Nashville Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

An appreciation of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville–but not in the way you might think

If you’ve ever done the stroll along Broadway in Nashville, you must have walked past the famous Ernest Tubb Record

I don’t know how cops do it. A drunken ex-con covered with white supremacist tattoos was tossed out of Kid

Pleeeeasee eexcusee any typos in today’s missivee. The eeeee key on my MacBook Pro is screeweed, so eeach keeeystrokeee reeesults

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

[A guest post by John Duffy on a song that’s been #1 on all single charts for eight straight weeks.

The Raconteurs have announced their eagerly-anticipated third album Help Us Stranger will be out on June 21st, 2019. The Nashville,

The Foo Fighters are one of those bands that enjoys some solid crowd participation. But these sorts of stage invitations

[NASHVILLE -] I had no bloody business being here. None. But somehow I ended up on the red carpet at the

If you’ve ever been to Nashville, you’ll know that you run into a different honky-tonk about every fifteen feet, all

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