Your Next Favorite Band

Enjoy these highlights from our recent cautionary celebration during Earth Month - the inaugural No Planet B Jamboree!  Featured are our interviews with: - Paige Roth from Reverb.org - Blair Crimmins & the Hookers sharing his music as " Captain Crimmins & the Story Boat Band " sponsored by Soul Shine Schools - Ellie Wyatt from Music Declares Emergency , including her song "L...

Tune in as Phillip and David spend time with the rising cinematic, opera-pop of IVA.  They'll check in with her about her early inspirations from her "Renaissance Man' grandfather to watching "Hard Days Night" everyday before kindergarten.  Then starting to train as an opera singer at 9 years old, to studying at illustrious universities and then abroad in Sweden.  Which le...

Get ready for some Philly vibe! Phillip and David spend time with R-Son the Voice of Reason - MC, BoomBap Therapist, True School alumnus, member of the world's greatest bluegrass/hip-hop band, Gangstagrass. They'll cover his story starting from rhymes in the back of the school bus in 1st grade to the recent release of his latest solo jawns, and all the topics in-between. Rumor has it R-S...

Phillip and David spend some time with fellow podcasters David Lizerbram and Andy Keatts, hosts of the phenomenal Rock Docs podcast - recently signed to the Treble Media family of offerings.  We'll learn how they got inspired to dedicate conversations towards music documentaries, dive in to a couple of key episodes, and hear what they've got planned coming up.  Tune in, and then check ou...

Holy Smokes...we got a natural!!  Incredible blues guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan took a moment from touring to spend with Phillip and David to share his other-worldly experiences - being on the stage by 4, on the news by 5, the Ellen Degeneres show at 6, being asked to play on a Buddy Guy record at 8, nationally touring his own music 9, playing Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Mad...

Some horses were always meant to run wild!  Join Phillip and David as they spend time with Phil Leavitt and Joie Calio of 7Horse, and their filthy postpunk blues.  Wait til you hear the stories of these 2 lifelong musicians, and their sound!  They are sure to impress and you'll be surprised at how much you already know from them. Note: we actually didn't get to everything we wanted to, a...

Chillax with the smooth reggae dub of Trouble City All-Stars on this Sunday, any Sunday, or any day of the week for that matter.  It's here for when you need it! Text us your thoughts on this episode, and who should be OUR #NextFavBand... As always, our hope is to bring you "your next favorite band".  If you tuned in today because you already knew this musician - thank you very much...

Tune in as Phillip spends time with Matty, Todd and Seth Juknevic of Trouble City All-Stars - Bethlehem's premier reggae, dub band.  They'll explore all of the back story of how they found their instruments, their stride and their story. They are on-location this week at The Bavarian Tavern, a future location of Bonn Place Brewing. And they play live during the show!  Please enjoy this B...

Come join Phillip and David as they spend time with Nashville-based rockstar, and literal poster child for Your Next Favorite Band - Jon Worthy.  Jon's electric performances have been blazing the Bethlehem stages over the past few years.  At one of them, Phillip captured the photogenic performance in silhouette and thus our main image was born!  We'll hear all about Jon's early year...

Phillip and David were honored to be invited to interview Sean Kelly of The Samples IN PERSON!  This is one of their longest and strongest #favbands and were so pumped to make this a reality.  So they headed to Boonton Coffee in Boonton, NJ where Sean had performed the night before to hear all about how he famously dropped out of high school (the system actually failed him) and headed out to Bould...

Slainté!  Join Phillip and David as they head over to McCarthy's Red Stag pub in Bethlehem, PA to meet up with Fig For A Kiss - an incredible local Celtic music trio.  First, Phillip sits down with the owner and founder of McCarthy's, Neville Gardner and learn about his path to the States and starting up the shop Donegal Square and Granny McCarthy's Tea Shop (which ultimately become...

This week Phillip and David go "on location" to broadcast from the Bethlehem House Gallery, where they first chat with Director and Curator Ward Van Haute to learn more about the gallery and the artists who are displayed there.  One such artists is their guest for this week - Matthew "Paco" Calleri.  Paco's pieces are made with glass, metal and rock n roll.  From guitar st...

