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Billy F Gibbons gives a ZZ Top spin to “Jingle Bells”

He calls it “Jingle Bell Blues.” A nice song for Christmas Eve. (Via Tom)

BMG and KKR had been saying that they have US$1 billion to invest in copyrights. After a few acquisitions over

That’s one big rock–and a valuable one, too. Let’s try some music news for August 9, 2021. You know all

A scary question: What comes after the Delta variant? Vax up, mask up, and wash your hands. Moving to music

Dusty Hill, the bass player for ZZ Top for more than 50 years has died. He was 72. Billy Gibbons

Better hang on to that top, Toyah. It’s not held down by anything. And she flashes her husband at the

Talk about a cool collectible! I’m surprised it went so cheap. Then there’s music news for May 26, 2021. Drake

The weekend wouldn’t be complete with out a new posting from Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox as part of their

Game of Thrones is gone. So is The Big Bang Theory. And Veep. And Modern Family. I have to completely

As you may have determined from my out-of-office note, I’m AWOL for the next bit. Where? Send an email to

William Shatner’s latest music project is a Christmas album. Yes, he’s Jewish, but that doesn’t mean he can’t get into

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