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Random music news for Monday, December 28, 2020

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

Kenny Rogers, one of country music’s biggest stars, has died at the age of 81. Over the course of this

Goddammit. The man was my drumming hero. And how he’s gone. I’d heard rumours that Neil wasn’t well, including whispers

Andre Williams passed away on March 17th, 2019 at the age of 82. The Detroit native by way of Alabama

Before there were guitar heroes like Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, a Boston ukulele player transplanted to California emerged with

Back in the 80s, Talk Talk exploded into the mainstream with a gorgeous post-New Wave approach to alternative music. A

Ah, bollocks – Pete Shelley is gone. An apparent heart attack at only 63 years old. If you were to

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 […]
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