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Random music news for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

Got a nutty friend who believes in QAnon? Better read this. Once you absorb that, move on to music news

Ew. Gross. Now cleanse your mind from those images by browsing through music news for June 15, 2020. Radio folk

It’s that time when the zeitgeist takes over and starts searching for a song that will forevermore embody the song

Happy Thanksgiving, American readers. We appreciate the day of football you provide for us people up north. Please accept our

I hate to mention it, but Labour Day is this weekend. Summer–at least when it comes to those glorious weeks

I don’t want to be an alarmist, but next weekend is Labour Day. Yes, already. Here’s music news for August

If you’re into this whole “song of the summer” thing–this idea that a single song can represent everything about the

It’s both Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, so let’s see if anything is

I honestly don’t remember this “song of the summer” stuff being such a big deal until a few years ago.

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

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 […]
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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