Friday Night Karaoke
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsNo ads, no gimmicks - just Karaoke! Friday Night Karaoke features amateur artists every week singing the songs they love, just for you! Get your weekly dose of vocal expression. Get featured on the podcast by joining the official Friday Night Karaoke Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fridaynightkaraoke!
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Hit Me With Country, Featuring Mike Eli from the Eli Young Band
August 04, 2022 05:30 - 58 minutesIt's a special episode of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast featuring none other than Mr. Country himself, Mike Eli from the Eli Young Band! The video version of Episode 41 of the FNK Podcast is now live for #FNKCountry week, and this time we brought along an INCREDIBLE guest to listen to your songs, drop some commentary, and enlighten us with the life, thoughts, and aspirations of a true to life country rockstar! Behind Closed Doors all my Friends in Low Places have the Folsom Prison Blues, b...
Make It With (Karaoke) METAL!
July 26, 2022 16:14 - 1 hourIt's Episode 40 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was #FNKMetal! Are you ready? I said.... ARE YOU READY!!!!??? Yeahhhhh! It was #FNKMetal week in Friday Night Karaoke and, you guessed it, our members sang ANY metal song from ANY decade (and ANY metal genre), just as long as they kept the feed rocking all night long! So toss up those horns cuz it's time to get up to some of the most intense music FNK has ever put down! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and ...
Movie, TV, and Cartoon Theme Songs:: Karaoke style (rerun)
May 18, 2022 13:18 - 1 hourRerun - FIRST NEW EPISODE IN 3 WEEKS DROPPING THIS FRIDAY! Themes, themes, and more themes! Those songs you can't get out of our head - iconic songs from blockbuster movies, that jingle from your favorite Saturday morning cartoon, the intro to that Sitcom that now lives comfortably in your brain (forever) - that's the name of the game for #FNKThemes! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin: Michael Hall with Theme from Welcome Back Kotter Dale Thomas Byrd with ...
Sweet 16 Karaoke: Songs from the last 16 years
April 25, 2022 11:13 - 1 hourIt's Episode 37 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was #FNKWorld! It's our Sweet 16 all over again, but it's not what you think! For #FNKSweet16 we will sang songs from the last 16 years - so ANY song from ANY genre released between 2006 and today! We Found Love in a Thrift Shop on an Old Town Road where the Uptown Funk kept us Rolling in the Deep and feeling like Royals. Life can be a Wrecking Ball, but We Are Young and Not Afraid. Somebody That I Used To Know told me if I Ru...
Bad to the (Karaoke) Bone: Songs About Being BAD
April 18, 2022 11:37 - 1 hourIt was an off-week for the FNK Podcast, so in this repost of Episode 4, the incredible members of the Friday Night Karaoke FB group take on the baddest songs that have ever crossed their playlists for the #FNKBad Theme of the Week. Listen to some amazing performances from 10 talented artists singing everything from Disney to Musicals and Pop - and everything in-between. Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin: Paul Bright and Kara Rurup singing Phantom of the Oper...
Karaoke From Around the World
April 12, 2022 10:27 - 1 hourIt's Episode 36 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was #FNKWorld! This week, we (collectively) took a vacation to travel the world and sing songs from the far reaches of the planet. #FNKWorld is all about songs / bands / artists outside the US. So bring that Gangnam Style when you're Rolling in the Deep singing the Macarena, and Don't Look Back in Anger because We Don't Talk About Bruno. We just wanna Make You Smile and we've got our Finger's Crossed to hear some Unchained Mel...
Karaoke Goes Grunge
April 03, 2022 11:52 - 1 hourIt's Episode 35 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was #FNKGrunge!It was GRUNGE week in FNK, so hit up that thrift store, toss on a plaid shirt, rip up those jeans, and don't forget to layer - combat boots are optional. Tomorrow we'll Learn To Fly with The Beautiful People, so bring your Heart Shaped Box Tonight Tonight and Come Out And Play, because What I Got is Epic like a Bullet With Butterfly Wings. No Rain in the forecast, just Everything Zen, so take the Longview and Co...
Drinking Songs with Jimmy Barbetti of Scooped Up
March 08, 2022 18:11 - 1 hourIt's a SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE FNK PODCAST featuring Jimmy Barbetti of Scooped Up!Episode 32, is now live for #FNKDubro week, and this time we scooped up none other than Jimmy Barbetti, lead singer of (you guessed it) Scooped Up to join us on a 90 minute musical journey full of danger and Dubrofskys (ok, maybe less danger and more Dubros)."SCOOPED UP IS A BAND" according to Time Magazine (source: https://www.scoopedupband.com/about) They brilliantly revive the pop punk sound of the 90s and 200...
A Post-Valentine's Day FU Episode
February 24, 2022 16:19 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 8 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was #FNKFU! Valentine's Day is all about love, but what happens when it just doesn't work out? What happens when it's just a hot ugly mess of a break-up? That's what #FNKFU is all about - songs about breaking up, about sticking it to your Ex, about taking back your independence after burning down their (figurative and literal) house. So Love Yourself and Let It Go, because we know it Hurts Like Hell to Die From A Bro...
Be My Karaoke Valentine
February 13, 2022 21:05 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 7 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Be My Karaoke Valentine!You knew it was coming, and with Valentine's Day just around the corner, this week was all about songs for that special someone in your life (or that future special someone who just hasn't had the pleasure of meeting you yet). Your Song will Take My Breath Away, like a Kiss From a Rose Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher to Such Great Heights, and There Ain't No Mountain High Enough to keep m...
Pop Back Into the 80s
February 05, 2022 17:06 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 7 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Pop Back Into the 80s!It's time to pump up your karaoke to 1.21 gigawatts and take a trip back to the 80s with your favorite FB karaoke group! #FNK80sPop is all about POP songs released between 1980-1989, so Push It to the limit and Bust a Move All Night Long because I Wanna Dance With Somebody at the Love Shack. Don't Stop Believin' that FNK is Never Gonna Give You Up, because Sweet Dreams really are made of this...
Bowling for Pop Punk with Jaret Reddick
January 30, 2022 12:16 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 5 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Pop Punk. This week Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup stopped by the pop to listen to your songs, drop some commentary, and enlighten us with the life, thoughts, and aspirations of a true-to-life rockstar!We recorded video as well as audio - feel free to give it a watch here (and join the FNK FB community for free while you're at it!): https://fb.watch/aSeqQjtBp8/Stacy's Mom loves Pop Punk, and, Dammit, this is yo...
Disney Karaoke, FNK Style
January 22, 2022 15:47 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 6 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Disney Karaoke, FNK Style!You knew it was coming, and here it is! Disney week is upon us in FNK, so get ready for a Whole New World of karaoke where we Go The Distance to stay One Jump Ahead in a musical World Of Our Own. Love Is A Song, so Let It Go and sing like no one is listening! That's How You Know that For The First Time In Forever the Bare Necessities are all you need, so Be Our Guest and Let's Get Togethe...
Karaoke Dedications FNK Style
January 08, 2022 13:01 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 5 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Karaoke Dedications!What better way to celebrate the holidays together after a full blown Christmas Songs week than with a week about Dedications! #FNKDedication is exactly like it sounds - songs dedicated to a special person (or any person) in our lives. It can be for better (I dedicate this to my daughter because she loves building snowmen) or worse (I dedicate this to my ex because I hope his car gets run over ...
An FNK New Year's Message from Mike and Joe
January 03, 2022 18:11 - 12 minutesIt's 2022, and Mike and Joe have a quick New Year's message for everyone before the official podcast episode this Friday! Give a listen to a few quick songs from the FNK community, some updates to the group, and some things to look forward to over the next 362 days!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Dana LaValle with What Are You Doing New Years Eve by Ella Fitzgerald- Joe Rubin with Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra- Jessica Latham with Golden Girls Theme ...
