The City's Backyard
The City's Backyard with Matt Zako. A Podcast For New York City's Backyard or any city's backyard across the world! Covering Arts, Entertainment, music and the community!
The City's Backyard
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The City's Backyard Ep 206 Award Winning Rock Artist ROB ABRIOLA drops by to talk about his ROCK ART and days working at EMI Music in NYC!
If you love rock music you will love rock art from Robert Abriola! He is a multidisiplinary artist and designer driven by a lifelong pursuit of visual storytelling! Over a 40+ year career in the creative services industry he has worked across a...
The City's Backyard Ep 205 NEW YACHT CITY a Tribute to Yacht Rock tours The Tri-Sate area this Spring & Summer playing Toto, Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, The Doobies, Ambrosia, and more!
This week's guest is NEW YACHT CITY, a band that plays Yacht Rock! On this episode we chat with Manish Nag the keyboardist and leader of the band about what Yacht Rock means to it's fans! If you love Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cr...
The City's Backyard Ep 204 Hall of Fame Saxophonist CRISPIN CIOE (Rolling Stones Uptown Horns, B52's Love Shack, and sax solo on Living In AMERICA James Brown)drops by the backyard of New York City to talk about his music and role in different bands!
Biography of Crispin CioeSaxist/songwriter/producer Crispin Cioe has left an indelible imprint on American/ British roots and pop music, through his work as a soloist (viz. sax solos on James Brown’s “Living in America”, “Love & ...
The City's Backyard Ep 203 New York Comedians Jeffrey Paul & Joe Pontillo drop by to chat about comedy in the backyard and their show coming up in WESTPORT with Teddy Smith & John Kenneth!!
Comedy Night @ The VFW Westport - Friday April 24th! Doors at 6pm Show at 8pm! PLENTY of Free parking! Featuring 4 great comedians! Host Matt Zako from The City's Backyard Podcast, Jeffrey Paul, John Kenneth, and T...
The City's Backyard Ep 202 TOM "The Suit" FORST from BEYOND 1969 talks about the new album release called "Comin' Back To The Blues" out soon from the Blues Rock Band!
Get ready for some serious blues-rock, because BEYOND 1969 is dropping their new original album, Comin' Back To The Blues April 24th, 2026! This isn't just any blues album, it's packed with raw passion, thanks to the incredible line...