Musikfest 2026
Musikfest Exordium – “the first part”
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Musikfest Exordium – “the first part”
We had the great honor of spending time with Wheatus to learn all about how they achieve their iconic sound. We had this awesome group of humans on 3 years ago to dive in to their backstory, and we did that on the sidewalk during Wayne Music Fest. One of our fav episodes for sure!…
Early in the year 1976, a young musician was seeking a place to perform where people wanted to listen. Frustrated by the spaces where you’d play to a crowd that was otherwise distracted, he sought to find and create an environment where the musician and the audience shared the room and the exchange of energy…
Check this ep out for all things No Planet B Jamboree this year and then some. This is our 4th annual event centered around sustainability and conservation within the music industry and beyond. I’ll be joined by special guest co-host Aimee Kohler of The Running Kind, who’s helping host the 5k Fun Run prior to…
I attended a Sustainability Summit for the music industry hosted by Martin Guitar back in the fall of 2025. It was a great day of panels, Q&A and networking that includes musicians, manufacturers and support organizations all seeking to make the industry a bit more green, sustainable and less negative impact to the earth. While…
Our Behind the Sound episodes seek to bring us, the concert goer, “backstage” so we can better understand how the iconic sound of a particular band is created. It has become something of a tradition to do this with a tribute band that does such an incredible job re-creating the sound and visuals of a…
Here’s another compilation episode that includes the next batch of exclusive performances from previous appearance of #nextfavbands! This collection is from October 2024 to this time last year June 2025. It also includes 2 of the 3 performers from last year’s No Planet B Jamboree, 1 of the performers from this past Winter WonderJam, and…
Our 3rd annual Listen to the Dissonance:songs and conversations about mental health event will take place on Friday, February 27th at The IceHouse in Bethlehem, PA. The show starts at 7pm ET and features brave stories and powerful music from CLOVER, Judah Kim, Barney Cortez and Patty PerShayla. Each have been on the show previously,…
Before ever even having a show, I had read the book This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin simply because I was fascinated by the magic of music, and it was a wonderful read. Then when I started to have my own show about music discovery, I “shot my shot” and reached…
Episode 200??? I can’t believe it. When first started doing interviews with musicians I admired, I thought I’d get maybe 10-20 people total to say yes to coming on the show. And now here we are 200 episodes in, and we’re only just warming up. I reached out to the person who was the guest…
Many of our finest institutions are under attach by removing funding and support. One such pillar is public radio – stations across the country are faced with difficult decisions and intimidating challenges on how to accomplish their missions with drastically reduced or non-existing funding from our government. Stations like WDIY here in the Lehigh Valley…
Every year WXPN puts out a “Greatest” prompt for the listernship community to chew on and submit their Top 10 list. The station then compiles, calculates and computes the highest ranking 885 from those submissions. This year, we are determining the Greatest Cover Songs of all-time. Here’s how WXPN is defining a cover: A cover…