A Merry Karaoke Christmas
December 18, 2021 12:21 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 3 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Christmas Songs (A Merry Karaoke Christmas).It's that time of the year, and the incredible karaoke rockstars in the Friday Night Karaoke FB group pulled out all the stops with some of the most amazing karaoke renditions of holiday songs we have ever had the pleasure of listening to. In this special episode, we recorded video as well as audio - feel free to give it a watch here (and join the FNK FB community for fr...
Foreign Songs
December 10, 2021 13:39 - 1 hourIt's Season 2, Episode 2 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme was Foreign Songs!FNK was founded in the USA, so #FNKForeign was all about artists that originate OUTSIDE the US. If the singer (for solo acts) or group is from anywhere other than our lovely Red, White, and Blue, the FNK karaoke artists sang their songs loud and sang them proud! Take a musical trip around the globe with us!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Tony Way and Isabel Aguila...
Alternative Rock Karaoke - FNK Season 2 Begins
December 03, 2021 19:21 - 1 hourIt's Season 2 of the Friday Night Karaoke Podcast, and the theme is #FNKAltRock!This week was all about Alternative Rock from any decade. Whether you're a Basket Case, Buddy Holly, or a Seven Nation Army, You Outta Know about All The Small Things we keep in our Heart Shaped Boxes that Bring us To Life and make us All Stars. Jane Says that You Get What You Give, so Pump Up those Kicks and Come As You Are with what was absolutely a Cannonball of a theme week! Featured in this episode alongside ...
FNK 1 Year Anniversary Episode - One Hit Wonders
November 24, 2021 15:09 - 46 minutesThey were on top of the world for a song, for a moment, and then...... poof! Gone like yesterday's news. That's right, we are talking about One Hit Wonders, those songs that just creep into your ear canal and take residence in your brain for weeks on end. The band name escapes you, but you can sing every word to the chorus. #FNKOneHit is giving these artists another chance at fame by putting their (one) famous song front and center in our setlists, and singing them for all FNK to hear.It's al...
Throwback Songs (Don't Call it a Throwback, It's Been Here For Years)
November 12, 2021 15:51 - 1 hourIt's all about those songs that take you right back to a moment in time that you'll remember forever. That's right, it was #FNKThrowback week, and song selection, genre, and decade were all up to the FNK community, so long as there was a story to tell! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin, and special guest Honey Chadwell:- Victor Tennant with After Loving You (1969) by Elvis Presley- Honey Chadwell with Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter- Jennifer Adams with Colors...
Spooky Songs for Halloween
October 29, 2021 20:27 - 1 hourYou all knew it was coming, and with Halloween right around the corner, scaring time is here! This week was all about the creepiest, weirdest, and downright eeriest songs our artists in the Friday Night Karaoke community have in their playlists. Anything that they could relate to the holiday was a fit, including songs from television and cinema, Halloween classics, and literally any song that gives them that trick or treat feeling. Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe ...
The Wrong Verse - Member Written Song Parodies
October 22, 2021 04:00 - 1 hourSo you know that song, EVERYONE knows the chorus and sings along at the karaoke bar? The members of Friday Night Karaoke sang exactly that, BUT, sang the wrong lyrics! That's right - #FNKVerse is all about changing the words to our favorite songs and making them (more?) fun, and the 10 members featured here brought the lyrical fire!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Heather (Junior Ari) Gurnari with Lazy from Crazy, Aerosmith- Eric Dubrofsky with Sesame Stree...
Fun Love Songs For Your Earholes
October 15, 2021 04:04 - 1 hourThis week was all about the most fun, the most cringeworthy, and the most laughable love songs that have ever graced our karaoke artist's playlists! If singing this song to a significant other would likely result in a chuckle, eyeroll, or (more excitingly) a slap, they were on the right track! Get ready to listen to some #FNKFunLove!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Paul Bright with Business Time from Flight of the Conchords- Katie Rose with Dear Future Husb...
Movie, TV, and Cartoon Theme Songs:: Karaoke style
October 08, 2021 03:29 - 1 hourThemes, themes, and more themes! Those songs you can't get out of our head - iconic songs from blockbuster movies, that jingle from your favorite Saturday morning cartoon, the intro to that Sitcom that now lives comfortably in your brain (forever) - that's the name of the game for #FNKThemes! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Michael Hall with Theme from Welcome Back Kotter- Dale Thomas Byrd with Theme from All in the Family- Eric Dubrofsky with Theme from T...
50s Throwback Karaoke - Mike and Joe LIVE in VT
October 06, 2021 14:21 - 1 hourIt was 50s week in Friday Night Karaoke, and Mike & Joe were LIVE in Vermont for a special videocast of the FNK Podcast! 1950 - 1959, that was the starting point, the end point, and every point in-between for the rockstars in the FNK FB group! So put on those Blue Suede Shoes and get ready to Walk the Line as we Rock Around the Clock to some Tutti Frutti. No need for Lonely Teardrops or Tears On My Pillow, FNK has your back, so Put Your Head On My Shoulder and watch us pick up what you're put...
The Podcast is Alive With the Sound of Music
September 24, 2021 04:09 - 1 hourThis was every Drama kid's time to SHINE (who are we kidding, it's ALWAYS time to shine in FNK)! This week was all about MUSICALS, so the rockstars in Friday Night Karaoke got their jazz hands ready and brought some of their favorite songs from Stage and Screen. That's right, from Broadway to Disney and everything in between - if the production involved a large portion of the CHARACTERS singing (we aren't talking theme / background music here), then they were right where they needed to be.Fea...
There's Country in My Karaoke
September 17, 2021 04:14 - 1 hourHead to toe denim, cowboy hats, stylish leather boots, massive belt buckles, and a six string..... that's right, it's time for #FNKCountry! This week, the incredible karaoke artists in Friday Night Karaoke tell tales of love, heartbreak, conquest, loss, the best and worst of times, and everything in between with covers of the top country songs in their playlists! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Jennifer Adams with I Love This Group (I Love This Bar Parody)...
Karaoke That Jams!
September 10, 2021 04:25 - 1 hourThis episode is all about music that JAMS! We all have songs that we LOVE to 'jam' out to, songs that pump us up or force us to sing along at the top of our lungs - and that's what this week was ALL about! Plenty of air drums, air guitars, and backup Car-eoke vocals to go around!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Phards Moro with Evenflow by Pearl Jam- Heather Gurnari with Call Me by Blondie- Michael Holliday with Nice Work If You Can Get It by Frank Sinatra-...
Songs from the 80s
September 03, 2021 04:20 - 1 hourThis episode kicks off with a special interview with Katie Rose, the winner of last week's Friday Night Karaoke Summer Mic Drop Competition, and continues with the #FNKEighties theme. The incredible karaoke artists in the FNK FB group take us back to the 80s with some of their favorite songs, a few new spins, and nothing less than an absolute ton of fun. Give a listen and let us know what you think!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Katie Rose with Welcome to...
FNK Summer Mic Drop Competition FINALS
August 28, 2021 14:59 - 2 hoursThe FNK Summer Mic Drop FINALS are HERE, and they were AWESOME! This is a SPECIAL 2 hour LIVE streamed episode (video in the Friday Night Karaoke FB group).- 10 Finalists- 4 Guest Judges- Incredible prizes (just listen, they will blow you away) for the audience- $250 Best Buy Gift Card for the winnerThe amazing finalists from the Friday Night Karaoke FB group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/fridaynightkaraoke) have each selected, recorded, and submitted a final song to be played on our LIVE ...
Cheesy, Funny, and Just Plain Tacky Love Songs
August 20, 2021 04:05 - 1 hourWe've had some serious themes over the past few weeks, so it's time to lighten the mood! #FNKBadRomance is all about the cheesiest, funniest, or strangest songs about love, romance, or relationships that the incredible karaoke singers in the Friday Night Karaoke FB group can find! Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:- Sherman Cox with Just My Imagination by The Temptations- Marietta Gevorgian with Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo- Alan Torres with The Search is Over by...
