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Random music news for Friday, June 11, 2021

Britain is one of the most sweariest places in the world. And now some want it to be less sweary?

One of the worst record contracts ever signed was between the Stone Roses and their first label, a company called

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on

One more day (possibly, hopefully) of erratic postings before things get back to a normal schedule. Here’s what I’ve found

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

[Note: 102.1 the Edge ran the wrong program last week. Listeners to the Edge will get the finale of the

Like father like son? Eli Hewson, son of Bono, is in a Dublin-based band called Inhaler who list their influences

This is officially World Sauntering Day. Get up and go take a leisurely walk. Go on. Do it after you

One of the things that immediately attracted me to the Stone Roses back in 1989 was the rhythm section. The

Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored was curious as to which Manchester bands were embraced by Canadians (and vice-versa), so he

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 […]
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