The Story

Super excited to announce new guest, Katie Damiano, to The Story! Katie Damiano is a music therapist who believes adamantly that "music is not a luxury. Music is a necessity." She has two decades of experience working with children with special needs. In addition, Katie is the Executive Director of Heartstrings United, a non-profit organization with the mission of bringing sustainable earl...

Super excited to announce new guest, Jason Carst, to The Story! Jason Carst is an acoustic/loop song interpreter from Linglestown, PA who performs many unique shows per year in Pennsylvania and the northeast. He began his love of music at an early age listening to many genres of music rolling around in his parents’ car. He picked up the guitar in his high school years to learn some of his favorite...

Super excited to announce new guest, Spoken Musik, to The Story! DeJuan Rosado, a Native of Lancaster,Pa, also known as Spoken Musik, is a multifaceted Hip Hop performing artist. Born on June 19th, 1987, he started playing the drums in church at the age of 5 and realized that he had the gift of writing poems/spoken word at the age of 14. He continued to play drums throughout the years as he began...

Super excited to announce next guest, Jon Garcia, to The Story! Harrisburg, PA’s Jon Garcia (of Jon Garcia and The Hopeless Romantics) has been honing his infectious brand of pop rock since 2013. Fans of Reliant K and Switchfoot will take note of the anthemic quality and beautiful melodies present in each of these tracks. Growing up in Los Angeles, CA, his family relocated east to the shores of Ha...

Super excited to announce new guest, Lucid Ruby, to The Story! Energetic structure, belting vocals, and unique percussion; indie-blues rock artist Lucid Ruby has a full, melodious tone. ​Lucid Ruby is an independent project by singer-songwriter Bailey Appleby out of central Pennsylvania and has been performing since 2018. Lucid Ruby released "Capable" a five song EP at Summer Threestival 2...

Super excited to announce new guest, Clifton Bryan, to The Story! Clifton Bryan is originally from central Florida. He grew up on the redneck side of town. Country music was always playing in his house growing up. Everyone always said he was the entertainer of the family. Clifton started playing the guitar around 19yrs old. He had just gotten out of the Army and was living with his uncle who taugh...

Super excited to announce new guest, Johny B The Storyteller, to The Story! Johny B grew up in the streets of Northeastern Baltimore. Times weren't always easy as Johny was growing up, but one thing was always on his mind: Music. Music has always been a part of his life thanks to his parents and older brother. He picked up his first guitar at six and well, the rest is history. Whether it was p...

Super excited to announce new guest, Sam Schmidthuber, to The Story! Sam Schmidthuber, is an award winning Nashville Recording Artist and country singer/songwriter from Chester County PA. He has had chart topping hits, won awards domestically and overseas, and most recently won Songwriter Achievement of the Year at the Grand Ol Opry in Nashville, TN. He tours year round and continues to grow his d...

Super excited to start off season two of The Story with new guest, Katie Miller! As the oldest grandchild of Sight & Sound’s founders, Katie first stepped onto the stage when she was four years old, making her the first member of the family’s third generation to be a part of the ministry. Throughout her 30 year tenure Katie has served in various capacities within the company, including human r...

Before we start announcing guests on The Story, we’d like to introduce our host, Cory Rosen! Cory Rosen is a songwriter, composer, pianist, and so much more! He graduated from Lancaster Bible College with a degree in both Music Composition and Biblical Studies. Born and raised in Salisbury, MD with a father who was a notable local drummer and a mother who loved the marching band, Cory fell in love...

Super excited to announce new guest, Hold Fast, to The Story! Whether spinning tales of the sea, songs of whiskey, or lessons on love and life, Hold Fast are the backdrop to a rowdy good time. Their versatility carries them across genres from Celtic punk to Irish folk to pirate rock. Exiles and mutineers all, Hold Fast can get a rebellion started and keep it going long into the early morning! You...

Super stoked to announce new guest, Andrew Pauls, to The Story! Performer and songwriter Andrew Pauls has been active in the Lancaster music scene and beyond since 2015, bringing energy, humor, and vulnerability into rooms of all sizes. He leads with a story — whether that’s a story about his own life, someone he met along the way, or one he’s made up. Andrew’s songs range from foot-stomping bops...

Super excited to announce new guest, Christopher Shih, to The Story! Physician and pianist Christopher Shih has a remarkable dual career as both full-time practicing physician and actively concertizing pianist. Hailed by the New York Times as "an intelligent and thoughtful musician," with "effortless performances" and "consummate control," he has performed in major venues w...

Cursed to sail the seas for the next 700 years, Plunder & Lightning is a band of scallywag pirates (forced into) playing original sea-inspired songs, shanties, and ghost tales delivered through a lively show, a boatload of humor, and a tankard of grog. With a wide musical range, they bridge a gap between dead-serious, driving folk-rock and musical comedy. They deliver hooks that call upon the...

Super excited to announce next guest, Ryan Geesaman, to The Story! Ryan A. Geesaman has been involved in media and technology since the 7th grade. While he spent a good amount of time on the stage in high school and college, his professional career has been mainly behind the scenes. He holds a degree in Television/Radio from Ithaca College and a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Penn Sta...

Super stoked to announce next guest, Jess Zimmerman, to The Story! The Jess Zimmerman Band is a Country Rock Band formed in 2015 and based in Southeastern PA. Jess's love for country music combined with rock influences of band members, Joe Barszowski, John Knobler, and Joe Mattis creates a band with music that has a lasting impact on all that witness their show. With influences from musicians/...

Super excited to announce new guest, Karen Blanchard, to The Story! Karen Blanchard earned a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance and a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from Temple University. She has sung with various professional choral ensembles throughout the Philadelphia area such as Opera Philadelphia, Philadelphia Singers, the Bridge Ensemble, the Spoleto Music Festival Ch...

Super excited to announce new guests, Bones Culture, to The Story! Ben Oaks was born & raised in Chicago in a house much like the show "Shameless". In middle school, he moved to PA; to where Delaware, Maryland & PA meet. It was then a tiny, one light farm town - West Grove. Then Ben bounced back & forth until high school where he was classmates with Bam in West Chester. After g...

Super excited to announce next guest, Luther Tyree, to The Story! Luther Tyree is a spirited Smooth Jazz / Blues Fusion guitarist who enthralls audiences with his dynamic technique and soulful melodies. Luther developed a passion for rock, blues, and jazz guitar at the age of 5 in Pittsburgh Pa. He acquired his first guitar at 13 years old and never looked back. After completing a 20+ year militar...

Super stoked to announce new guest, Logan Kurtek, to The Story! A do-it-all kind of guy, York PA’s Logan Kurtek is drawn to the endless possibilities in music. While saxophone is his main gig, his excitement and curiosity has led him to play 7 different instruments, and fostered the ability to make music on just about anything he touches. This skill has landed Logan in the recording booth and on s...

Super excited to announce returning guest, Chris Keeney, to The Story! Originally from mid-state Virginia, Chris has lived in Lancaster for most of his life. He earned a BM from Lebanon Valley College as a music and recording major, and then jumped right into teaching and performing. Over the past 18 years, Chris has taught many hundreds of guitar students, both collegiately and through private le...

Super excited to announce new guest, Mike Bitts, to The Story! Mike Bitts is a local Lancaster based multi-instrumentalist. He’s played bass for The Innocence Mission, Solar Federation, The Genesis Show, Naked Eye Ensemble, and Tractor Jerry and the Mud Bucket, a bluegrass/alt country group which won best alt country group by ‘Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame’ in 2021. Mike has released thr...

Super excited to announce new guest, Brandon Valentine, to The Story! Brandon Valentine is the President and Founder of the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame--a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. With the last name of "Valentine," you wouldn't believe that he was not only born on Valentine's Day (February 14th), but he's also from Hershey, PA (the Sweetest Place on Earth)...

Super excited to announce new guest, Ben Brandt, to The Story! One could say Ben Brandt was born with a guitar in his hands and this would not be far from the truth. The son of a professional musician, Ben cannot remember a time when the guitar was not a part of his life. As a baby he was fascinated by the instrument and by the time he was three he was picking out riffs on his father’s guitars. In...

Super excited to announce new guest, Caleb Stelle, to The Story! In addition to being a tenured orchestra teacher at Central Dauphin SD, Caleb has served as a Violin Masterclass Instructor and Chamber Strings Coach for Messiah College’s Orchestra Camp and as an Artist in Resident for Jump Street/PA Council on the Arts. Caleb studies violin under Peter Sirotin, concertmaster for the Harrisburg Symp...