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Random music news for Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Hands up everyone who was freaked out by yesterday’s Google outage. Nothing like that today (yet), so we can move

On this day in 1969, Hells Angels security people murdered a concert-goer during a set by the Rolling Stones at

The staycation continues. How much have I accomplished with that list of things I was planning to do around the

Last day of July already and the back-to-school ads are in full effect. Fantastic. Here’s music news for July 31,

After quietly hyping things up over the past couple of weeks, Spotify had some announcements for us on Tuesday (April

Troy Carter was one of the few people who got it when streaming started to take off more than five

One more sleep until the playoffs! And when was the last time we saw this many Canadian teams in the

AJMT contributor Juliette Jagger and LA-based music journalist Eve Barlow are back with Episode #2 of their new podcast DEBUTS.

Off to Winnipeg to visit the folks tonight. I’ve packed lots of mosquito repellant. The indie music sector is really,

That squirrel who lives in the neighbour’s shed in tormenting one of the bull terriers. At least it’s keeping her

As I write this, “All About That Bass” from Meghan Trainor has been viewed on YouTube 1,030,296,984 times. In the last week,

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver