VIDEO VERSION: https://youtube.com/live/bLNHXJdo6vI
Join us as we talk all things Musikfest with an incredible lineup of guests!
Kassie Hilgert The Taste Smokers John Bloys Slingshot Dakota Wes Harris and Nicole Loconte: Liberty Jams Theo’s Gyros And more!
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/3IfAplmgXm8
Lehigh Valley Music Industry Information Share Music Industry Panel March 2024 featuring:
Phil Joly: (www.philjoly.net)
Rachel Ana Dobken: (www.rachelanadobken.com)
Headroom Studios’ Kyle Pulley: (https://headroom.studio)
Event by Ryan Susko
Venue: The Ice House, Bethlehem, PA https://icehousetonight.org
Moderator: Lehigh Valley with Love (www.lvwithlove.com)
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— Phil Joly —
Phil Joly is a Grammy Award-Winning recording and mix engineer best known for his work with Common, Daft Punk, Residente, Lana Del Rey, and the Strokes. After nearly a decade working at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, Phil built his first private production and mix studio in the West End Theatre District of Allentown, PA.
Gatsby House is a one-room 20’ x 30’ creative oasis centered around a Rupert Neve Designs 24 channel analog summing mixer, with Universal Audio converters and Neumann and ATC monitoring.
— Rachel Ana Dobken —
Rachel Ana Dobken is a powerhouse musician (drums, guitar, vocals, keys) with a knack for blending heavy, indie-rock and soul. Described as ‘My Morning Jacket meets Amy Winehouse,’ she’s been featured by Relix Magazine, Guitar Girl Magazine, American Songwriter, The Aquarian Weekly, New York Times and more. She worked closely with famed music photographer Danny Clinch as original Music Director of his Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park, NJ. She has performed with Ben Kenney of Incubus, Mike McCready, G. Love, Blind Melon, Robert Randolph, Rayland Baxter, Brian Fallon, Nicole Atkins, Tash Neal and more.
Her newest LP, “Acceptance” is out March 8th, 2024 and was produced by Erik Romero (The Front Bottoms) and Paul Ritchie (The Parlor Mob) alongside Dobken. It features members of Blind Melon, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and more. Follow her on all streaming + social media platforms to hear more.
— Kyle Pulley —
Kyle Pulley is a producer/engineer and co-owner of Headroom Studios in Philadelphia. He’s worked with such artists as Alex G, Dr. Dog, Hop Along, Cafuné, Mo Lowda and the Humble and Shamir. He was the co-writer/co-producer and bassist in the band Thin Lips and toured the US and Europe with bands like Modern Baseball, Slaughter Beach Dog, The Front Bottoms, and Justin Pierre (of Motion City Soundtrack).
In addition to working with artists, one of his greatest privileges is getting to mentor many younger producers, including those from marginalized backgrounds, along their way to full-time careers in music.
When he’s not working on music, he is helping his wife Yowei Shaw launch her new podcast, PROXY, hiking the trails in Wissahickon Creek Park, or hanging out at his favorite bar around the corner from his house.
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/tIa75jAJYzc
Today we’re talking with Bethlehem Bach Choir Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr. Christopher Jackson, ahead of the February 18th Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Dancing with Bach! performance at the Zoellner Art Center.
Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Dancing with Bach! | Sunday, February 18th at 3 PM – Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
“The Greg Funfgeld Family Concert is a wonderful way for young people to learn about classical music, dance, and singing in a warm and welcoming atmosphere! Under the direction of Christopher Jackson, The Bach Choir and Bach Festival Orchestra partner with the dance departments of The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for Arts and Muhlenberg College to bring you an invigorating fusion of music and dance, featuring Brahm’s Liebeslieder Waltzes and Bach’s First Orchestral Suite. In addition to our dance collaborators, we also welcome two very special guests to the stage: Greg Funfgeld, Artistic Director & Conductor Emeritus, and Steinway artist, Eugene Albulescu on piano four hands.” – https://bach.org/familyconcert
Dr. Christopher Jackson : Conductor and Artistic Director, Bach Choir of Bethlehem
https://bach.org/familyconcert/
VIDEO VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZcXfjdXLM
Join us as we speak with Paza Tree of Life’s Delwin Elk Bear Fiddler and Samora Free about “A New Horizon: Indigenous Rhythms, Sounds, & Dance” on Saturday, February 10, 2024, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at The Ice House in Bethlehem. Special guest Lloyd Leary will also be in attendance.
Tickets are available at the door for $20, with a discounted rate of $10 for students and seniors. Visit IceHouseTonight.org for more information.
Tickets: https://www.icehousetonight.org/events/a-new-horizon
Samora Free
Delwin Fiddler
A New Horizon, Indigenous Rhythms, Sounds, & Dance: IceHouseTonight.org
Paza, Tree of Life: www.pazatree.org
VIDEO VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42It-cyGt9s
On Friday, November 17, Underground Music Collective in collaboration with Your Next Favorite Band Podcast returns to Bethlehem, PA, presenting “Nashville Meets Bethlehem: An All-Local, Nashville-Style Songwriter Night at SteelStacks.” This intimate musical experience, featuring two Nashville-style songwriter’s rounds, connects artists and audiences, honoring the past while celebrating the region’s most talented acts.
And we’ve got the two men responsible for all of this with us, Gerard Longo of Underground Music Collective and Phil Reese of Your Next Favorite Band.
Get Tickets: https://www.steelstacks.org/event/14169/nashville-meets-bethlehem-an-all-local-nashville-style-songwriter-night-at-steelstacks/
Gerard Longo – Underground Music Collective
Phil Reese – Your Next Favorite Band
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/EmKn04CIaY0
We find our way to Shards Recording Studio in South Bethlehem to talk with owner Matt Molchany about his experience in the industry, bands he’s worked with, what he thinks the local music scene is currently like, and we get a tour of his space!
Matt Molchany : Shards Recording Studio
https://linktr.ee/ShardsRecordingStudio | www.instagram.com/shards_recording_studio
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/TKuFF31CABE
We talk with Puscifer’s Mat Mitchell prior to the band’s June 3 performance at The Wind Creek Event Center. TICKETS
Learn how Mat approaches songwriting, what songs he’s looking forward to playing the most on tour, and a little glimpse of what fans can expect on stage.
Mat Mitchell: Puscifer
Puscifer Exitential Reckoning Tour: Global Probing V 3.0, June 3, Wind Creek Event Center: Tickets
We proudly present the premiere of Ceviche the Band’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca”! Recorded LIVE at the Compact Disc Center with Lehigh Valley with Love and Molten Metal Media
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/CevicheLocacevi
Thank you partners: WXPN / Wind Creek Event Center / Michael Bernadyn – Re/Max Real Estate / Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub / Kitchen Magic / Made Possible in Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley with Love Media teamed up with the City of Bethlehem, Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, and a few very talented local musicians to announce Live in the Garden, a new weekly music series coming to Bethlehem’s Rose Garden.
In this episode we sit down at Godfrey Daniels in south Bethlehem to talk with Lehigh Valley music legends Steve Brosky and Dave Fry.
Both Brosky and Fry have been playing in the Lehigh Valley for decades, but have had different paths to get to where they are today. Learn about their respective journeys.
We talk about Fry’s founding of Godfrey Daniels in the 70s, Brosky’s memories of early gigs in Allentown, how they first met, and what both are up to today as they continue to play.
We’re also treated to a musical performance from the two about 3/4ths of the way in.
Steve Brosky Website: https://stevebrosky.com
Dave Fry Website: www.davefrymusic.com
Thank you to both The Accidentals and Gangstagrass for joining us on this episode! Check out the show notes below for all the info you could ever want from this episode!
The Accidentals:
https://www.theaccidentalsmusic.com/
Spotify:
YouTube:
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The Moxie Strings:
Play It Forward Again & Again:
Songs
13:09:10: – “Bulletproof Glass”
30:18:03 – “Eastern Standard Time”
Gangstagrass
https://gangstagrass.com/bio
Spotify
YouTube
Barnstormers:
On America’s Got Talent:
Justified:
Reef the Lost Cause
Amalgam Comics
Songs
0:44:04:03 – “Bound to Ride”
1:12:56:13 – “Never Go Home”
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Special thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use selections of their songs for our opening, transitions and closing music. Please check out their music and give them a follow on Spotify and social media.
Opening Music
“Runner Up” and “Pathetic Again (Acoustic)” by Carver Commodore; “Pretend You Know” by argonaut&wasp
Transitions
“Tell Me What You Want (I Want It)” and “Can’t Stay Away” by Carver Commodore
Closing Music
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Lehigh Valley with Love Music co-host Phil Reese and I recently sat down with Carver Commodore, Marc Douglas Berardo, and The Groove Merchants to talk touring, music during covid, and plans for the future.