Spend some time with Phillip and David on Valentines Day with some romantic jazz as they are joined by stunning vocalist Corinne Mammana. Praised by JazzTimes for “superb technique”, and All About Jazz for her “sheer genius” arrangements, American jazz singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist and bandleader Corinne Mammana is passionate about preserving the music of the past while placing he...

Enjoy this special treat - We took all of the live performances from our interviews last year June through December and featuring them all tonight. Including: 01:48 - "Briggs" - Mike Mains & the Branches 05:57 - "I Should Know Better" - Aubrey Haddard 11:36 - "Green As Ever" - Aubrey Haddard 15:41 - "I Like You Around" - Hotel Fiction 21:10 - "Hamme...

Join Phillip and David for a dive in to music discovery as they sit down with award winning app developer Marcos Tanaka.  Together they explore Marcos' background, the latest developments in APIs and their impact, as well as dive in to 2 of his apps: 2020 App of the Year MusicHarbor and the way to get your fix on liner notes, MusicSmart.  Marcos has also released Best New App of 2022 MusicBox...

Join Phillip and David as they cover why they are not sharing the "best of" moments of 2022, (Spoiler Alert: Phillip got married) and share some the "favorites" that performed at the wedding.   They also provide some of the recent releases of new music by prior guests like The Darling Suns, Emily Drinker and Jackson Pines, and cover the concerts they are interested in attending...

Join us as we sit down with neo-folk songstress Emily Drinker, who recently performed during our Winter WonderJam.  A Philly-native, with deep roots connected to music and the area, Emily shares stories of her early days being exposed to musical theatre and Philly Folk Fest, beginning songwriting in college and then joining a band for a run of performing on cruise ships in the Mediterranean.  Then...

Join us for the first episode of the new year as we spend time with Donovan O'Rourke and Simon Wernovsky from Terrible Orange Things.  In addition to an amazing band name, they play some of the most raw and authentic rock music around, teeming with emotion and angst of when life is in flux, which happens at any and all ages. They've compared their sound to "an unholy blend of Goo Go...

Join Phillip and David as they reflect upon 2022 and "put a bow" on things for the new year. They start with discussing the "nether" that are the 5 days after the holidays before the New Year and ideas on how to improve that (knuckleheads).  They then reflect back on the Winter WonderJam and share how much was raised for New Bethany Ministries ($665!!).  They then play clips of...

Gather round the fireplace for some holiday songs that are sure to bring "tidings of comfort & joy"!  We're starting a new tradition for this week that we are off from recording, and will share the best of moments and all of the music from last year's holiday show .  Last year was the inaugural episode of its kind, and was when we were part of the Lehigh Valley with Love po...

Live from Godfrey Daniels !  Enjoy this edited version that includes all of the holiday songs and highlights from the guests who joined us that played them, especially the 5 live performers. Deep gratitude and thanks once again to Godfrey Daniels, especially Ramona LaBarre, for allowing us to broadcast from there, and also to Mike Duck who's genius on the sound made it all happen flawlessly....

This week we're joined by Dan Drago, the host of 25 O'Clock.  In the second half of the convo, we hear how he started and made 25 O'Clock the longest running music podcast in Philadelphia (we think).  Also, very cool moments around music that "flipped a switch" for our ears and where we were introduced to them, which spans from WBER, listener supported radio station in Roc...

This week we're joined by Dan Drago, the host of 25 O'Clock.  In the first half of our conversations, we hear more about his story, how he navigated back to Philly from Western NY, music influences, bands he played in,  and his international smash hit "South Street Bridge". Bio Dan Drago has called Philadelphia home since 2004, moving there from Western New York to establish a...

It's not every day you get to spend time with a highly decorated cognitive neuroscientist who's also an award winning musician who has done research on what happens in your brain when listening to music.  Since this is often our pursuit and our hope for you the viewer/listener, we were honored and humbled to have Daniel Levitin join our show for an amazing conversation around science and...

Join us this week for a fireside chat as Phillip and David gather for some banter that includes snippets from the recent Screaming Females concert they attended, previews of upcoming guests (Daniel Levitin and Dan Drago), early details on the upcoming Winter WonderJam episode which will broadcast from Godfrey Daniels on Dec 13th, and spend a moment sharing what they are thankful for...you the list...