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!
Episodes
321 episodes
The City's Backyard Ep 146 AMERICAN NOMADS singer/songwriter guitarist Matt Schneider drops by to chat about the band's new single "Wanted Man" from the new album "Hats Cleaned" produced by drummer Joe Vitale! (Joe Walsh, CSN, The Eagles)
American Nomads is a roots rock band based in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York. Inspired by artists like Bruce Springsteen and The Band, they dive deep into the heart of American music with blends of Country, Rock, and Blues to cultivate their ...
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The City's Backyard Ep 145 Singer/Songwriter BRUCE SUDANO: husband of late wife DONNA SUMMER talks about his new album, Talkin’ Ugly Truth, Tellin’ Pretty Lies, and his creative family!
Years ago, on the iconic American Bandstand show, TV legend Dick Clark stuck a microphone in young Bruce Sudano’s face and asked, “What is your musical ambition?” The teen fans who filled the audience didn’t have to wait long for Br...
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The City's Backyard Ep 144 JACKIE "The Joke Man" MARTLING drops by again to chat about his comedy shows in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey and the new TV show he will be on this May!
Our friend Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling drops by the backyard of New York City to chat about his comedy shows in the tri-state area! We also catch up with him about his new role on a TV show called "The Better Sister" on Amazon Prime comin...
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The City's Backyard Ep 143 Blues rocker SEAN CHAMBERS releases LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE CLUB...Featuring The Savoy Brown Rhythm Section!
SEAN CHAMBERSrecorded his 9th album“LIVE FROM DARYL’S HOUSE CLUB”Featuring The Savoy Brown Rhythm Sectionon MAY 2ND 2024.The release is scheduled forFEBRUARY 28TH, 2025The album consists mostly ofChambers’ pa...
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The City's Backyard Ep 142 Guitarist ANDY ALEDORT, who played with DICKEY BETTS and is in the ALLMANS tribute FRIENDS of THE BROTHERS who are on tour now with NY, NJ, and CT area dates!
Andy Aledort is widely known for his transcriptions, instructional columns and DVDs and has also toured throughout the last two decades with Dickey Betts and the Jimi Hendrix Tribute.Andy’s latest album is
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The City's Backyard Ep 141 SAXOPHONIST JIMMY CARPENTER drops by to chat about his area dates in New York and New England! He will be playing with Mike Zito and The Blood Brothers and even actor BILL MURRAY!
Saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and Gulf Coast Records recording artist, Jimmy Carpenter is on a roll! He is coming to play this area! For area dates and venues click on the website:
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The City's Backyard Ep 140 Swedish Pop Singer EMELI DONDEY has a new single out called Lifta Blicken which we play plus we talk about her musical career!
Singer Songwriter Pop Artist Emeli DonDey drops by from Stockholm, Sweden to check into The City's Backyard to tell us about her musical career and her inspirations to become a singer! She has a new single out called Lifta Blicken! We play it o...
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The City's Backyard Ep 139 CORKY LAING from MOUNTAIN talks about the iconic classic rock song Mississippi Queen and his tour plans for 2025!
Our guest is classic rock legendary drummer "Corky" Laing from Mountain! .....was born in Montreal Canada on January 26, 1948 as the youngest of five siblings.... formed a number of local bands with his best friend, George Gardos...
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The City's Backyard Ep 138 LEE ROCKER from THE STRAY CATS chats about his 2025 tour with local dates on the Cape in MASS, Rhode Island & New Jersey! Listen to find out if The Stray Cats will reunite again soon!
Lee Rocker made his mark singing, playing, standing on, spinning and rocking his giant upright bass as a founding member of the Grammy nominated music group The Stray Cats. The Stray Cats sold over 10 million albums, garnered 23 gold and platin...
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The City's Backyard Ep 137 Steve Fossen Co-Founder/Original HEART Bassist has a new band with original member Michael Derosier known as HEART by HEART!
On this episode of The City's Backyard Podcast we go out to Seattle, Washington to chat with Steve Fossen Co Founder and Original HEART Bassist about his days in HEART! Today Steve is in a new band called HEART by HEART! The ...
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The City's Backyard Ep 136 FLEETWOOD MACKED:The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac tribute coming to Long Island, CT, Delaware, PA, and NYC in 2025!
Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band ~ Fleetwood MackedFleetwood Macked the Ultimate Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is a New York based Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band. Hailed as the most authentic Fleetwood Mac tribute band in the U.S., much of the realism...
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The City's Backyard Ep 135 THE LAKE SIRENS from Santa Monica, California chat about their third single called BLUE STAR NIGHT just in time for the Christmas season!
The Lake Sirens are a community band of 5 women that are having the time of their lives singing together! Sande Alessi (Casting Director...owner of her own casting company in LA)Shannon Ggem (award winning interior designer wit...
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The City's Backyard Ep 134 Executive Director LOU URSONE from CURTAIN CALL Theatre in Stamford, CT talks about the new shows coming in 2025!
