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This is the oldest song in the world

Music has been around for tens of thousands of years, but it took the ancient Syrians to be the first

It was on this day in 1989 that things all went very, very wrong for the protestors in Tiananmen Square

As of today, smallpox has been eradicated from the planet for 38 years. Take that, anti-vaxxers. And for music news

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

If there’s a form of rock that’s spread to more regions of the earth than metal, I haven’t seen it.

The news keeps coming about the Manchester concert bombing. The UK paused for a minute of silence today at 11

Goodbye, January. And now, some music news. Uh-oh. Has Tool hit a roadblock in the recording of their new album?

Was Santa good to you? Or are you going to fill those empty spaces in your soul by shopping on

If Dolly the Sheep was still with us, she’d be 20 years old today. And now, the music news. Prophets

After the gravesite portion of a funeral Wednesday, I turned on my iPhone to see that someone near the cemetery

One week of January down, three to go. Hang in there. And now, the music news. Canada’s only vinyl pressing

The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver
The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
Mark Silver