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Random music news for Friday, July 16, 2021

That is one DEEP pool! Now let’s get deep with music news for July 16, 2021. This isn’t good: 954

Oh, dear. Meet My90sTV. Actually, it’s part of a family of online TV portals that also includes sites for the

Damn, these little buggers are tough. It’s a good thing they’re so tiny. Over to music news for May 22,

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

A band’s name says a lot about them. But what if the name can’t be said? We’re talking about bands

Sometime in 1980, a VERY young U2 (look at all that hair on The Edge!) made an appearance on The

This week we’re going to talk about 10 proto-punk acts, artists both came before punk and who created the most

For a while now people have been saying that Disney is out of ideas, and as much as I love

A new Netflix Original series for children is premiering on August 3 that features the music of the Beatles. Beat

While many people can sing along to their favourite TV show’s theme song, far fewer can name the musicians behind

Two years ago, Showtime announced they picked up a Cameron Crowe series called Roadies. In the past few months we

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