The City's Backyard

Melissa Newman is a vocalist, teacher, writer and artist who works primarily in porcelain and stoneware. She has shown work in galleries around the Northeast.  After enjoying a lucrative jingle career she continues to perform frequently with her jazz trio. Melissa spent almost 20 years volunteering and working with the inspiring women at Bedford Hills correctional facility, teaching visual and performing arts there and in other com...

Comedian Joe Pontillo and publicist Ken Franklin from LAUGHING GAS COMEDY talk all about the comedy scene in the tri state area along with the backyard of WESTPORT, CT at The Veterans of Foreign Wars along the banks of the Saugatuck River! 

Laughing Gas Comedy and The City's Backyard present another night of pain free comedy at the VFW Westport. We are back following our wildly successful first show in April. Tickets are $20 on...

A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Eliot Lewis has toured the world over as a member of the Daryl Hall & John Oates band, as well as a former member of The Average White Band. Eliot has also been the only musician to appear on every episode of Daryl Hall’s popular, "Live From Daryl's House” show all while keeping his own solo career going at a seemingly impossible pace. 

Over the course of his career he ha...

Local session guy music man Rick Tedesco drops by from Brookfield, CT to chat about being asked to play on the new album from THE ALICE COOPER group called The Revenge of Alice Cooper out this July! Rick is a local guitar show owner and musician....his guitar show called The Guitar Hangar is out he met Ian Hunter from Mott The Hoople which led to him meeting Dennis Dunaway and the guys in the ALICE COOPER GROUP! Rick tells a few fu...

     TWO WOLF

          Unleashing the Fury of Southern Hard Rock

  Born from the raw spirit of American Hard Rock, Two Wolf  is a high-voltage powerhouse straight out of Florida, setting stages ablaze with their electrifying fusion of Southern grit and thunderous rock energy. With a twin-guitar attack that cuts like lightning and vocals that roar with untamed intensity, Lance Lopez and Kris Bell lead the charge, while Greg T. Walker...

This episode we are talking "FLEETWOOD MAC" with Diane Lutz and Andie Baldwin from STEVIE MAC... the Fleetwood Mac tribute that is lighting up the stage all over the country! Diane and Andi are the Stevie and Christine McVie of the original iconic band and talk about their passion for the music. 

About StevieMac

StevieMac authentically and flawlessly pays tribute to the legends of Fleetwood Mac. In this mesmerizing theater ...

Today, Darker Lighter — the captivating project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Salar Rajabnik is releasing his highly anticipated self-titled debut record. Recorded at the legendary Studio 606 with Grammy-nominated producer and engineer Robert Adam Stevenson (Paul McCartney, Queens of the Stone Age, The Kills, Jeff Beck), Rajabnik brings years of experience from behind the scenes in the indie r...

Joanna Serenko is an original singer-songwriter. She grew up in Cleveland and moved to St. Louis at a young age, where her professional career as a musician began. Joanna found her voice by performing and exploring different outlets of music, such as choir, musical theater, and singing in church. By high school, Joanna began writing her own songs and performing as an opening act for local bands in St. Louis. It wasn’t long before J...

Dennis Dunaway was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011 as a founding member of the band named Alice Cooper. Dennis and the group are in the Grammy Hall of Fame for co-writing “School’s Out.” 

The original Alice Cooper group have sold millions of singles and albums and were on the cover of Forbes for having the largest grossing tour in 1973 over Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. The original Alice Cooper group is ...

On this episode we feature two outstanding New York comics! Matt Vita and Sharon  Simon! Of course we joke around and have some laughs while finding out how these two comedians became friends over the years of being in the biz and performing along the comedy circuit! For more on Matt and Sharon check out their websites or follow them on social media to find out where they will be making you laugh next! And get your tickets soon for...

Led Zeppelin shook the world of rock & roll for little more than a decade, but their legacy lives on stronger than ever. Masters of creativity and diversity, their music covers such a wide range of styles and genres that they are difficult to define. Their collective talent remains unmatched and unchallenged.

  There will never be another Led Zeppelin.

  Their songs are still aired regularly, and their recordings are being bought...

Co-founder of the Yardbirds, Jim McCarty, continues to lead this ground-breaking British Invasion Rock band that provides the crucial link between the Blues, British R&B, Psychedelic Rock, and Heavy Metal, while pioneering the use of innovations like fuzztone, feedback and distortion. This drummer, singer, songwriter, and producer is said to be one of the driving forces responsible for the band's haunting sound.

Since the b...

Grady McAuliffe's debut single "On the Edge" released on March 7th 2025 to worldwide streaming platforms through Pilot Light Records. The single was produced by McAuliffe with Ethan Isaac, Tom Stewart and Joel P. Kelley. It was recorded at Isaac's owned and operated Factory Underground Studio in Norwalk, CT and mastered by John Shyloski, along with many more songs to be released soon. McAuliffe performed at Dayt...

The backyard of New York City has so much to offer especially when it comes to the arts and music in the suburbs! We check in with President and CEO Mike Moran about the history of this beautiful theatre and his longevity with The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford, CT! Mike is enthusiastic about the music and arts in his community and is working hard to have more options with The Palace Theatre's "Upstage" series o...

Comedian Joe Pontillo checks in to the backyard of NYC to talk about Laughing Gas Comedy at The VFW Post in Westport! We talk about the tri state comedy scene, a little bit about his career and the line up on Friday April 11th at The VFW Post in Westport! Exit 17 off 95....465 Riverside Ave in Westport along the river! 

To purchase tickets before it sells out go here > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedy-night-the-vfw-westpo...

American Nomads is a roots rock band based in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York. Inspired by artists like Bruce Springsteen and The Band, they dive deep into the heart of American music with blends of Country, Rock, and Blues to cultivate their own unique contemporary style. Receiving national radio play, they reached #6 on the Billboard AC chart, as well as passed the first round of Grammy nominations for their song, A Revelation’s...

Years ago, on the iconic American Bandstand show, TV legend Dick Clark stuck a microphone in young Bruce Sudano’s face and asked, “What is your musical ambition?”

 The teen fans who filled the audience didn’t have to wait long for Bruce’s answer: “I want to perform in Madison Square Garden.”

 It happens that Sudano, then a member of a trio named Brooklyn Dreams, had already played in that fabled venue a few years earlier, opening wit...

Our friend Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling drops by the backyard of New York City to chat about his comedy shows in the tri-state area! We also catch up with him about his new role on a TV show called "The Better Sister" on Amazon Prime coming out in May 2025 where some of the scenes are shot from his house in Bayville, Long Island! You can also see Jackie live at The Suffolk Theatre in Riverhead, NY Saturday Mar...