This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place January 16-23, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from January 16-23, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 1/15/24

by Lazlo - published 2024-01-15
Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by The Stewart Dolly, sparks fly from a kiss, Indeyevid, and Part-Time Custodian. Plus a look back at "Winter Kills" by The Whirling Dervishes.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "All Fired Up" by Wiser Time

by Bob Makin - published 2024-01-12
Wiser Time, aka Carmen Sclafani, is the Makin Waves Song of the Week with the title track single of his forthcoming EP, "All Fired Up."

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...1/11/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-01-11
"I wanted to go to art school, I went to Parsons; that's how I talked my parents into letting me go to New York in the middle of the '70s when it was considered to be a very dirty, dangerous place. So, yeah, I convinced them that I wanted to go to college there and that worked out pretty well. I made a few kind of not the best choices but overall, I was a good kid and worked hard in school so; I got away with it," said a laughing Amy Rigby as she discussed her start in music and her upcoming January 20 appearance at Randy Now's Man Cave in Hightstown, NJ. 

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place January 9-16, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from January 9-16, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Trapped in Ice" by Transilvia

by Bob Makin - published 2024-01-05
New Brunswick '90s rockers Transilvia are back together, and "Trapped in Ice" from their 2023 reunion album "Hz" is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...1/4/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-01-04
"Thanks for inviting me to chat, it's getting late here in the UK and I get up really early to do yoga these days," laughed a very jovial Malcolm Bruce as he discussed the recent December 2023 release of "Heavenly Cream: An Acoustic Tribute to Cream," its all-star cast of players, feelings on today's music, his famous father Jack and more. 

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place January 2-9, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from January 2-9, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 1/1/24

by Lazlo - published 2024-01-01
Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Dr. Void & The Death Machines, The Penniless Loafers, We're Ghosts Now, Vincent Brue & the Long Branch Davidians, and Cynful Ukes. Plus a look back at "Say Yes" by Readymade Breakup.