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There’s a new Tragically Hip music video

For years, “Montreal” was a “lost” Hip song. It was almost never performed and not formally released until the Saskadelphia

With the massive new Road Apples box set coming this month, The Tragically Hip decided to get all retro and

Reels and reels of two-inch multitrack tape were used in the recording of The Hip’s Road Apples in 1990. After

By now, you know all about The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia record, which features tracks recorded in 1990 but were never

Last month, the Tragically Hip surprised everyone with an album of new-old music called Saskadelphia featuring material they recorded in

“Ouch,” the lead-off track and official single from The Tragically Hip’s recent Saskadelphia album, now has its own video. Produced

I was most interested in this week’s Canadian music sales and streaming stats because of The Hip Effect. Would the

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca on Sunday. – AC] After relentless touring behind their debut album, Up to Here, The

On Saturday, August 20, 2016, tens of millions of Canadians watched and listened to the final Tragically Hip concert from

The Tragically Hip lives. A new album, the first since Man Machine Poem in 2016, will arrive tomorrow. This requires

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