Kitchener Famous with Jesse and Jay

Thanks a million for another great season! We conclude this episode with some of our favorite interviews from the 2025 Belmont Village Bestival. This one features chats with: Whitehorse, Jack Pender (Bus), Tyler Wagler (The Human Rights), Mike Morrice, Kevin Coates and more. Big thanks to the coordinators and volunteers that continue to keep the festival afloat. If you or anyone you know would lik...

Buckle up and get ready to laugh for this new episode of Kitchener Famous. Today we have Tige Wright.. a prolific comedian in his own "wright" Tige has shared the stage with many notable comedians and has done his time in the scene. Today he puts on his own comedy shows and sheds light on new and upcoming comedians. It's all here on a new episode of Kitchener Famous.

What's up Kitcheez? Do you guys wanna take a deep dive into the mind of one our most treasured song writers from the area? Meet: Sydney Jones. Sydney has performed on some pretty massive stages, and written some pretty awesome songs with some incredible locals as well like Ben Rollo and Rob Szabo (to name a few). This year she is focusing on more writing and releasing music. This episode is one yo...

Today we have an OG on the show. Craig Dougan founded the first Tragically Hip tribute band, The Almost Hip, back in the early 90's. Today they are still running strong and booked all across Ontario. We get to hear a few tales of the band's humble beginnings, Craig's motive on starting this band, and ultimately why the music of The Tragically Hip is so important to our identity as Canadians. It's...

Whattup Kitchez? Take a deep dive into the lives of Glen and Larry Affeldt. Frankly, Kitchener royalty. Glen and Larry share tales of the road, tales of tragedy and chat about their new original project "Seeds of Eden". Stick around until the end of the podcast for a live performance of an original song. Like our podcast? Don't forget to like and subscribe and tell a friend! Wanna support the show...

What's up Kitchy Cats? We have a sick new episode available for you right now. Gary Stewart is a local music enthusiast, but most recently, the producer of Rock This Town: A New Wave. It's a documentary running now at the princess twin cinemas and it's an amazing look into 80s New Wave Rock scene around these parts. We get some delicious 'inside baseball' stuff happening in this episode that you w...

Whattup Kitchez? Ready for a brand new episode of Kitchener Famous? This week we have Dana Komer, the lead singer of Dana K and the Remedy. She's also a killer singer/songwriter in her own right. She has been gigging and working in the area for the better part of the last couple of decades and most recently has released her own record "Dendrochronology" (she explains the title on today's episode)....

Whattup Kitchez? In this episode Jesse & Jay get super jealous over Matt's brush with fame. Matt tells us of his humble beginnings as a singer, pianist and songwriter. We get a couple of funny tap-esque stories from his time in Brantford and Matt tells us of a beautiful, life altering moment that keeps him on his musical path at a time when he wanted to quit. Stick around at until the end of t...

Take a ride into the story of these two goofballs. For Jesse and Jay, it was like looking into a full length mirror while they just went at eachother (while attempting to tell their tales). We find out how they met, their early influences and get a peak into where they're at now and what's coming. We would like to thank this year's sponsors: Room 47, The Duke of Wellington, Encore Records, The Bel...

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Braydon Kains Braydon has been a present guitarist, bassist and singer on the KW music scene for over a decade now. Most recently, he has taken an incredibly admirable role at The Grand River Blues Society as one of the coordinators and teachers of the Blues camp. It is a week long camp with incredibly talented instructors and teachers that offers kids a shot at playing on t...

The name's Wayne. ... Wayne Bond. If you're involved in anyway, shape or form with the Kitchener - Waterloo music scene, than you have definitely encountered this force (or at least heard of him). He is one of our favourite all time rock drummers and also makes for an incredible engineer and producer. Most recently, you can hear him on his work with "Seeds of Eden" and with our o...

Whoa.. this is a biggen. How many of you knew that Jesse had a soccer (football) superstar cousin?? On today's episode we are joined by David Edgar. If you haven't heard of him, than you're probably not a fan of soccer because David is a giant in the Soccer (football) community. He started out having to make a pretty big decision as to whether or not it was going to be hockey or soccer. He made th...

Welcome back to another awesome episode of Kitchener Famous. If you're from the area and you were paying attention to our last federal election, you would know how close our local elected were and therefore know the importance and value of voting is. Mike was our local elected Green Party MP. He continues to be a pioneer for many local initiatives and has helped pass some very important bills. Mos...

