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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.

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
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