Our Lady Peace Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo reopens for public gigs

It was long overdue–bloody COVID–but the El Mocambo, the legendary club on at Spadina and College in Toronto, is back

[The second half of a report on the festival from Ottawa correspondent Ross Macdonald. – AC] Friday night at Ottawa

With the country racing towards max vaxes, there are hopeful signs that parts of the live music scene is creeping

As of last Wednesday, May 19, private venue owners in New York State are no longer required to insist that

The hottest topic of the last few months (and especially of the last week) has been NFTs, “non-fungible tokens,” one-of-a-kind

[A full disclosure: I’m an investor in this company. Just wanna be up front about that. -AC] There’s a new

Jeremy Taggart, the drummer for Our Lady Peace through the years they sold millions of albums, is one of the

Our Lady Peace are looking for fans to share their videos of good deeds in their communities as part of

While it didn’t necessarily start when news of Gord Downie’s illness was announced, covers of the Tragically Hip’s music certainly

No one is born a rock star. Well, maybe in terms of attitude, but not if we’re talking about an

Buying concert tickets used to be easy. When you heard of a show you wanted to see, you went down

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