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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

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver