Your Next Favorite Band

Tune in as we are joined by Executive Director Amy Pinder and learn all about Accessible Festivals, a wonderful organization to work to make sure that all festers have what they need to be included a…

After delivering a powerful close to Musikfest 2022, Fox Royale have continued to deliver at high level - releasing new music and non-stop touring to support.  Join us as they take a moment while on …

It's amazing to think that Liam McCormick and John Seeterlin originally sought to bring musicians together for one recording. Now, almost 15 years, 7 releases and over 500 "family members" later, The…

This week we are joined by Joe Makoviecki of Jackson Pines and learn...a LOT!!  In addition to band history, we learn about the different guitar playing styles of Appalachia, some folk music history …

This week we bask in the captivating grooves and brassy swagger that is MarchFourth.  We're joined by several talented members of the entire offering - trumpet, sax, trombone, percussion, bass and ev…

This week we meet with Marielle Kraft, who just released brand new music - her Heartspace EP - on Friday, September 30th, 2022.  Currently touring to support the release, she found time with spend wi…

Fresh off their Musikfest performances (booked by the BASD offerings) The Darling Suns forge a style of their own, in the genre-defiant mold we love to feature here on Your Next Favorite Band.

The Dar…

Join us and we spend time with Jade Long and Jess Thompson, the powerhouse duo from Athens, GA known as Hotel Fiction.  We'll hear about their history, their first opportunity to play live, how deadl…

It will take a lot to get a tribute band to be a guest on Your Next Favorite Band.  But when I saw There, There perform at Musikfest 2022, I was completely blown away.  It created that magical Musikf…

Phillip and David dive in to their knucklehead banter to recap and recover from the explosion of content off of Musikfest in August, and tease some of the upcoming interviews as things return back to…

We have a treat here for you with this bonus episode.  You’ve been listening to the highlights of the Daily Livestream I was doing during Musikfest 2022, and many of the performers were gracious enou…

During Musikfest I was lucky enough to set up at Godfrey Daniels all week to interview various guests - a combination of musicians playing at the festival as well as people who are part of organizati…

During Musikfest I was lucky enough to set up at Godfrey Daniels all week to interview various guests - a combination of musicians playing at the festival as well as people who are part of organizati…

During Musikfest I was lucky enough to set up at Godfrey Daniels all week to interview various guests - a combination of musicians playing at the festival as well as people who are part of organizati…

Did you know the festival was built on the foundation of polka and European folk music, in the Moravian tradition of celebrating local music, local food and local beer?  Robbie Lawrence "The Polka Pr…

Founders and head brewers Sam and Gina Masotto from @Bonn Place Brewing Company join us to share how they met, decided to open a brewery and knew that Bethlehem, PA, particularly Southside, was the p…

Proprietors Matt & @Christie Vymazal of the Flying V Poutinerie and Food Truck share their roots of how they met and fell in love...with french fries, cheese curds and gravy.  So much that they start…

August in the Lehigh Valley promises 2 things: it'll be hot and it will rain.  Often heavily.  So the 10 days of Musikfest need the best weather forecaster out there - Bobby Martrich from EPAWA (East…

Musikfest is the pinnacle of the year for live music lovers anywhere near the Lehigh Valley.  With 427 bands this year set to shred the platz's we needed the assistance of the man behind it all - Pat…

We are joined by Jennifer Alpha (Board President) and Jolie Lanning (a previous camper turned volunteer extraordinaire) from the wonderful nonprofit Lehigh Valley Girls Rock to share the history of t…