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Big Wreck in pictures from their gig in Ottawa

[Ross MacDonald was again dispatched to cover a gig in Ottawa. He sat down with frontman Ian Thornley.- AC] Before

Black Friday. Try not to get trampled. Or is that just an American thing? Here’s music news for November 26,

For years, Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival was 10 days of nearly non-stop shows throughout the city in June, a

Photographer Alex Lupul was dispatched to last night’s (July 18) drive-in concert by Monster Truck. This was the first such

Burlington Ontario’s Sound of Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. In that time it has grown to

Just in: Hollerado will be one of this year’s headliners at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington. The band

Powerhouse indie label Dine Alone Records has just released the 2016 edition of their annual summer sampler. It features 26

If your name is Monster Truck, it’s just a quick jump from Gravedigger to NASCAR. Come this weekend, they will

Every Friday for the last four years or so, I’ve published a playlist of 11 brand new songs that caught

The SCENE Music Festival, a fixture of downtown St. Catharines, Ontario, for the last 18 years, has moved up in

I hear that the polar vortex will make a reappearance next week. That’s just swell, isn’t it? That means another

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