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Endea Owens' Blend of 'Groove-Based' Music and Jazz Developed from Her Detroit Roots
by Jay Sweet
published 2025-04-04

Bassist Endea Owens' 2023 debut album, Feel Good Music (Bass Bae Music), highlights her skills with tight arrangements, intricate compositions, and syncopated percussive elements that seamlessly interlock. The album's accessible, yet sophisticated, approach has made it a hit among casual listeners and discerning jazz critics.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "North Star" by Ashley McKinley

by Bob Makin
published 2025-04-04
The Makin Waves Song of the Week, "North Star," is Jersey Shore-raised singer-songwriter Ashley McKinley's latest single.

Grammy Award Winners and Jazz Icons the Yellowjackets Come to Bell Theater in April

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Celebrate Jazz Appreciation month with the Yellowjackets, which Jazz Times describes as an "electric-acoustic outfit whose smart, often challenging and unpredictable compositions draw from fusion, post-bop and contemporary jazz." These jazz icons are headed to Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Jersey Arts Podcast: Bewitched by Botti - A Chat with the Grammy Winning Trumpeter

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com
published 2025-04-03
Jazz fans, rejoice! Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti will be gracing the stage of the Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Makin Waves with Michael Patrick: A Clear Blue Sky

by Bob Makin
published 2025-04-03
Since recently moving from his longtime residence of Central Jersey to along the Delaware River in rural Hunterdon County, where his neighbors are now cows and horses, Michael Patrick has found country living provides inspiration. Shortly after the move, he quit his day job of 15 years to perform and write music fulltime.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...4/3/25

by Danny Coleman
published 2025-04-03
"So, Danny; how are you anyway? I'm doing the Beatle Fest in New Jersey before we do Sellersville; it's just me," laughed the always pleasant, always jovial and always upfront original Yardbird Jim McCarty. "What's happening now is, we're doing a different sort of show. Somebody had suggested to me a few years ago; why don't you do The Yardbirds history? So, we're doing a different show where I talk through the history of the group and we play the songs as they come up and we have a back projection illustrating what I'm talking about. We've never done this before, Sellersville will be the first one (Laughs)."

"A Must-See!" Gloria Gaynor LIVE! at bergenPAC

by Spotlight Central
published 2025-04-02
Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Gloria Gaynor at bergenPAC on March 27, 2025.

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts in New Jersey from April 1-7, 2025

Here is a look at shows taking place from April 1-7, 2025 along with our featured listings and a look at some upcoming shows. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

Split Level Concerts presents Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle at Jersey Shore Arts Center

(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Critically acclaimed singer/songwriters Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle will co-headline a performance at Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Showtime is 8:00pm. The show closes out the 2024-25 season of the Split Level Concerts series which highlights renowned Americana and contemporary folk musicians in a uniquely intimate setting. The series will resume in the fall.

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 3/31/25

by Lazlo
published 2025-03-31
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 Chemical-X, The Porchistas, Renee Maskin, Dante Paulo Tagliani, and Ciara Zwicker. Plus a look back at "Seventy Degrees" by Jonathan Andrew.

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