Episode 15: The Costellos: Their Love Story and 6th Album Release, “Hold On”

Recorded live in the old Citizens Bank on Beacon’s Main Street during the inaugural Beacon Bonfire festival on November 4th and 5th, 2022, The Costellos sat with Brandon and Katie of the "Wait, What Is That?" podcast to discuss their latest album, "Hold On," which contains a love song heavy with longing written and sung by Lynn Johansen for her husband, Bobby Costello, inspired by 7 weeks of being apart for travel.

During this episode, The Costellos previewed two tracks from their new album, and shared the songs' backstories. The Costellos are local and nation-wide performers, but also write love songs for wedding ceremonies of friends and family. They shared their own love story, which started when Lynn hired Bobby's band to play for the restaurant she owned with her husband at the time, Blueberry Hill in Fishkill (now the restaurant Eleven 11). Four years later and after divorce, Lynn and Bobby had been writing and performing, and she proposed to Bobby before going on stage to perform at Woodstock, where they opened for Todd Rundgren.

Thirty years later, they continue to write and perform music together. This episode explores how they do that.

On the stage Bobby C and Lynn have performed with a number of major acts including: Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Crash Test Dummies, NRBQ, Reverend Horton Heat, Danny Kalb (former member of the Blues Project) America, Pure Prarie League, Belinda Carlilse, and Jim Lauderdale. They were also a featured act at Woodstock ’94 in Saugerties, NY.

The Costellos have produced 5 records: “Sygtagma Square,” “Roman Times,” “Outside of Paris,” “Darktime,” and “This Night,” which are all presently offered on iTunes, Amazon, and cdbaby. “Hold On” is their lateste album, and recorded and engineered by Scott Hull, at his studio Masterdisk. It was co-produced by Art Labriola.