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Sloan releases a new deluxe (and quite massive) edition of their Navy Blues album

[Picking a favourite Sloan album is tough, but the safest thing to do is default to the Navy Blues album

It’s always intriguing when a number of experienced, well-connected, and highly regarded musicians decided to combine forces. Can the whole

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide.

It’s happened to all of us. We’re at a gig trying to enjoy the music but two people right next

If you’re in Toronto, I’m holding another one of my Music Tech meetups TONIGHT at the Toronto Reference Library. There’s

Up until the 1990s, the second of the rock universe known as “alternative” was all over the place. There wasn’t

This is Cliff Burton Day! I hope you bought a card. In other music news for February 10… Here are

Things can go one of two ways with supergroups: the whole can end up greater than the sum if its

As we head into a Christmas long weekend, here are some fresh tunes that will distract you from all the

For the last 20-plus seasons, the last Ongoing History show before the Christmas break has been devoted to playing seasonal

Some strange stuff this week: a couple of covers, a Christmas tune, a Marxist tirade against capitalism and perhaps my

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