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…
Back-to-back episodes find Jenny Founds, Jesse Braun and Jon Braun pulling double duty – this week focused on sharing the story and the original music of the killer power trio Ruby Dear. Bringing some of the most incredibly unique songs and powerful performances. From tracks like “Spirit Go” that belong with the greatest anthems to…
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…
This week we’re honored to spend time with John Hollier and his band The Rêverie. First – it’s pronounced “oh – lee – yea”. Second – getchoself ready for a French-Cajun blend of rock-n-roll, heartland grit, and cinematic storytelling with one foot in the swamp and the other charging ahead. We’ll spend time hearing about…
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…
This episode is special – as it represents the perfect outcome of what this show was build on and all about. The Vindys were the band at the top of our “must see” list heading in to Musikfest 2025 last summer, and they exceeded expectations with an incredible performance. Then they were also super nice…
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…
The topic of streaming services comes up on our show a lot, and one thing we’re always hoping to raise awareness on is how little revenue there is in that for the artist. But what if it wasn’t like that? Coda Music is a new streaming service seeks to offer a more ethical treatment of…
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…