The City's Backyard

2016 Blues Music Award (BMA) Winner and frequent BMA nominee Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and solo projects, Billy Price has recorded and released a t...

Bees Deluxe Shows ​Friday August 11 The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY ​Saturday August 12 Bayside Wine & Blues Festival Baltimore, MD Saturday August 12 1919 Baltimore, MD Saturday August 19 Blue Portland, ME ​Sunday August 20 Great Falls Festival Lewiston, ME Tuesday August 22 Kimball's Farm Westford, MA Thursday August 31 The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint Medford, MA Saturday S...

Award-winning Australian singer/songwriter  Peter D. Harper - known in the music world, as "Harper" drops by The City's Backyard Podcast to check in and chat about his tour with Bobbi and the gang....they tell us why they are taking a hiatus from touring after this year and what they plan to do on break from touring on the road.  Harper  profoundly expresses the harmonica and the ha...

NYC electronic act MIDNIGHTCHOIR release their second album, Loverboy Molotov , a follow-up to 2016’s THE CROWN! As a follow-up to their last single release — " Molotov ," shared alongside an accompanying music video (directed and edited by lead vocalist and songwriter Patrick Bobilin ) and a B-Side cover of Bauhaus ' " Bela Lugosi's Dead " — today, they share the LP&...

DEBORAH J. LEVINE is an award-winning author, speaker, and coach. A Forbes Magazine top Diversity & Inclusion Trail Blazer, she designs cross-cultural materials and workshops based on the science of storytelling. Brought up in British Bermuda, she started her career as a Gal Friday in the garment district of NYC. Deborah has lived, worked and studied across the US and has worked in-person or v...

Kick ass drummer  Vinny Appice drops by The City's Backyard to chat about his new band SABBATH KNIGHTS with lead singer Jim Crean! Sabbath Knights is going on tour this summer and playing the greatest hits of Black Sabbath and Dio! We get the scoop from Vinny himself on what to expect...plus we chat about his days in Sabbath and Dio and have some fun talking about rock n roll! Vinny's un...

Frank Viele’s brand of New England blues rock tugs at the heartstrings, pulling the listener on a surprise journey that transcends genre. Yet even as he’s racked up accolades over the past 7 years — including New England Music Awards for Album of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Songwriter of The Year (X2), and Live Act of The Year for gutsy, gritty tracks like “Broken Love Song” and “‘Til Th...

MUSIC & ART COLLIDE     Frankie Vinci's Rock 'n' Roll journey has led him to create the Pop Art he’s so passionate about today. These raw-colorful Pop Art / Mixed Media pieces are reflective of his years as a troubadour and his Rock 'n' Roll experiences performing in the iconic clubs and concert halls from NYC to LA , all of this has become part of his tapestry as a Po...

This Episode we talk about CARS AND THE COMMUNITY for the 4th of July!  From our guest in the city's backyard...Vinny Shiccitano!  "I grew up in Norwalk and always, as far back as I can remember loved cars. I think that I first realized that I loved cars the Christmas of 1967. I was six years old and Santa gave me an HO Scale race car track. My brother, Cosmo, and I played with those tin...

We go out to New Jersey on this episode with Kiley Baxter who's back from the UK! Recently signed to release her first single, singer-songwriter Kiley Baxter has been singing for as long as she can remember, with credits to many diverse influences ranging from Whitney Houston to Miley Cyrus. Incorporating elements of soul and a retro flare into the pop genre, Kiley creates music that is both...

 Dave Revels drops by to chat about his American Dream! Making music is what he does best as we celebrate Make Music Day in the month of June! Dave became a member of The Drifters(Under The Boardwalk fame) in the 80's and afterwards, lead singer and vocal arranger/record producer for internationally acclaimed a cappella group, The Persuasions.  Dave Revels is  an independent singer-songwriter...

2021 JUNO Award Nominees, Rum Ragged, take a bold approach to the distinct folk music of their home, the Eastern Canadian island of Newfoundland. With a reverence for their roots and a creative, contemporary edge, this young band has quickly become known as the finest performers of their great, living, musical tradition. Boasting bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, banjo, guitar, and button accordion, thes...

