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Random music news for Friday, January 17, 2020

Today marks three years with Trump as president. Seems longer. Here’s what I have for music news on January 17,

Most who played in a garage band dodged the Wedding Singer bullet. But they’re the inspiration for your favourite music,

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

Back in the 70s, musicians like Edgar Winter came up with the idea of slinging a synthesizer around their neck

Happy International Women’s Day! Remember that as you peruse the music news for March 8, 2018 There will be one

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

Happy 7th birthday, iPad! And now, the music news… Over the weekend, Bob Dylan finally picked up his Nobel Prize,

For reasons I can’t explain, I’m a big fanboy when it comes to vintage synthesizers. New Atlas points us to

There are few musical appliances that changed the course of music history like the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It’s now

It’s rare that a piece of music-related technology can seismically alter the future of composing. But that’s exactly what happened

The Roland TR-808 was (is?) hands-down the most important drum machine ever made. And instead of scrolling through your Facebook

Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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