The City's Backyard

Thanks to Laurie Money aka Mrs. $ for the idea  to dig up some old interviews of some classic rock legends! It all started with a post she wrote on the Eddie Money social media page....listen to the podcast to find out the rest of the story on how this idea came about. Laurie was kind enough to email me back to give me the blessing to air this interview of  Eddie! She loved hearing his voice again...

Three local musicians got together to collaborate on a new song just in time for the holidays called "Will Santa Come This Year?" We enjoyed interviewing all three of them for this bonus holiday episode!  MICHAEL MUGRAGE:  "Michael was a member of the popular band Orleans of "Still The One" and "Dance With Me" fame. James Brown, "the Godfather of Soul",...

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of  The City's Backyard Podcast featuring classic rock stars each week for the rest of the year throughout the month of December. In each interview we talk a little bit about each artist and then go back in time to  a decade or more ago  with the interview of each iconic rock star. This week we chat with drummer Roger Earl from FOGHAT! They are on t...

We chat with film makers, directors, composers, volunteers and more at the second annual Norwalk Film Festival! For more on the festival click on the link! https://www.norwalkfilmfestival.org/

The City's Backyard One Year Anniversary Acoustic Unplugged Series wraps up at Sugar Hollow Taproom in Danbury, Connecticut! Sugar Hollow is the newest live music venue in the state! We chat with a couple of patrons, Audrey from Bethel, JD from Ridgefield, the lead singer Anthony Gach from the Westchester, New York band called Harmonic Aggression, and John Conner one of the owners at Sugar Ho...

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of  The City's Backyard Podcast featuring classic rock stars each week for the rest of the year throughout the month of December. In each interview we talk a little bit about each artist and then go back in time to  a decade or more ago  with the interview of each iconic rock star. This week we chat with guitarist Nils Lofgren from Bruce Springsteen...

The City's Backyard One Year Acoustic Unplugged Series at Redding Beer Co. with Dad and Daughter Duo Brian And Brooke Matzke! Prizes from Sugar Hollow Taproom in Danbury, Wall Street Rock and Roll Tavern in Norwalk and The City's Backyard Podcast! Live on the road all  month! Proceeds of tips for the live music and CD sales at RBC going to the Redding Food Bank!  https://brianmatzke.com/...

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of  The City's Backyard Podcast featuring classic rock stars each week for the rest of the year throughout the month of December. In each interview we talk a little bit about each artist and then go back in time to over a decade ago with the interview of each iconic rock star. This week we chat with rocker Billy Squier. We talk about his success in...

The City's Backyard Podcast celebrates our one year anniversary with Classic Rock star interviews all month and live remotes all over the backyard of New York City! To kick it off we go to Norwalk's first and only Rock n Roll Restaurant and Bar called Wall Street Tavern! Yes it is on Wall Street...not in NYC but right in the heart of Norwalk, Connecticut! Local favorite Steven Keith play...

We go up to the backyard of upstate New York and welcome Academy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter John Denicola! John collaborated on the mega hits Time Of My Life and Hungry Eyes on the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack with Patrick Swayze which sold over 60 million copies worldwide! He also discovered Maroon 5 who were called something else before they renamed the band (listen to the interview to find out...

We chat and hear some great music from Ridgefield Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Karen Zimmer! Karen blends elements of folk, blues and country with a hint of pop to create her unique sound. Growing up with a love of music, she spent most of her younger years studying jazz and playing the clarinet and some piano. When she was 25 years old, she bought a guitar on a whim and fell in love. Her f...

 We chat with local author Michael Carlon on this episode and go to the city's backyard of Stamford, Connecticut. Mike is author of the successful Farrah Graham series of books as well as stand alone novels including Return to Casa Grande, Winning Streak, and the hilarious All the F*cks I Cannot Give. When he is not writing a novel, a magazine article, or a piece for his local newspaper, Mike...

We head up to Redding, Connecticut for some Fall Fun live on location! We chat all about craft beer, Live Music from Westport's Accidental Breakdown and we even talk with some of the patrons at Redding Beer, Lori from Fairfield and Mike from Stamford/Norwalk!  https://www.reddingbeer.com/

Similar Kind is an indie pop band from Norwalk, CT. It originated as just a few friends jamming in a garage and has blossomed into a five piece band playing shows all over the northeast. Similar Kind has played with acts such as Sunflower Bean, Hot Flash Heatwave, Flock of Seagulls, & more. We chat with guitarist  Ben Mcnamara in on the podcast and play a couple of the band's songs. Simil...

