Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...4/27/23
by Danny Coleman - published 2023-04-27
"My early introduction to music was when my dad gave me his cassette collection,” says guitarist Clay Melton. “There were these cases of music and they had a lot of Texas Country, a lot of Classic Rock, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top and stuff like that. Then I got into guitar when I was 11 after hearing Hendrix, "All Along The Watchtower" and that's all it took, it just blew my mind. I was really obsessed with Hendrix like most guitarists starting out and I read and listened to the things and songs he covered and then I did the same with the others.”
This Week in Music: Event Listings and Previews for Shows Taking Place April 25 to May 1, 2023
Here is a look at upcoming concerts taking place from April 25 to May 1, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 4/24/23
by Lazlo - published 2023-04-24
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 releases by Jag One, Hakken-Kraks, Blue Daze August, Fuzzy Navel, and The Antoine Poncelet Band.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Thrill of the Night" by The New Bardots
by Bob Makin - published 2023-04-21
"Thrill of the Night," the latest video from The New Bardots, is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...4/20/23
by Danny Coleman - published 2023-04-20
“We Kind of just do long weekends and come back,” says Karla Bonoff as she prepares to return to the Sellersville Theater tonight April 20 for an 8 p.m. show. “Sometimes we'll be a month off and then we go out and work a lot so, it's never really like one long tour; it's just kind of a constant; you know?
This Week in Music: Event Listings and Previews for Shows Taking Place April 17-24, 2023
Here is a look at upcoming concerts taking place from April 17 to April 24, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 4/17/23
by Lazlo - published 2023-04-17
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 releases by The Successful Failures, Ziggy Grover, Mike Herz, Dinosaur Eyelids, Painters, The Aerosol Halos, Freezeheads, No Good With Secrets, and Joseph Alton Miller.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "The Change" by Ruby the Hatchet
by Bob Makin - published 2023-04-14
Have you ever seen the Jersey-based female-fronted witch-edelic doom band Ruby the Hatchet?
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...4/13/23
by Danny Coleman - published 2023-04-13
"I'm not sure how they're framing it," began Sirius XM radio personality Eddie Trunk with a slight laugh; "I mean, I've written a couple of books but I don't necessarily know if it's going to revolve around my books. I've written two books, "Essential Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Volume One" and "Volume Two" so, my most recent one would have been "Volume Two" which probably is about eight to ten years old at this point.
