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The City's Backyard with Matt Zako. A Podcast For New York City's Backyard or any city's backyard across the world! Covering Arts, Entertainment, music and the community!
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The City's Backyard is hosted by Matt Zako. The show has published 405 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The City's Backyard Ep 230 STEVIEMAC's lead singer Diane Lutz pays tribute to the legends of FLEETWOOD MAC! We talk about the music, the songs, and their Peekskill Paramount show and other scheduled dates!" (26 October 2026, 21 minutes), "The City's Backyard Ep 229 JACKIE "The Joke Man" MARTLING a regular guest on the show chats about his upcoming comedy gigs in NJ & his boat cruise in Fort Lauderdale...plus some acting and why he does not keep up with The Howard Stern Show!" (19 October 2026, 33 minutes), and "The City's Backyard Ep 227 ELIOT LEWIS ( Hall & Oates, Live From Daryl's House, Average White Band) talks about being on the road with his American 2026 Tour and an upcoming local stop in Westport, CT plus life before and after Hall & Oates!" (5 October 2026, 33 minutes).
The City's Backyard publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 405 episodes.
Booking probability for The City's Backyard is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The City's Backyard requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The City's Backyard's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The City's Backyard are Artists, Writers & Performers. The City's Backyard has an arts audience.
Matt Zako hosts The City's Backyard, an arts podcast with 405 episodes published.
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Special Guest: Diane Lutz who pays tribute to Stevie and Fleetwood Mac along with the rest of the band called StevieMac! About StevieMac StevieMac authentically and flawlessly pays tribute to the legends of Fleetwood...
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Regular guest Jackie Martling (foremerly of The Howard Stern Show) drops by the backyard of New York City to chat about his upcoming comedy shows in the in New Jersey and Fort Lauderdale! We chat about why he doesn't...
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Eliot Lewis spent almost 20 years with Hall & Oates and is always a blast to chat with as one our favorite regular guests on the podcast...he was also on the TV show Live From Daryl's House playing with some of top...
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John “Papa” Gros (pronounced Grow ) is a New Orleans pianist, organist and singer-songwriter whose career reflects the city itself—resilient, rhythmic, steeped in tradition, and always evolving. For more than thirty...
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Vanessa Collier is a multi-award-winning songwriter, master musician, and multi-instrumentalist, known for seamlessly weaving together funk, soul, rock, and blues styles through soulful vocals, searing saxophone solos...
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This episode is all about BEER in the backyard! Ok that sounds good but more specifically it's really about the craft beer movement. If there is one guy who knows about beer it's Gregg Glaser from Modern Distillery Age...
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Danny Mariano is a local favorite in Fairfield County playing in his band that everyone loves called Bad Boy! He's a lead singer of his new band called Love+War (love and war) where the band just won this year's "Jam at...
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Brian Dolzani is a contemporary singer/songwriter that possesses an old soul . A listen to his music makes that point abundantly clear. So too, the fact that he lists any number of ‘60s and ‘70s songwriters as prime...
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Teskey, a Rocking Blues band, was formed in 2024. Their music includes and often fuses elements of Blues, Alt Rock, Pink-Floyd-esque Psychedelia, and Jazz. Teskey quickly began playing national shows, has opened up for...
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This week's guest is NEW YACHT CITY, a band that plays Yacht Rock! On this episode we chat with Manish Nag the lead singer and keyboardist! If you love Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross, The Doobies, Ambrosia and more...
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On this episode we feature an outstanding New York comic, Matt Vita! Of course we joke around and have some laughs while finding out where Matt will be performing along the comedy circuit! For more on Matt check out his...
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For over a decade, Kurt Allen has been fusing gritty old school blues, vintage soul, swampy Bayou funk, and more into a relentless blues-rock machine. His songwriting reflects craftsmanship honed by years of commitment...
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We check in with our friend Steve Cooper, executive director at The Milford Performance Center in Connecticut! It is always fun chatting about upcoming shows including NY to Boston, A tribute to The Music of BOSTON...
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On this episode we talk with Dr. Bob Beatty author of "Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East" and curator of "Long Live The ABB" along with JD Seem guitarist of Faster Things -Allman Brothers...
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Tri state area Comics Linda Marcus Smith along with resident Joe Pontillo have fun chatting it up on this episode talking about their love for comedy, the arts, and what to expect from their upcoming shows in the area...
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CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, New York's top Rolling Stones tribute band, captures the essence of the iconic rock group with their thrilling performances. They bring the timeless anthems of the Stones to life, embodying their...
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With a degree in Speech Arts from The American University in Washington, DC, Jimmy Fink got his first job in New York radio at WABC-FM… a summer job that eventually turned into a 13-year stint at WPLJ, the ABC owned NY...
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On this episode we chat with Marc Alan, a lover of the arts and Director of Marketing at Factory Underground Studios in Norwalk about Make Music Day! From Marc: Hello friends, I just wanted to share some news, in case...
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Born on June 3, 1982 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Davey Jones brings the rich musical heritage of the Deep South to every stage he steps on. A true multi-instrumentalist, Jones is best known for his searing guitar...
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CMP's training and education manager, Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
author of "Play All Night! Duane Allman and The Journey to Fillmore East", Washburn University
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