Songs About "Me"
August 13, 2021 04:27 - 1 hourThis week is all about getting to know the Friday Night Karaoke members through their music! For the #FNKMe Theme of the Week, they posted songs that have gotten them through the best and worst of times. Songs that they can always turn to. Songs that inspire them. Music that defines them, and will help to introduce their real selves to all of us listening. Come on this journey of self exploration with us - you might learn a thing or two!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and...
Songs About Going for the Gold
August 06, 2021 10:18 - 1 hourThe Olympics are LIVE so, in the spirit of the greatest competition in the world, this week's #FNKGold theme was all about strength, perseverance, commitment, and going for the gold! Any songs that got the incredible karaoke artists in Friday Night Karaoke AMPED UP and ready to WIN, or songs about winning / being the champ! If it got their pulse pumping like a speed drummer on one too many Red Bulls, they were probably ready to take on this theme!Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike ...
Episode 6: We're Too Sexy For This Podcast
July 30, 2021 04:13 - 1 hourThis week, the incredibly talented members of the Friday Night Karaoke FB group were tasked with singing songs being sexy, feeling sexy, or simply songs that turned up the heat. The theme was #FNKSexy, and FNK didn't disappoint.Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:Right Said Fred (yes, the actual Right Said Fred) with a phenomenal "I'm Too Sexy" intro for FNKBrandon Weber with Get Busy by Sean PaulAlana Adams and Eric Dubrofsky with Do That To Me One More Time by...
Episode 5: Songs That Make You Feel Good
July 23, 2021 04:44 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBThis week, the amazingly talented members of the Friday Night Karaoke FB group were tasked with singing songs about being good, doing good, or simply songs that made them feel good. That's right, the Theme of the Week is #FNKGood, and we are bringing the sunshine in this episode of the FNK Podcast with some karaoke that will have you toe-tapping and singing right along with the artists. Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:Paul Bright with At Last by Etta JamesJe...
Episode 4: Songs About Being Bad
July 16, 2021 03:59 - 1 hourThis week, the incredible members of the Friday Night Karaoke FB group take on the baddest songs that have ever crossed their playlists for the #FNKBad Theme of the Week. Listen to some amazing performances from 10 talented artists singing everything from Disney to Musicals and Pop - and everything in-between.Featured in this episode alongside hosts Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:Paul Bright and Kara Rurup singing Phantom of the OperaHeather Gurnari singing Little Girls from AnnieEric Dubrofsky si...
Episode 3: Karaoke Road Trip
July 09, 2021 14:57 - 55 minutesThe incredible amateur karaoke artists in the Friday Night Karaoke FB group sing songs that they simply MUST include in their playlist when setting out on that epic road trip. The theme left song selection completely open to interpretation, so the entire musical world was their oyster.Featured in this episode, along with commentary from Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin:Ron R Green singing Georgia On My Mind by Ray CharlesCarissa Robertson singing Back in Black by AC/DCLance Cornwell singing If Heava...
Episode 2: Covers From the New Millennium
July 02, 2021 10:22 - 1 hourThe incredible karaoke singers in the Friday Night Karaoke FB group bust out some amazing covers of their favorite songs from 2000-2011 in Episode 2 of the FNK Podcast. Mike Wiston and Joe Rubin host, and announce the first ever LIVE Friday Night Karaoke event in NYC this month along with the teasing of a new FNK Summer Mic Drop competition. Be sure to join the official FNK group on FB to join in the action: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fridaynightkaraoke
Episode 1: Friday Night Karaoke - British Invasion
June 25, 2021 12:17 - 1 hourThe Theme of the Week is British Invasion, and the karaoke rockstars in the FNK Facebook group are bringing their best songs from UK singers and bands. We've selected 10 to feature on this podcast this, and every, week, Enjoy, and never stop singing!