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Random music news for Thursday, July 28, 2022

Spongebob? Is that you? If not, who or what is it? Ponder that as you browse through music news for

Yesterday was the 80th birthday of the synthesizing of LSD. Insert quip about the drug’s long, strange trip [here]. As

Earlier this week, there was a story about how The Eagles Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 was once again certified as the

It was a rough day for Canada yesterday. Anything I can offer for music news will seem inconsequential. Still, here’s

It’s February. It’s Friday. No one feels like working, so you’re probably going waste a lot of time aimless surfing.

Two days until the Eclipse Day. Got your #14 welder’s glass yet? And now, the music news for August 19.

Major League Baseball players went on strike on this day in 1994. That was a bad one. It took me

My brother and sisters throughout Corus Radio were asked to compile a list of 50 legendary Canadian songs and then

Bryan Adam’s released Waking Up the Neighbors was released in September of 1991 and it was pretty hard to miss.

In Canada, when artists go 10 times platinum, they’re awarded diamond status. Before May 2008, that meant an album that

NOTE: I’ll be updating this post until the end of this sales week (Thursday night at midnight PT). Check back

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