Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...5/2/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-05-02
"I'm doing good, I took a little stroll around the neighborhood to clear my mind a little bit  because it was South by Southwest this past week and there is a lot of stuff going on."

The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Ivan Goff and Katie Linnane

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Irish music duo Ivan Goff (uileann pipes, Irish flute, and whistles) and Katie Linnane (fiddle) on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Christ Congregation Church,. The couple are stalwarts of the vibrant New York City Irish traditional music scene. Showtime is 8:00pm. The concert is also available via livestream.

Black Box Studios and The Elated System presents Doom Dogs at Debonair Music Hall

(TEANECK, NJ) -- Black Box Studios and The Elated System presents Doom Dogs, with opener Eels Of Love, on Friday, May 10, 2024 at Debonair Music Hall. Doors open at 6:30pm, showtime is 7:30pm. Doom Dogs is an improvisational trio featuring Reeves Gabrels on guitars, Jonathan Kane on drums, and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on basses.

Martell's Tiki Bar to Host Fundraiser for Teddy B. (long-time member of The Sensational Soul Cruisers)

(POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ) -- There will be a fundraiser for Eric Barney aka Teddy B. on Friday, May 10, 2024 at Martell's Tiki Bar with entertainment by The Motor City Revue, Carlton J. Smith, High in the Mid 80's and MC Johnny Mac.  The event runs from 7:00pm to 11:00pm and is for 21 and over. If you cannot make the show but wish to help, a GoFund campaign has been set up for Teddy B. as well.

State Theatre New Jersey presents Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Last Encores

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – The Last Encores on Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:00pm. The original Jersey boy himself, Frankie Valli is a true American legend. His incredible career with the Four Seasons, as well as his solo success, has spawned countless hit singles. With unforgettable tunes like "Sherry," "Walk Like A Man," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "December '63 - Oh What A Night," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and of course, "Grease."

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: "I'm Just Repeating a Model"

by Sanford Josephson - published 2024-05-01
​​​​​​​Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr.'s Cellar Music album, A New Beat, featuring his Generation Y of up-and-coming young jazz artists, spent eight weeks at Number 1 on the JazzWeek charts.

'60s Rock 'N Roll Revival LIVE! at STNJ

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-05-01
New Brunswick's historic State Theatre New Jersey auditorium is quickly filling up this Saturday, April 20, 2024 evening as music lovers find their seats for a '60s Rock 'N Roll Revival concert starring Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Grass Roots, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and The Brooklyn Bridge.

Wharton Arts and William Linthicum-Blackhorse Receive 2024 Dale Warland Singers Commission Grant

(BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ) -- Wharton Arts, New Jersey's largest non-profit community performing arts education center, announced that it is the recipient of the 2024 Dale Warland Singers Commission Grant, which will support a composition from composer William Linthicum-Blackhorse to be premiered by Wharton Arts' New Jersey Youth Chorus.

Don McLean to Play Monmouth University's Pollack Theatre

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-04-30
"I'm excited, I love traveling and singing. I don't really tour for any particular reason; except for the pandemic I've never stopped since 1968," began music legend Don McLean as he talked about his career, folk music, "The SONG," and his upcoming May 4 show at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre. "I just like rambling and singing and going and having a certain rhythm to my life where I'm home for a while and then I go to some place that maybe I've been to before or maybe never was before; when I would do foreign tours in places like Australia, England or Europe, that would often be behind an album and that would be called the "Prime Time" tour or the "American Pie" tour, the "Headroom" tour or whatever it was depending on the album because you'd be on a bus for a month and do 25 to 27 shows and that was intense and I've done many, many of those. I've decided to stop doing that sort of thing and what I'm doing now and will continue to do is the occasional one or two nights and then some time off. I'll go overseas for one or two shows; I'm going over to England to perform at a festival in August and I'll stay at a nice hotel with my girlfriend and we're gonna visit nice restaurants and do some sightseeing and that's what I'm gonna do from now on. Anybody else would say, "You are still working" but to me that's semi-retirement."