Trews Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 954: The Trews, in their own words

When a band first comes together, there’s little expectation that this could become a long-term endeavor. Being a professional musician

After a couple of years of being sidelined by COVID, Sound of Music, Canada’s largest free music festival, returns to

[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

[Another dispatch from Ross Macdonald, a frequent customer of the unique Neat Coffee Shop. – AC] Although Neat is called

Last week, I appeared on a podcast called Hot Wings, an interview program where the guests chat about things whilst

[Ross McDonald has been covering some of the shows played in an somewhat unlikely venue outside of Ottawa. Here’s the

Artists are very, very quickly learning how to use various livestream/video meeting technologies to get their music out there. The

No, daylight saving time doesn’t end this weekend. You’ll have to wait another week before falling back. And now that

[Another fine interview from frequent contributor, Andrew Epstein. – AC] by Andrew Epstein The first time I interviewed The Trews

On this day in 2003, Netscape died and was replaced by Mozilla. Sinead O’Connor thinks that music has died. She

A couple of years ago, a new non-profit charity was launched with the aim of helping Canadian musicians who have

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