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Random music news for Friday, February 18, 2022

The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s

Looks like Brits measure things a lot like Canadians do. What can we take from music news for September 21,

Looking for that perfect brain implant on your way to becoming trans-human? Try these. Now some music news for August

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

I’ve never understood the amount of hate directed towards Nickelback. I mean, why them? What makes them so punchable? Why

So far, 2021 is turning out to be almost as weird as 2020. Witness the craze for sea shanties on

Yo-ho-ho and a bathtub you can play baseball in: Nickelback is one of the latest bands picking up vessels of

Nickelback has endured an unfair amount of abuse (in my opinion, anyway) but at least they have a sense of

This year has been nothing short of wretched. And while I’ve posted plenty on Nickelback over the last couple of

Yesterday (October 11), my weekly column for Global News was built around a seemingly simple question: Why does Nickelback get

[This was my Sunday column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The concept of musical taste is one of the most subjective

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 […]
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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 […]
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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