Ringo Starr Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ringo Starr’s birthday extravaganza extends to space this year

At noon California time on Thursday, July 7, Ringo Starr, joined by friends and family, will make his annual “Peace

This is why we can’t have nice things. We can have music news for May 28, 2022, though. The killer

If you are a cat owner, you’ll be pleased to read this. Dog owners should skip directly to music news

First, let’s have none of that crap about Ringo not being a very good drummer. Anyone who knows anything about

Is anyone still working? Or have we all bailed for the holidays? Is there still music news to be reported

Maybe Santa won’t be coming to town. Labour shortages. As for music news for November 15, 2021… ICYMI, Britney is

Okay. Here’s Dave appearing on the BBC show CBeebies, reading Octopus’s Garden, written by Ringo Starr in 2014. (VIa CoS)

That’s some lineup of drummers: Ringo Starr, Matt Cameron, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, Max Weinberg, Carmine Appice, Nicko

Rock stars trying to avoid paying taxes? What do you think? You may have heard about the Pandora Papers, an

Three people died and two more were taken to hospital because of carbon monoxide poisoning at a Michican music festival.

Damn. I was really hoping for aliens, but maybe not. Next time. Drown your disappointment in music news for March

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