The City's Backyard
Matt Zako
The City's Backyard with Matt Zako. A Podcast For New York City's Backyard or any city's backyard across the nation! Covering Arts, Entertainment, music and the community!
The City's Backyard Ep 97 SLOTHRUST drops by to talk about their Spring Tour and latest EP called I PROMISE with the songs PONY and MAYBE MAYBE! April 25, 2024
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The City's Backyard Ep 96 CARMINE APPICE from VANILLA FUDGE drops by to chat about some ROCK HISTORY and tour dates in the New York area plus more stories about The Fudge! April 22, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 95 FOGHAT drummer and original member ROGER EARL drops by from LONG ISLAND to play some studio tracks from the latest album called SONIC MOJO and he also talks about Foghat's tour! April 15, 2024
The City's Backyard EP 94 The PETTY/DRAYTON interview episode with ADRIA PETTY, daughter of Rock Legend TOM PETTY, and CHARLEY AND BERNARD DRAYTON talk about the importance of supporting the arts in your community! April 08, 2024
EP 93 NATALIE CRESSMAN is a trombonist/vocalist from San Francisco. Many know her from touring the past 13 years with PHISH's Trey Anastasio, but she's also active on the national jazz and Brazilian jazz music scene and is currently on tour! ! April 04, 2024
EP 92 KEVIN BURT & Big Medicine drops in from IOWA to chat about his album called "Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute To Bill Withers" We play a couple of the tracks and talk about some East Coast tour dates! April 01, 2024
EP 91 SteelyJan....yes JANET RUTKOWSKI the heavy metal artist drops by to chat about BEHIND The MASK an art exhibit of metal art works on display at The Culture Lab in Long Island City, New York! !March 28, 2024
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EP 90 STUDIO D'LUX a new supergroup releases two new tracks featuring Jon Herington from STEELY DAN & Doug Kistner(The Lords of 52nd Street) ! We chat with the two of them about the project and the other great musicians in the band!March 25, 2024
EP 89 CINDY& DENNIS DUNAWAY talk about how they met in the early days of The ALICE COOPER GROUP, the upcoming VersoFest “Glam To Punk Roundtable”, their recent travels to Dallas for the 50th Anniversary of the Billion Dollar Babies Tour, and more!March 18, 2024
EP 88 ICARUS PHEONIX drops by from Baltimore to chat about their Indie Rock Band, their new tracks and their current tour in Japan! March 14, 2024
EP 87 ACTOR ROBIN DeJESUS drops by his hometown of Norwalk to chat about his acting career and upcoming show GETTING STARTED at Music Theatre of Connecticut!March 11, 2024
EP 86 The band called OTIS all the way from Kentucky rocks the backyard of NYC with their new single There's a Break in The Road! We chat with lead singer Boone Froggett about the band's southern roots and their style of music! March 04, 2024
Ep 85 PAUL NELSON: Grammy Award Winning Guitarist (Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, some of the Allman Bros and more) chats about his 2024 Tour and today's Live Music Scene at venues/clubs all over America! February 26, 2024
Ep 84 CHAD CROMWELL: American Drummer (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Lady A, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, CSNY) checks in from Nashville to chat about music and more! February 19, 2024
Ep 83 OZZMOSIS: The Ozzy Osbourne Tribute is on tour and ready to rock in 2024! We chat with lead Ricky Woods and Bassist Andre from this killer tribute to Ozzy! We talk all things Ozzy even about some former members that worked with Ozzy! February 12, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 82 Alternative Pop Singer ALICE MERTON drops by from London to debut her new single Run Away Girl as she gets ready for her 2024 North American Tour!February 05, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 81 Eliot Lewis (Hall&Oates and The Average White Band) drops by to chat about his new album and new songs Love Is Alive and What We Make It... plus his 2024 solo tour and more! January 29, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 80 TRAMPS LIKE US: The Nation's #1 Springsteen Tribute Band...the band's Boss, Mark Salore checks in with an update for 2024! January 22, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 79 LISA LAMPANELLI drops by to chat about the comedy world, her retirement, and her classes as a comic coach at MTC and more!January 15, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 78 Rex Fowler from Aztec Two Step 2.0 talks about his Elvis documentary called 200 Cadillacs, his new memoir and the Aztec Two Step 2.0 Tour Dates in 2024! January 08, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 77 THE YEAR in REVIEW 2023! Dennis Dunaway of Alice Cooper, Denny Laine from Wings, Joe Vitale from Joe Walsh, Liberty DeVitto from Billy Joel &Garry Peterson from The Guess Who! January 01, 2024
The City's Backyard Ep 76 FREE FALLIN: The Tom Petty Experience checks in to talk about their Saving Grace Tour 2024! December 25, 2023
The City's Backyard Ep 75 Legendary Recording Engineer/Studio Mixer SHELLY YAKUS drops by to chat about some rock history recording iconic rock artists such as John Lennon, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Bono, Alice Cooper and more! December 18, 2023
The City's Backyard Ep 74 YYNOT's guitarist Billy Alexander drops by to chat about the band, debut his new solo song called Alpha Rhythm and talk about the YYNOT show coming up this January! December 11, 2023
The City's Backyard Ep 73 Liz Hines: wife of Rock Legend Denny Laine from The Moody Blues/Wings recaps the benefit in LA , gives updates on Denny's condition & about Paul McCartney being in the loop, plus we find out about the benefit concert in NYC! December 04, 2023
