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New Music From The Inbox: The National, Sam Fender, Rayon Nelson, and more!

Artist: The NationalSong: Light YearsAlbum: I Am Easy To Find This latest taste of The National’s upcoming album I Am

Artist: The National Song: “Light Years” Album/EP: I Am Easy to Find A calm yet emotional ballad driven by delicate

Artist: The National Song: “You Had Your Soul with You” Album/EP: I Am Easy To Find A sporadic and jumpy

On this day in 1976, the Montreal Olympics opened. And in music news for July 17, 2019… Another source mentions

For reasons known only to the creator of this video, someone has strung together scenes from It’s Always Sunny in

Sometimes the most unexpected things can bring you great joy. For me, this qualified! I think it will for you

Artist: The National, “Turtleneck” Album: Sleep Well Beast One of my favourites back and better than ever Sounds like: Scratching

Artist: Day Trip Song: “Electric Lilies” Album/EP: Single The Soundcloud listing labels “Electric Lilies” as ‘gritty and pretty’, and honestly

Describing a music scene is really, really tough. The people that were there, how they were drawn together, the music

There’s been some interesting musical moments through all seven seasons of Bob’s Burgers, so it kind of makes sense that

I don’t know what to say except this is something you need to watch.

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