Super excited to announce next guest, Daniel Keim, to The Story!

From Central PA, Daniel started playing piano at 10, then guitar at 11 and eventually moved onto bass and ukulele. Daniel was homeschooled until 10th grade, and spent most of his days in junior high playing guitar, learning his favorite musicians' songs while writing his own. When Daniel was 14, he turned a small storage closet in his parents' basement into a make-shift recording studio. When Daniel made the switch to public school, he was excited to find out they had a Sound Engineering class where he learned a lot about music production. As he got older, life brought on hardships and responsibilities that drastically cut down his available time for music, but Daniel still kept his passion. In 2018, he decided he wanted to start my own podcast.

It started out as just an open conversation forum for anybody that had something they were educated in speaking on, but having so many friends within the local music community, it quickly shifted into a music based podcast. Today, Daniel can be found running his own podcast Darker With Daniel and hosting the Central Pennsylvania Music Podcast - CPMP

You can find Daniel and his projects here:

Website: http://darkerwithdaniel.com/

Central Pennsylvania Music Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/cpmpodcast/

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Super excited to announce new guest, Matt Freedman, to The Story!

Before opening and supporting major country acts like Miranda Lambert, Brantley Gilbert, Brett Young, Chris Young and other country legends, Singer/Songwriter Matt Freedman was playing his hometown Bucks County PA circuit. Freedman is a 20 year award winning songwriter who’s style ranges from big rock anthems to soulful rootsy ballads. A former HS and Collegiate quarterback, Freedman was on the rise until a career ending knee injury pushed him into music. In his early twenties, Freedman grew up playing in rock and acoustic acts throughout PA, NJ, Delaware and NYC. Today, Freedman and his band The HERD are fresh off of their 2022 National American Sun Tour, highlighting Nashville's CMA Fest and other iconic venues. His first single "Good Love" was picked up and spun by over 90 country radio stations and has received almost 1 million streams.

Freedman blends acoustic country drawing roots from the likes of Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and Zac Brown, mixed with today’s modern country like Dustin Lynch and Thomas Sam Hunt. His first radio single “Good Love” caught fire with several of Spotify’s top country playlists like Wild Country, Next from Nashville and New Country Friday.

You can find Matt and his projects here:

Website: https://www.mattfreedmanmusic.com/

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Super excited to welcome back returning guest, Jess Zimmerman, to The Story!

The Jess Zimmerman Band is a Country Rock Band formed in 2015 and based in Southeastern PA. Jess's love for country music combined with rock influences from musicians/artists like Halestorm, Underwood, Van Halen, Gaga, Benatar, and McBride, The Jess Zimmerman Band is a sweet cocktail of country and rock music adding in variety of other genres providing an exciting and entertaining live show. Jess Zimmerman was nominated and won the 2019 "Best Female Vocalist" in the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame Awards and The Jess Zimmerman Band was awarded "Best Country Band" in 2021 at the CPMA's most recent awards show.

The band is up for three awards in the 2023 Nashville Josie Music Awards. The nominations include, “Group of the Year“ (Country Rock/Southern Rock), “Vocalist of the Year” (Country Rock/Southern Rock) and “Song Achievement Award - Song: (Be The Light)

In the year 2022, the band was nominated for five awards this year at the JMAs Show. Including: "Entertainer of the Year", "Best Rock Singer" (Jess). "Album of the Year" (Breathe), "Video of the Year" (The Old Me), and "Fans Choice Award". The band, took home, Country Rock Album of the Year (Breathe) in the year 2022. The 2023 Awards show is set to take place October 22,2023 at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN.

The band has written and recorded four records at OmniSound Studios, Nashville with more to come! Their fourth studio album, Be The Light, to be released May 21,2023 at Mickey’s Black Box, located on the grounds of Rock Lititz Campus, in Lititz, PA. Be The Light is a bright, bold, feel good record with deep meaning. The Jess Zimmerman’s 10 track album, Be The Light, can now be found on all streaming platforms. The bands first EP “The Jess Zimmerman Band” was released in 2016, followed by “Red” in 2018. Their first full length album “Breathe” debuted in 2021 and won “Best Country Rock Album Of The Year” at the Josie Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry in 2022.

The Jess Zimmerman Band is set to share the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshal Tucker Band and more on May 19,2023 in Bushkill, PA for the Lost Highway Motorcycle Fest & Concert.

Festivals are a the top do the list of things the JZBand loves to do. This June, the band is set to play Barefoot Country Music Festival, in Wildwood, NJ along with 40 + Artists.

The JZBand won the 1st Citadel Palooza Rising Star Contest and has been playing the Citadel Country Spirit USA Festival every year since. The band has opened shows and shared the stage with a list of monumental artists such as Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, Toby Keith and Trace Atkins to name a few.

The JZ Band has worked with BOB 94.9 FM iHeart Country Radio and has kicked off shows for Kane Brown, Jimmie Allen, High Valley, and Drew Baldridge. The band tours nationally and has performed at multiple NASCAR Tracks for race fans while also honoring veterans and first responders along the way. Stops have been Homestead-Miami Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Watkin-Glen, Bristol Motor Speedway and many other festivals, state fairs and events.

Jess and the band have worked at helping to keep LIVE Country Music Alive with WITF, PBS Kids and The American Music Theatre. The band performed and showcased in presenting, "Country Music" a Film by Ken Burns hosted at the American Music Theatre in 2019.

You can find Jess and her projects here:

Webpage: https://www.jzband.org/

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