometime in 1986 with no official announcement or farewell.

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