On this episode we talk with Executive Director Lou Ursone from Curtain Call about theatre and shows in 2025! CURTAIN CALL: A THEATRE COMMUNITYAs Stamford’s longest-running and only year ’round, nonprofit producing theatre co...
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The City's Backyard Ep 133 We chat all things Tom Petty with FREE FALLIN The Tom Petty Concert Experience! Coming to The Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT January 11th!
WE chat with Mark Larson from FREE FALLIN The Tom Petty Concert Experience, about their Saving Grace Tour 2024! We chat about TOM PETTY and his music, the Petty Park in Florida where Free Fallin played at the dedication of the park, the p...
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The City's Backyard Ep 132 Entrepreneur/Author/Actor SAL MARINO "Renaissance Man" talks about how he found a medication that saved his life and how he was part of a web commercial for it and now has a second lease on life!
Sal Marino is an Entrepreneur/Author/ and most recently got a role as an Actor portraying none other than himself! Sal owned Kartele Cellular Phone regional retail chain in the 90's! He sold cell phones with his own company throughout Connectic...
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The City's Backyard Ep 131 Actor JIM CONROY drops by from New Jersey to talk about the world of acting from doing voice overs to on camera work! You may recognize Jim from the TD Ameritrade spots with Lionel Richie!
Jim Conroy is an Actor/Writer/Producer. His 20+ years in the industry runs the gamut from Voice Overs featured in commercials, cartoons, animated film and video games, to On Camera work in film, television, commercials and interactive gaming. H...
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The City's Backyard Ep 130 FOUR STICKS The Music Of Led Zeppelin coming to DARYL'S HOUSE in Pawling, New York plus The Music Room inCape Cod, MASS!
EXPERIENCE THE VIVID, ELECTRIFYING SOUND OF LED ZEPPELIN THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OF New York session musicians. REIGNITING THE POWER OF THE ROCK GODS, FOUR STICKS BRINGS I...
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The City's Backyard Ep 129 Jackie THE JOKEMAN Martling drops by to chat about his comedy shows in the area and funny moments of his days on THE HOWARD STERN SHOW!
For eighteen years (1983-2001) a fixture of radio & television’s Howard Stern Show, comedian Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling was born and raised in East Norwich, a tiny hamlet on the glorious North Shore of Long Island, New Yor...
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The City's Backyard Ep 128 STEVE HOLLEY from Paul McCartney & Wings remembers friend and band mate Denny Laine and explains their friendship in WINGS and why he wanted to pay tribute with the tribute version of the song TIME TO HIDE!
Steve Holley from Paul McCartney & Wings is a great friend and band mate of the late rock legend Denny Laine! On this episode we chat about his time in WINGS, and his relationship with Denny, after all Denny was the guy that helped open the...
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The City's Backyard Ep 127 The Cast of the new true crime series How (NOT) to Get Rid Of A Body Ep 3 Graveyard Shift now streaming on HBO Max, Prime Video, and ID Discovery!
It's a true crime episode with the cast of How (NOT) To Get Rid Of A Body Episode 3 "Graveyard Shift" featuring John Campanile from Chicago, Kathy Sanders from the Maryland area, Dave Eggers II from Long Is...
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The City's Backyard Ep 126 McDONALD'S FARM the former house band for DENNY LAINE from Paul McCartney & Wings releases a tribute version of TIME TO HIDE(written by Denny) for Denny's Birthday and legacy!
Former bandmates of the late Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician, Denny Laine, just released a new tribute version of one of Laine’s signature songs, Time To Hide, to coincide with what would have been Laine’s 80th birthday, October 29. The s...
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The City's Backyard Ep 125 JOE WALSH drummer JOE VITALE drops by to talk about VETS AID 2024 coming to QUEENS, NEW YORK on Veterans Day! We talk all about the line up and the WALSH albums and tracks over the years!
Joe Walsh is coming to QUEENS, NEW YORK for VETS AID 2024 with his drummer Joe Vitale! We love having Joe drop by ...that's "Joe Bob" to Don Henley from The Eagles as what he calls him not to confuse him with Walsh when they all have played tog...
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The City's Backyard Ep 124 Comedian JOEY CAMEN drops by to chat about his one man show called LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN that is coming to NYC this November! Joey is a voice actor, comedian, and more!
Comedian JOEY CAMEN originally from the streets of DETROIT makes his way from LA to NYC! Here is what he said...."A big thanks to
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The City's Backyard Ep 123 OZZMOSIS....the country's number one Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Show! Coming to CT, MASS, DE, PA and more!
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 time to experience the energy of Ozzy Osbourne capturing hi...
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The City's Backyard Ep 122 PART 2 RECAP with LIZ HINES/widow of Rock n Roll Legend DENNY LAINE from Wings! We chat with Liz about the film ONE HAND CLAPPING with Paul McCartney&Wings plus we comment on the featured podcast audio clips of Denny!
Rock Legend DENNY LAINE is featured in ONE HAND CLAPPING, a Paul McCartney film that was just released for limited showings in theaters. In a PART 2 conversation we chat with Denny's lovely wife Liz Hines and now widow. We recap the film and ge...
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