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This could be the most Canadian thing you see this Canada Day

This is pretty Canadian: The Tragically Hip, performing at a Canada Day concert featuring a little kid imitating Gord Downie

[Another concert report from Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] On Friday night Neat Coffee Shop continued its Summer Shed

As an introvert myself, I can identify with this. Now some music news for May 18, 2022. Limewire is back–but

I grew up five miles from the Stoney Mountain Federal Prison in Manitoba. In fact, I used to play minor

If you go deep into my CD collection, you’ll find a bootleg of The Tragically Hip performing a set at

Mike Downie (Gord’s brother) is currently working on a multi-part documentary on the Tragically Hip. There’s no title yet and

Imagine if this was your mom. Now that image is in your head, this is music news for February 7,

While The Tragically Hip band could attract tens of thousands to gigs in Canada by the early 90s, they were

Still shopping for Christmas? How about a pair of these Gord Downie socks? And yes, they’re officially licensed from the

You’ll read all kinds of obituaries about Mike Nesmith, the brainiest of The Monkees, who died this week of natural

For years, “Montreal” was a “lost” Hip song. It was almost never performed and not formally released until the Saskadelphia

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