The Popko Project

Episode 127 of The Popko Project Podcast features Plus 3, an acoustic rock band from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/ Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, Axelrad Screen Printing, and Paulson Tours. Plus 3 is BACK! After almost 20 years since their last show, the guys decided to "get the band back together". Fres...

Episode 126 of The Popko Project Podcast features Autumn Awakening, an alternative band from Utah. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Their story started 5 years ago as 15 year old kids seeing recording artist Kulick open for Sleeping With Sirens. They DM'd Kulick to s...

Episode 125 of The Popko Project Podcast features rock n' roll band, The Black Moods. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Based in Tempe, Arizona, The Black Moods are a fun 3 piece outfit who write and perform high energy songs with great choruses that simply rock. We...

Episode 124 of The Popko Project Podcast features rock artist, TIDALWAVE. Brought to you by Keller's Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. TIDALWAVE, from Germany, has toured with Three Days Grace, Skillet Music, Tremonti, and Hoobastank just to name a few. We talk about the experiences of touring...

Episode 123 of The Popko Project Podcast features progressive folk band, Vine Street. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. What started out as a couple guys jamming at an open mic night at Grotto Pizza in Edwardsville in 2014 has turned into a full band with a full l...

Episode 122 of The Popko Project Podcast features competitive and world record holding chili eater, The Scoville Unit. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. The Scoville Unit is a local record holding chili head that travels around the country to complete in chili eating...

Episode 121 of The Popko Project Podcast features alternative rock band Pretty Much Never. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Pretty Much Never formed in 2022 and have already released a 5 song EP titled 15 Minute City which is pretty impressive considering only 2 of t...

Episode 120 of The Popko Project Podcast features members of Succubus, a tribute to Incubus. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Succubus will be performing their first live show this Friday, January 13th, at the River Street Jazz Cafe. In this episode, we talk about ho...

Episode 119 of The Popko Project Podcast features country artists Marcus Welliver and Mike Elward. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Marcus and his band burst onto the scene in the middle of 2022 with an amazing song titled, "Barstool Side of Me" and never looked back...

Episode 118 of The Popko Project Podcast features indie rock artist, telco - music. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Once a trader on wall street, telco quit the rat race in 2020 to focus on his music career full time. With 2 EPs and new music on the way in 2023, tel...

Episode 117 of The Popko Project Podcast features Pete Palladino and Bret Alexander of The Badlees, a roots rock band from Pennsylvania. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. It’s safe to say that The Badlees are back! They’ll be performing live this Friday at the F.M. Ki...

Episode 116 of The Popko Project Podcast features beauty influencer/content creator, Erin Dugan Jurchak. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. With almost 275K followers on Instagram and 2.5 MILLION followers on TikTok, we get into how she took her early dreams of being a...

Episode 115 of The Popko Project Podcast features comedian Neil Rubenstein. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. I had the pleasure of meeting Neil at the Electric City Music Conference back in September. We talk about how forgettable I was at the conference, going to Fi...

Episode 114 of The Popko Project Podcast features Kyle Demko of "Always Undecided". Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Kyle is the frontman and founding member of the alternative rock band from Northeastern, Pennsylvania, Always Undecided. He's also the organizer of th...

Episode 113 of The Popko Project Podcast features The Tribe, a soul and R&B music group from Northeastern, PA. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. The Tribe is set to release their new album titled Big Stuff tomorrow, November 23rd (Thanksgiving Eve) and hosting an...

Episode 112 of The Popko Project Podcast features Tedd Hazard, a folk/punk/blues musician from Hazleton, PA. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode, we talk about the release of his upcoming album titled Destructive Criticism, recorded at JL Studios, and du...

Episode 111 of The Popko Project Podcast features singer/songwriter, Brenden Starr. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode, we talk about the release of his new song "Top of the World" which has amassed 24K views on YouTube in just over a mon...

Episode 110 of The Popko Project Podcast features Buried Giants, a hardcore band from Fall River, Massachusetts. Brought to you by Keller's Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode, we talk about the band's recent visit to Scranton during the 2022 Electric City Music Co...

Episode 108 of The Popko Project Podcast features NY/NJ/PA based band, Keep Flying. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode we talk about their newest EP released in August, reaching an audience playing shows vs on social media, playing shows...

Episode 107 of The Popko Project Podcast features Clay Cadwalader, owner/brewer at Back Mountain Brewing Company. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode find out how Clay went from growing up in Northeastern PA, joining the army and serving...

Episode 106 of The Popko Project Podcast features 97.9X WBSX program director, Mike Duffy. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC , Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. If you're from Northeastern Pennsylvania chances are you've heard Duffy's voice. He's spent time at 3 of the area's biggest ra...

Episode 105 of The Popko Project Podcast features indie/alt rock band, The Crates from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. If you haven't heard of The Crates yet, it won't be long before you do. While only having formed 6 months ago, th...

Episode 104 of The Popko Project Podcast features Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute. Brought to you by Keller's Garden Center /Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. Find out why Ben Travers of Astrology Days says, "Start Making Sense is the best national touring Talking Heads tribute band...

Episode 103 of The Popko Project Podcast features Dave Temarantz of the Wilkes-Barre based modern rock band, Candle in The Dark. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller’s Lawn Care and Landscaping Services, Ionic Development, the V-Spot Bar in Scranton, merchbooth.com and Axelrad Screen Printing. In this episode we talk about Dave’s rich history in Northeastern PA’s music scene leading him...

Episode 102 of The Popko Project Podcast features Los Angeles based singer songwriter, Cris Hodges. Brought to you by Keller’s Garden Center/Keller's Lawn Care And Landscaping Services LLC, Ionic Development, The V-Spot Bar in Scranton, MerchBooth.com, and Axelrad Screen Printing. While primarily a session musician writing for different artists as well as Paramount Pictures including movies and mo...