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Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

One summer long weekend down. But there’s still three more to go. Meanwhile, let’s get back to work with some

Back in the 50s and 60s, it was very hard for Soviet kids to get their hands on music from

Every artist constructs some kind of custom sound system when they head out on the road. Massive Attack sees your

One of the great albums of the late 90s is Mezzanine from Massive Attack. When it was released in 1998,

Whenever I want to test out a set of speakers, I bring along a copy of Massive Attack’s meticulously produced 1998

If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical

I’m in denial about Labour Day. Please do not bring it up. And now, music news… Great (albeit possibly crazy)

There’s no getting around it: it’s Labour Day weekend. The 100 days or so of society-sanction work avoidance ends Monday

For the first time in forever (okay, about five years), Massive Attack is back with some new music in the

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