Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...3/14/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-03-14
"This is a solo show and now that the post COVID touring world is back, I'm basically on a kind of perpetual tour. I take breaks from it but I'm doing a lot of shows now. I'm doing The Lizzie Rose, I might have a couple of other shows on the East Coast in the same vicinity and we're trying to route it so it's not crazy; I prefer driving to flying but yeah, I'm busy," stated guitarist Stanley Jordan as he talked about his two upcoming March 16 shows at The Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, NJ, his upcoming new release, influences and more.  

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place from March 12-19, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from March 12-19, 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.

"Her Music is My High!" Joan Osborne LIVE! at SOPAC

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-03-11
The crowd inside South Orange, NJ's SOPAC auditorium cheers this Friday, March 1, 2024 evening as singer/songwriter Joan Osborne takes the stage. Osborne, a seven-time Grammy Award nominee known for her work in the areas of pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country music, attended open-mic nights in NYC before ultimately being launched into the spotlight with "One of Us," the breakout single from her 1995 album, Relish.

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 3/11/24

by Lazlo - published 2024-03-11
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 Dust-Ups, Supermutt, Dub Proof, Graduation Speech, Jackie June, and Bristler. Plus a look back at "Ballad of Rue Lafayette" by Dave Murphy.

Makin Waves with Renee Maskin: Helping Hands

by Bob Makin - published 2024-03-10
​​​​​​​The Garden State Film Festival will screen Asbury Park singer-songwriter Renee Maskin's Makin Waves Award-winning video "Scrimshaw" on March 23 at Asbury Lanes. The short film was produced by award-winning filmmaker John Decker, Renee’s boyfriend, whose work has been featured at the festival before.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Digital Carnival" by Jason Didner

by Bob Makin - published 2024-03-08
Singer-songwriter Jason Didner's first single and title track from his forthcoming "Digital Carnival" LP is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...3/7/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-03-07
"I should set my clock by you," laughed Leland Sklar as he was just finishing up his last dates on tour with Lyle Lovett. "Then I'm Heading home, then heading to the NAMM Show and then getting ready for the Grammy show; my dance card is pretty full right now; I'm turning 77 and I never thought I'd be this busy at this time in my life. You always kind of assume in a '"Flavor of the month" business that you're gonna be out in the pasture before too long and knock on wood, I think about it all of the time and I always kind of think that a moving target is kind of harder to hit so; keep moving."  

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place from March 5-12, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from March 5-12, 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.

"Simply Stunning!" Itzhak Perlman LIVE! at STNJ

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-03-04
Inside the State Theatre New Jersey lobby this Saturday, February 24, 2024 evening, music lovers chat as they wait for the historic auditorium to open for a special performance by Itzhak Perlman. Perlman, who has been honored with 16 Grammy awards, four Emmy awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, is here tonight as a part of the New Brunswick, NJ venue's annual "Classical Season Celebration."