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Matt Zako

The City's Backyard

A weekly Arts podcast
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The City's Backyard

Matt Zako

The City's Backyard

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The City's Backyard

Matt Zako

The City's Backyard

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– ROGER EARL –Celebrating 50 years of Foghat in 2021,  Roger Earl is still ferociously banging away!  Born in London, England (Hampton Court & raised in Hounslow) in 1946 to a musical family where his father played piano at home and local pubs
The Petty/Drayton Episode on The City's Backyard Podcast talks about The Petty/Drayton music program and the importance of supporting the arts. We chat with Adria Petty the daughter of rock icon Tom Petty, and Adria's extended family, Charley D
​Possessing a voice as cool and crystalline as an Alpine stream, Natalie Cressman draws inspiration from a vast array of musical currents. A prodigiously talented trombonist, she’s spent the last 14 years touring as a horn player and vocalist w
Kevin Burt's soul-inspired performances are unique, which consistently gets him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and Aaron Neville, with the ability to build an audience rapport that has been compared to B.B. King. Burt is a mus
Heavy Metal artist JANET RUTKOWSKI drops by The City's Backyard to chat about a great event happening called Behind The Mask in Long Island City, New York going on now until the end of April! Tune in to hear all about the works on display!  Jan
Studio D'Lux is a supergroup formed by Doug Kistner (The Lords of 52nd Street) who tells the story in this episode how this new project came about with top notch musicians in the industry!  Studio D'Lux features artists such as Bill Champlin (C
Cindy Smith Dunaway is the wife of bass player Dennis Dunaway...they both drop by the backyard of NYC  on this episode to chat about taking  part in VersoFest at The Westport Library at 1pm April 7th with "Glam To Punk" moderated by our friend
Icarus Phoenix is Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), Eli Sims (drums), Leena Rhodes (gtr/vox/synth) and Brendan Russell (bass). The band originally formed in Missoula, Montana (2020) and has had 5 different lineups, one of them playing Treefort Music Fes
Music Theatre of Connecticut will welcome Norwalk, CT native & Tony nominee, Robin de Jesús in his cabaret show, Getting Started. Get to know how Robin’s childhood love for golden era Broadway shaped him and how he chooses sanity in today’s mad
Kentucky born and bred, OTIS is a young, hard rocking quartet who performs and plays their exciting original music like they’ve been around for 40 years. Alongside Boone, John Seeley (bass), Alex Wells (guitar), and Dale Myers (drums), these ti
Rest in Peace Paul Nelson...we never imagined a couple of weeks ago this would be our last conversation together....thank you for your friendship and your good hearted soul! You are missed by many and thanks for touching all of us while you wer
This episode we go out to Nashville and talk with American Drummer Chad Cromwell!In 1987, Cromwell began a collaboration with songwriter Neil Young. The initial sessions became Neil Young & The Bluenotes. Since then he has recorded and toured w
This episode is all about the  OZZY ANTHOLOGY WORLD CLASS TRIBUTE SHOW!Are You An Ozzy Fan? Then Get Ready to Rock! The members of the band take great pride in creating the next best thing to a live Ozzy performance that transports you through
Born in Germany and raised in Canada and England, Alice Merton's absorption of different styles and sounds helped craft the worldly progressive pop leanings on her debut "No Roots," , which came out in 2016.The last couple of years could fill a
 Eliot Lewis checks into the backyard of New York City with his new album called Anything Is Possible, featuring  Love Is Alive and What We Make It! A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Eliot Lewis has toured the world over as a memb
Tramps Like Us....the #1 Springsteen Tribute Band in the Land drops by to talk about their tour dates in the tri state area for 2024...we chat with founder  and band leader/singer Mark Salore! In keeping with the tradition of a typical Springst
The City's Backyard guest this week! LISA LAMPANELLIWith a career that spanned more than 30 years, Lisa Lampanelli was a constant on the comedy scene. With numerous tours, Grammy nominations, and national TV guest appearances and specials under
On this episode we check in with Rex Fowler from Aztec Two-Step! Since we It would have been Elvis'  89th birthday this month and Rex created the documentary called 200 Cadillacs about  his generosity! So we figured it was a great opportunity t
The best of the The City's Backyard 2023! We had some great rock icons drop by in 2023 and we narrowed it down to the ones that have or had the most longevity playing for one artist/band! Dennis Dunaway original bass player of Alice Cooper, Joe
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers music has become the soundtrack for the 20th century and beyond. The Heartbreakers have sold over 80 million records and four of his albums have gone 12X platinum. His songs are heard every day on a variety of ra
We chat on this episode with legendary recording music engineer Shelly Yakus! Shelly is is an American music engineer and mixer. Shelly was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. He is referenced at the end of one
We're goin to California this episode with guitarist Billy Alexander from the band YYNOT who are touring in 2024! He talks about how YYNOT got their start and how the band took off and came together paying tribute to RUSH. We also are gonna deb
We welcome back Elizabeth Hines, the wife of rock n roll legend Denny Laine  from The Moody Blues and Wings  to give us an update about his ongoing health crisis plus we recap a little bit on the  benefit concert in West Hollywood that was plan
Tribute bands have exploded in the last few years! On this episode we check in with Rob Russell, a veteran of Pink Floyd Tributes since 1992.  He formed TheAmerican Pink Floyd Show in 2013. Rob is the keyboard player andmusical director for the
Pete Campbell drops by this holiday season to debut a couple of his new tracks! He is a Ridgefield, CT- based musician, guitar craftsman and Maple syrup producer!  Pete is not only a farmer but a very talented musician!  For more on his maple s
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