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What can we do about the mental health crisis in music?

Anyone who chooses to follow their heart into the music industry may end up with doing harm to their heads.

It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward

With some people scapegoating metal for the mass shooting in Dayton, it’s time to bring out a new study that

The suicides and needless deaths keep coming. Just last week, Huntress lead singer Jill Janus took her own life after

We hit the summer solstice at 6:07 am ET this morning. Next stop? Winter. And now music news for June

How often have we heard that metalheads are degenerate weirdos who spend too much time in their bedrooms, the only

If you’re watching the Olympics today, be prepared to hear a lot about today being the 38th anniversary of the

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a campus radio station, made the first Internet radio broadcast. And what’s happening as

We’ve all know of–and perhaps benefited from–the healing properties of music. But can music make you sick? According to a

Everyone has heard of the “troubled musician” stereotype before. A tortured soul who suffers from depression and turns to alcohol

If you’re a Blue Jays fan, you’re excused from all activity other than watching the wildcard game today. As we

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver