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And then there were two: ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill has died

Dusty Hill, the bass player for ZZ Top for more than 50 years has died. He was 72. Billy Gibbons

Joey Jordison was with the rest of the guys in Des Moines, Iowa when Slipknot first came together in 1995.

If you spent hours watching music videos in back in the 80s, the clip for Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”

Jim Steinman, who had a long, LONG string of hits writing for Meat Loaf to Celine Dion to Sisters of

A week after he was first hospitalized for a heart attack brought on by a suspected drug overdose (that has

Although he had many roles, most people will remember Yaphet Kotto as the scary Mr. Big in Live and Let

This is the BEST! This good boy is having the best day Now some music news for December 28, 2020.

Around the same time Led Zeppelin was starting to flex their muscles, another riff-happy, blues-based rock band was starting to

The above image is from Ken Chinn’s AKA Mr. Chi Pig’s last-ever interview with BeatRoute Magazine, and pretty much says

Florian Schneider, who co-founded the uber-influential Kraftwerk with Ralf Hutter in 1970, has died at the age of 73. His

It appears that the coronavirus took Hal Wilner, a respected producer who worked with Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful, and Jeff

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver