Your Next Favorite Band

Exordium Tyyyme!!!  Here for your Musikfest prep!  We'll be broadcasting live from The Flying V Poutinerie, one of the premiere food vendors during the fest.  We'll check in with owner Christie Vymazal to see how their prep is going, confirm there's no potato shortage, and if they have any special menu items for this year. In this Part 1 of the Exordium, we'll spend time with P...

Back in 2008, veteran Michael Focareto was assigned a project as part of a self-help course he was taking, that asked him to develop something that would help the community and enlist others to help him bring it to life.  He looked around the sporting event he was at and saw many empty seats.  Knowing how much events like this would mean to the thousands of veterans and first responders across the...

Get yourself ready for some shreddin!  We bring on incredible bluesman Greg Sover to talk about his journeys to Philly, from Brooklyn and finding his talent for the guitar, which is truly special.  He also has found his voice, which is sharing stories that are relatable and seek to create unity and work through issues together, not just overcome them. The child of Haitian immigrants, Sover was rai...

Prepare yourself to be immersed in warm, harmony-rich, disco rock anthems by the purveyors of pure energy - Smokey Brights.  Based in the Pacific Northwest, the Smokeys are fronted by husband/wife duo Ryan Devlin and Kim West.  Rounding out their harmonies and exceptional musicality is Luke Ragnar on bass and Nick Krivchenia on drums. We've been obsessed with the music of Smokey Brights since...

Check out all of the exclusive live performances from our livestream episodes from October 2023 to March 2024. Includes: 00:06:25 - "You Have Changed" by ‪@BanditsOnTheRun‬ 00:13:00 - "Spooky" by ‪@cloveronthemic‬ 00:18:11 - "I Hate Love Songs" by ‪@SethWitcher‬ 00:23:59 - Ripped Solos and National Anthems by ‪@DaveHillOfficial‬ 00:30:21 - "Spells" by ‪@easy...

Ready for some gypsy-soul rock-n-roll??  Well you're going to love the music and the convo with Gina Zo of Velvet Rouge.  They have brand new music coming out to continue their exceptional offerings and performances that made them Philly's hottest rock band. Gina's been singing and dancing pretty much since she could start to talk and walk.  And took to all aspects of being a musici...

Today we displace the guilt and embrace the pleasure as we welcome Nate Runkel as a guest and a co-host, so I guess its a guest co-host!  We've done super collabos with Nate previously but today the focus will be on just us and some knucklehead banter. First, we'll promo the upcoming songwriter's round we helped co-curate the line-up of: Sounds of the Underground on Fri 6/21 on the...

Recently, we made a guest appearane on the Lunch Express hosted by Kate Hughes on iHeart Radio WXLV the X . We promoted the upcoming Levitt SteelStacks show on Friday, June 21st: Sounds of the Underground (co-curated by Gerard Longo at Underground Music Collective and Phillip Reese at Your Next Favorite Band ) will feature eight eastern Pennsylvania-based performers across two stages. https://www....

One of our favorite finds of 2023, we saw The Hooten Hallers in concerts and could not believe what we were experiencing.  They bring a unique and even peculiar vision of Americana: a fiery, bluesy, rock & roll fever dream.  You're going to love it! Joining us is John Randall - player of both electric and lap steel guitars, and fronts many of the bands songs with his infernal growl, remin...

In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by special guest Shayna Super, who as Executive Director of the Levitt SteelStacks , leads the effort to curate the line-up for the FREE shows on tha...

In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by "light of the world" and hot, up-and-coming artist Sug Daniels out of Philadelphia.  She was on our show last summer where we dove in to...

In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by special guest Jesse Lundy of Rising Sun Presents and Point Entertainment .  He was a guest on our show back in January for a full interview, and b...

No secrets here!  We are thrilled to bring you the story and the music of Mike Roi and his band Roi & the Secret People.  He started his journey in Jupiter, FL, spent time in Philly and NY as things picked up, and then the woman he loved and the town of Easton in the Lehigh Valley inspired him to lay down roots, all while releasing incredible music. We'll dive in to how he started his mus...

Recently, we made a guest appearane on the Lunch Express hosted by Kate Hughes on iHeart Radio WXLV the X .  We promoted the upcoming Your Next Favorite Band presents... show at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem, PA featuring Sug Daniels and Roi & the Secret People : Acoustic, sharing the inspiration around curating a line-up of bands for the stage, details about the event, and music from each of t...

We were super in to The American Hotel System heading in to Musikfest 2023 as one of our "Must See" bands, and we loved them even more after seeing them perform.  So we are thrilled to be able to bring them on the show. From Grand Rapids, MI, this alt-rock band that transcends the ordinary and expected. Founded in 2017 by Jacob Betts (Lead Vocals and Guitar), Hailey Petty (Drums), Jake L...

Time for us to check back in with Rench, Dolio the Sleuth, R-Son the Voice of Reason, and the rest of the genre-busting phenomenon that is Gangstagrass. They'll take time while on tour to share with us the latest music they've got cookin' up for their upcoming release - The Blackest Thing On The Menu.  We'll take a listen to "Only Way Out Is Through" and "Obligat...

This week we are joined by Nashville-based singer/songwriter Wila Frank - a hot, up-and-coming artist with a knack for taking the styles from her youth playing folk/americana music to a more alt-pop sound, all while making impossible sounds possible. With music often referred to as "cinematic", "introspective" and many other superlatives, I just like to say its incredible, and...

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're releasing highlights from our Listen to the Dissonance event from back in February, where we brought together 4 incredible musicians to share songs and conversations about mental health. This special day featured: - Mike & Shannon Mains - Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise - Seán Barna - Carly Comando of Slingshot Dakota We also were spotlight...

Tune in this week as we spend time with Judah Kim - a Philly-based "underdog" DIY alt-rocker who's songs have soaring vocals, and structure that put your ears at ease.  David puts forth a "Beatles/Radiohead" vibe, and that sounds just about perfect. Judah was born in Philly, the 7th of 8 from parents to immigrated from South Korea.  A proud Asian American, Judah is passion...

This week's conversation will have it all - incredible music, inspiring story, deep conversation about overcoming grief, international relations, trips to the arctic circle, synesthesia, quilting with brilliance, and even the Philadelphia Eagles.  Yep...all of that!  So you will not want to miss our conversation with Eliza Hardy Jones. Of course, primarily this is about the first item on that...

During this episode we also talk about the Earth.  We only have one!  So we need to take good care of it, like it does for us.  Awareness is everything, so we will be sharing data and info, we'll shine a light on people and organizations doing great things, and of course some music along the way that's inspired by the need to take action.  We'll also preview important details for th...

Get ready for the psychedelic soul of Moustapha Noumbissi - Philly-based multi-instrumentalist who music is emerging and on the rise right now. Born in Belgium to Cameroonian parents, Moustapha grew up a participant of many musical traditions, including West African drumming, American pop, and choral music. We get in to all of that and then some...how he acquired his guitar from his college roomma...

Brian Walker is on a mission to spread good vibes.  He achieves this through many, many ways.  Of course our focus today will be to feel those vibes through his music and his band A Day Without Love. Take a moment to spend some time as we hear about his early inspirations, how his poetry got turned in to the first songs, and how one of them, inspired by the ugliness of domestic violence that he he...

98...99...100!!  We've been livestreaming and publishing podcasts for almost 2 years now, releasing content weekly for the majority of that time, and we are now at our 100th episode.  Can't believe it!  Thank you all so much for tuning in, downloading, and trusting us to introduce you to "your next favorite band". To help us honor the century mark, we'll be joined first by...

Do you think you can play like Django?  How about Radus?  Well think again, and tune in for our in-person convo with incredible finger-pickin singer-songwriter Alex Radus and prepare for "genre whiplash"! We sit down with him and learn about how people recognized his talent at a young age, earning him the opportunity to attend the Augusta Heritage Center - dedicated to the preservation o...