What's up m' Kitchezz? If you're reading this, then you've probably seen our guest perform with some of the most killer acts the region has to offer over the years. From his many performances with Mel Brown and the Homewreckers to his most recent shows with The Western Swing Authority, and far beyond, Jimmy Boudreau has garnered many accolades over the years for his consistent and amazing drum ski...

What's up m' Kitchezz? If you're reading this, then you should know that Robi has been a powerful force of not just the Toronto music scene, not just the LA music scene... but also of our own KW music scene. His humble beginnings of a guitarist and song writer in our scene quickly blossomed into some major relationships which landed him on monumental records of our time...notably of The Tragically...

Whattup Kitchezz? We have a doozie for you today. Mike D (aka John Orpheus) is not only one of KW's finest song writers and master of funk/soul... he's also an author and radio host. Jesse & Jay could learn a thing or two from this bad ass motha! Mike started earlier around here with the Jen Militia and Stone Prophets and eventually graduated to touring with the Happy Mondays and opening for L...

Holy smokes. We finally did it! We got one of our most desired guests since we've started doing this.. and boy did he deliver. Bob Egan is seriously one of Jay & Jesse's north stars as a musician. More importantly, he's just an all around great person. His tale is truly a rags to riches story. He tells us tales about getting advise from Johnny Cash (you read that right: Johnny Cash...

Whattup m' kitchezz? We got an awesome episode here for you today.. especially for you guitar lovers! We sit down and chat with the one and only John Woods from the Elmira Vintage guitar show but not before he tells us a tales of his days as a dead head. John also operates Studio 7 in Elmira, Ontario where Jesse has been recording some of his latest singles. You can catch John at the 2025 Elmi...

Whattup Kitchezz? Thanks for coming back and tuning in to part two of the Best of the Bestival episodes. This one's a doozie. This week we have Jordan Long, The Weber Brothers, MP: Mike Morrice, Bestival founder: Tim Moher, MPP: Aislinn Clancy, Mayor: Barry Vrbanovic, I the moutain, Karen Heckman, and Waterloo region chair: Karen Redman. Thanks to this year's sponsors: The Foundry Tavern/T...

Hey friends! Welcome back to an all new season of Kitchener Famous with Jesse and Jay. We want to thank you for coming back and listening. Today's episode features our "on sight investigative journalism" skills from last year's Belmont Village Bestival. Because so many of the artist's graciously took time to chat with us, we had to split this episode into two parts. This epis...

Whats up Kitcheez? Are you ready for our season closer? In this episode, we sat down at the Belmont Bestival fundraiser with local producer, singer/songwriter and..err.. Gleek? Miss Amanda Kind. Amanda has been an inspiration to a ton of up and comers and wonderful musicians alike. Her blend of pop, rock and country makes for a wonderful listen whether your mending a broken heart, drinking whiskey...

Whose ready to lay down the law? Perhaps break... the ....law ?????? We have one of Kitchener's most recognizable voices on our show today. From DAVE FM, the morning buzz man himself, Darryl Law. Buckle up for a ride as Darryl gives us a look into some of his encounters from his 35+ year career, how he got fired from a Winnipeg radio station and how he became one of the tri cities most recognized...

Calling all Kitchiezz!! We got a hell of an episode for you today. Our good friend Avalon Stone has dropped into the Kitchener Memorial Poditorium to discuss all things music! Where she started, where she's going and some of her favorite moments along the way. She has a brand new single and video that just dropped called "Harder" available now on all streaming platforms. Stick around until the end...

What's up Kitchiezzzz? If you've been to any blues, rock, soul or R&B shows in the tri city area in the last 25 years, then you have definitely seen Chris Latta. Chris got his start with the basics of Rock. A well versed education of Tony Iomi, Jimi Hendrix and Richie Blackmore, to name a few. When he was introduced to the blues, it opened up a pallet within Pandora's box and led to what has argua...

What's up Kitchezz? Today we have one of our best friends ever: Jack Pender. Jesse met Jack over 20 years ago in a little downtown bar in Kitchener called Harrys. They jammed and jammed and jammed and eventually arrived at the conclusion that they were obsessed with Pink Floyd... Flash forward 10 years and the birth of the Crazy Diamonds happened. These days, Jack still is going with The Diamonds...