 Actor, Comedian, Playwright Peter Fogel is one of those performers audiences have seen and enjoyed countless times on television, but you probably didn't know his name. Shows like "An Evening at The Improv," "Comedy Central," and "Comic Strip Live." On a balmy Saturday night in a South Florida theatre, funny man Fogel presented his multi-media solo show "Ti...

On this episode Andy Powell  from Wishbone Ash drops by from the city's backyard of Redding, Connecticut! Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early to mid-1970s. Their albums include Wishbone Ash (1970), Pilgrimage (1971), Argus (1972), Wishbone Four (1973), There's the Rub (1974), and New England (1976). Andy shares  some stories of sound checking before a s...

Music is in his blood. Maybe literally. This multi-instrumentalist is the son of legendary rock drummer Joe Vitale, and spent his early years cutting his teeth on the road with Joe Walsh, The Stephen Stills Blues Band, and Crosby, Stills and Nash.  Joe Vitale Jr. finally drops by the city's backyard from Akron, Ohio to chat! Like father like son Joe Jr. has a cool story to tell.   TRIUMPH. OV...

Hilary Greer is an actress, casting director and producer.  She has appeared opposite Naomi Watts in Gypsy, Carey Mulligan in She Said and Eric Roberts in Stalked by My Doctor; The Return. Most recently, she was very excited to appear for a 2nd time on Law & Order; SVU on May 18, 2023.  She has worked almost every job in production from Crafty PA to Producer. Happy in front of the camera or be...

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 radio formats including his own Sirius/XM channel. The Heartbreakers performed sold out shows for four decades. Free Fallin has been performing Tom’s music in...

Fleetwood Macked 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 comes from the bands history. Husband and wife musical team Hillary and Michael (Stevie and Lindsey ) and friends Caroline, Jay, Phil and Andrew (Christine, John and Mick), that have made great music together in various incarnations finally all c...

We check in with this awesome Texas guitarist this week from the road...Clay Melton is quickly establishing himself as a rising star, having played world-famous venues such as Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, opening for Grand Funk Railroad on the Chevrolet Main Stage at the State Fair of Texas, and sharing the stage with Sir Earl Toon, of Kool & The Gang fame. Past credits also include opening fo...

Jimmy Carpenter, saxophonist, singer-songwriter, and arranger, began his musical journey over 35 years ago. In the '80s, he toured the east coast with the renegade blues band, The Alka-Phonics , in the ’90s with the blues-rock band The Believers , with whom he learned about the music business. Over the years, Jimmy has toured internationally with Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Walter Wolfman...

We check in with legendary blues band Savoy Brown and their drummer Garnet Grimm. Savoy Brown remaining members are excited to have released its new album, Blues All Around, worldwide on Quarto Records!   The release of the new album is especially poignant in that it comes after the December 13 passing from cancer of band founder and sole constant Savoy Brown member guitarist/lead vocalist Kim Sim...

The Hollywood Allstars are the brainchild and handpicked Supergroup of Grammy Nominated Songwriter/Producer/Keyboardist, and former Epic/CBS Recording Artist, Steve Gaspár on Hammond Organ & Piano. A rare commodity, coming together between tours for fleeting and unforgettable performances. When assembled, The Allstars throw down High Octane Rockin' Funk with Blazing Horns and a crunchy Ha...

Who doesn't love to reminisce about the good times and enjoy some nostalgic music from the 70's and 80's?  We talk about what Yacht Rock means to us today and more with David Mendelsohn from the all new band YACHT LOBSTERS that just were established in 2022 in New York City! The Yacht Lobsters sail the waves of the butteriest Soft Rock of the 70's and early 80's.  Their bi...

We are hangin with  Hoey while he drops by The City's Backyard to chat  about his 2023 Spring/Summer tour in this episode! Rock guitarist Gary Hoey has worked with legends like Joe Perry, Roger Daltrey, Yes, blues icon Johnny Winter, Robben Ford, Leslie West, and KISS drummer, Peter Criss. And he has toured and traded licks with the likes of Jeff Beck, Brian May of Queen, Ted Nugent, Joe Satr...