Please be sure to check all of the links below for more information on each artist and be sure to give them a listen or two! We have also included the individual live interviews with each artist as well, which can all be found on our YouTube Channel.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/63HR11YTVLfZHvSvytkKBF?si=bznltArgRX21gONzoAeNuw
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mapsong
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcdouglasberardo
Website: https://carvercommodore.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0JYBvQbg4xyCfKy1S5YGpU?si=Lr04Hh7gT1-kpl-yotLz0Q
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarverCommodore
Website: https://www.groovemerchantsmusic.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wXo2yYq5uSA3oJ058me1Y?si=42Iq2JkuQq68KNOKIuPKtA
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYAPS6Ov1BzyTn0Rb66R2Q
Special thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use selections of their songs for our opening, transitions and closing music. Please check out their music and give them a follow on Spotify and social media.
Opening Music
“Runner Up” and “Pathetic Again (Acoustic)” by Carver Commodore; “Pretend You Know” by argonaut&wasp
Transitions
“Tell Me What You Want (I Want It)” and “Can’t Stay Away” by Carver Commodore
Closing Music
In this episode of Lehigh Valley with Love Music, co-hosts George Wacker and Phil Reese speak with three musical artists who all played Musikfest this past summer.
We recently interviewed Eljuri, Ryan Tennis, and Argonaut & Wasp and combined them into one episode. You can also listen/watch their individual episodes at the links below.
Born in Guayaquil Ecuador and raised in New York City, Cecilia Villar Eljuri is a compulsive genre-fuser writing songs that mirror the experiences of her life. Touted as one of the top Latina guitar players in the world, she blends the sounds and rhythms she heard from her mother’s piano, her father’s vinyl records, her siblings’ CDs and from the clubs she frequented on Manhattan’s lower east side. WEBSITE / VIDEO EPISODE
Hailing from Philadelphia, America’s City of Brotherly Love, Ryan Tennis’ music is all about dismantling boundaries and bringing people together. Genre-defiant by nature and with diversity at its core, his rousing songs are infused with the rhythms from the many countries he’s visited during his extensive tours. While his performances are dynamic and danceable, Tennis’ voice and songs have a disarming sweetness that lowers your defenses and lets you breathe easy. WEBSITE / VIDEO EPISODE
Argonaut & Wasp was created with the goal of combining the vulnerability of a rock show with the energy of a house club. Formed in the dorms of the University of Vermont in 2013 the band started as a DJ / live show, playing packed basement parties to sold out festivals. In 2015, they packed their gear and moved to Brooklyn where they built a studio in Crown Heights. After releasing numerous singles and EP’s independently, they signed with +1 Records and are released their debut album, STARLIGHT 99 on April 30 2021. WEBSITE / VIDEO EPISODE
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In this episode of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast my musical co-host Phil Reese and I travel to the Newtown Book and Record Exchange in Newtown, Pennsylvania to talk to singer songwriter, and shop owner, Chelsea Mitchell.
Chelsea is the founder of Dirty Dollhouse, a band that played this past Musikfest in Bethlehem and is made up of..
Chelsea Mitchell
Guitar / Lead Vocals
Eric Lawry
Drums / Percussion / Backing Vocals
August John Lutz II
Electric Guitar
Joshua Machiz
Bass
Atwood Magazine had this to say about Dirty Dollhouse…
“In all Dirty Dollhouse’s musical works, you can feel the homey Nashville vibe, wrapped like a warm blanket around your body. Her music is inspired by folk, country, and pop so as to create a brand new intimate genre of her own. She is often compared to artists like Nicole Atkins, Kacey Musgraves, and Brandi Carlile. Mitchell, who has got a very unique vocal range, considers herself a singer/songwriter; as her songs represent an autobiographical vibe, it almost feels like reading and flicking through someone else’s diary pages.”
We encourage you to watch the video portion of ths podcast, which you can find in the show notes, to see what the Newtown Book and Record Exchange looks like as we were balancing microphones before this interview.
Of course, thank you to our sponsors, Michael Bernadyn of Re Max Realty and MOlly’s Irish Grille and Sports Pub in Bethlehem.
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Now, onto Chelsea Mitchell of Dirty Dollhouse on location at the Newtown Book and Record Exchange
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In this episode of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we talk to three musicians (links below) who recently played at Musikfest and we love. I want to thank Phil Reese for his support and work on this podcast. We’re looking forward to many more.
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