This episode is all about the theatre industry finally get back on it's feet... literally! Shows are back, actors are back, the lighting and stage crew are back, the ushers and dressers....and of course the audience is back! It's great to chat about how important a live audience is for any sort of entertainment especially theatre and comedy! Our guest on this episode is Lou Ursone ! He i...

We talk with local CT musician Alan Marcus from a new band called The British Legends of Rock Show. Alan had a long run in other bands in Fairfield County but wanted to step it up and form a new kind of tribute band...instead of catering to just one popular rock band like Led Zeppelin or The Who and their songs he decided to change it up by paying tribute to multiple bands. But he had to draw the...

We go out to the city's backyard and chat with rock singer Jim Crean. Jim is a recording/touring musician and has been rockin' the stages of different cities and towns for over 39 years! He has fronted many regional and national recording artists. He has won numerous awards in the music industry and was inducted in the Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame in 2019! Jim Crean released seven solo alb...

We celebrate ROCKTOBERFEST at Redding Beer Company with their 4 year anniversary in the beer park and tap room! Great fall weather, fall foliage, live music from a new classic rock/punk cover band called WEEKEND Affection and giveaways from The City's Backyard Podcast! We chat with owner and brewmaster Jim Balsir and his right hand man and son Dave, plus  Cindy Gutierrez -Fasolino the lead si...

Connecticut's own Jay Stollman chats with us in the city's backyard of Norwalk, CT while working on a private streaming concert with Jose Feliciano at Factory Underground Studios. Jay is Jose's right hand man! He does everything from being his booking agent to playing and singing on back up vocals to producing a show and even handing him a pick! Jay has worked with tons of musicians...

We chat with two great actors about local theatre right in your own backyard of Fairfield County! Music Theatre of Connecticut launches New Voices — a non-musical pilot program that gives a spotlight to five contemporary plays by living authors in staged readings — Oct. 11 with Jeff Talbott ’s mysterious relationship drama i . The 2021-22 series also includes the comedy Hollywood, Nebraska by Kenn...

The Fall weather is here with cooler weather! What does that mean for your workouts? How do we stay in shape with challenges at the gym wearing masks and a global pandemic still going on in the world? We chat with Susan Clancy about how to get moving outside this fall and what we can do as we age to stay strong! Plus we check in with Nicole Delli Bovi aka NikkiFit and talk about workouts from the...

SWEET MARIE . . . SISTERS IN THEIR EARLY 20s HAVE UNIQUE MUSICAL MATURITY . . .  PRODUCED BY WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN DAVID SANCIOUS We chat with the he new duo Sweet Marie! Sisters Gabbi and Katie tell us all about how they got into music being educated by their father teaching them to appreciate artists from the past decades! Proof of their musical maturity is found in the wide variety of styles and...

We go to the backyard of Orange Connecticut to chat with iconic drummers Carmine Appice and Vinny Appice before their Drum Wars Show at The Milford Performance Center! Carmine played in many groups and helped pave the way for Vinny. Carmine was in Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Rod Stewart, and Ozzie Osbourne! Vinny was in Black Sabbath, Rick Derringer and Dio and played with John Lennon! 

Real Estate is on fire in the suburbs since the pandemic! People want to be in the backyard of the big big cities like Miami and Manhattan! We talk to Mia Melissa DeSanty aka Mia in Miami  and Gloria and Nate in Norwalk! Gloria  and Nathan Dillard really do love Norwalk and it's history so much that they contacted the TV show American Pickers to come to their hometown to do some picking!  We...

We are Live at Redding Beer for Octoberfest with Live Music, Great Beer, and Fun! First we chat with Brewmaster Dave Balsir about their new beers on tap! We hear from Greg Woolf from Westport's  Accidental Breakdown and then we head to Sono to check in with The Breakers from Boston...the awesome Tom Petty Tribute band. We talk with lead singer Chris Chartier and also Tommy Booth backstage fro...