(NEWARK, NJ) -- Music Director Xian Zhang’s love of opera and ballet inspires three weeks of epic works from the stage in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s 2020 Winter Festival, January 3–19 in six New Jersey venues. The Orchestra’s signature artistic event features music from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro and Wagner’s Ring cycle, all conducted by Zhang.... READ ON

(NEWTON, NJ) -- Growing up in a religious household, Eric Gales brothers' Eugene and Manuel used to blast out Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Muddy Waters, Blue Cheer, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, King’s X, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Whilst their mother was at church and little Eric was aged just 4, he was soaking it all up and this is where he had his incredible grounding of blues, hard rock, and psychedelia. Naturally right-handed, Eric learned his distinctive left-handed upside downplaying from his older brothers Eugene, his ‘mentor’ and Little Jimmy King, who was later adopted as Albert King’s godson.... READ ON

Bandaid Brigade the musical project of Zach Quinn (PEARS), Brian Wahlstrom (Scorpios, Gods of Mount Olympus) and friends Paul Rucker (Armchair Martian, Street Dogs, Drag The River) and Chris Fogal (The Gamits) will release their debut album 'I'm Separate' on January 21, 2020.... READ ON

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Y La Bamba had a huge 2019, releasing the critically acclaimed full-length Mujeres early in the year, followed by the equally lauded Entre Los Dos EP in the fall. The band hits the road later this month with Durand Jones & The Indications and has released the the video for "Entre Los Dos" - an animated clip directed by Daniel Barreto and animated by Daniel Barreto and Paula Palomar. ... READ ON

Trophy Eyes have released "Figure Eight" - the new single and follow up to 2018's critically-acclaimed album, The American Dream. The band surprised fans earlier in the week with a secret premiere of the song at Australia's marquee rock festival, UNIFY GATHERING. Following the reveal, on Tuesday, Australia's flagship radio station, triple J premiered the song on their new music show, Good Nights. ... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents the NJSO premiere of Wagner’s The Ring Without Words—the late American conductor Lorin Maazel’s arrangement of music from Wagner’s four-opera Ring cycle—in the finale of the 2020 Winter Festival, January 17–19 in Princeton, New Brunswick and Newark.... READ ON

(NEWTON, NJ) --  Frontman Keith Call has all of the moves and swagger of Mick Jagger, and along with his partner in crime Bernie Bollendorf, who portrays rock and roll outlaw Keith Richards, they complete the duo notoriously hailed as “The Glimmer Twins”. Their jaw-dropping resemblance to these two rock and roll icons is simply amazing, but what truly makes Classic Stones Live (TM) unique, is their musical prowess, attention to detail, and the spot-on renditions of all of your favorite Rolling Stones “classics”!  See for yourself when the band comes to The Newton Theatre on Saturday, January 18th, 2020 at 8:00pm.... READ ON

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 8:00pm and Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:00pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov... READ ON

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Six-time Tony-winning actress Audra McDonald performs at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 8:00pm. Tickets range from $69-$129.... READ ON

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company continues its annual January Thaw Music Festival with Diego Figueiredo and Ken Peplowski: The Bossa Nova Wave. The performance will take place at the Lackland Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 18 at 8:00pm.... READ ON