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Makin Waves Album of the Month: "Intrusive Thoughts" by Juliana Frangella

If Taylor Swift was haunted by the ghost of Warren Zevon while she made an album, it might sound like Juliana Frangella's 10-song debut LP, "Intrusive Thoughts," Like Swift, she surprisingly inspires empathy and relatability in the face of young female angst. Like Zevon, her witty wordplay and skewering sarcasm are hysterical.

 
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"Still as Fresh as Ever!" The Rascals LIVE! at STNJ

Lovers of ’60s music inside New Brunswick, NJ's recently refurbished State Theatre New Jersey this Saturday, April 8, 2023 evening ready themselves for a Time Peace Tour concert performance by The Rascals featuring founding members Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish.

Two Planet- and Family-Friendly Performances at Rowan College in Honor of Earth Day

Rowan University's College of Performing Arts, home of the Marie Rader Presenting Series, will present two planet- and family-friendly performances April 23, the solar-powered mobile stage show "The Puppet Cycle: Small World Stories," followed by bestselling author and composer Dan Brown's "Wild Symphony," a presentation of nearly two dozen musical portraits drawn from the animal kingdom for young audiences.

New Jersey Porch Fest Season Promises Fun for All

A large map of Princeton sits on the wall of the second floor of the Arts Council of Princeton. On it, there are diagrams, thumbtacks and drawings penciling out an upcoming event that the Arts Council is holding. The event they are planning is called a Porch Fest, and ever since the first one occurred in Ithaca, New York in 2007, the number of these homegrown musical festivals have grown rapidly in communities around the country. Princeton is hosting this event for the second time and is one of about a dozen New Jersey communities to have a similar event scheduled in the next few months.

Emma Ruth Rundle’s Engine of Hell New York City Concert

I am a relative newcomer to Emma Ruth Rundle’s music but I have been playing her songs almost non-stop since 2022 when I became hooked on Electric Guitar: One which is her first solo album. That led me down the Rundle rabbit hole and I quickly purchased all her oeuvre as well as the albums she made with Thou, Nocturnes, Red Sparowes and Marriages. I was tempted to go see her play live in Toronto and Boston earlier this month, but those shows just didn’t jive with my teaching schedule at Rutgers University. So, it was with great anticipation that I headed to Rundle’s Easter gig at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village. This show was originally planned to be the Tour’s finale, but she added another Boston show due to great demand.



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COLUMNS


This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from October 13-19, 2026

Here is a look at shows taking place from October 13-19, 2026 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.




Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Bummer" by the dt's




This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from October 6-12, 2026




Makin Waves Song of the Week: "The Only Man to Make It Through the Dance" by Jake Thistle






 

MORE NEWS

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- The Blind Boys of Alabama come will perform at South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Showtime is 7:30pm. Only a handful of tickets remain.


Levoy Theatre presents The Artimus Pyle Band on Friday




Daughtry to perform at Ocean Casino Resort's Ovation Hall on Saturday




The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Curtis Salgado on Friday




CarteretPAC presents Tusk - The Classic Fleetwood Mac Tribute on Saturday






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


Lace and Lee Find Their Sound Through Friendship, Storytelling and a Little Bit of Magic

Indie-folk duo Lace and Lee are in the middle of another run supporting Five For Fighting while preparing for the release of their debut EP, Mirror Mirror, due November 27, 2026.


Kate and the Melonheads to perform free concert in Bradley Beach on Saturday




Avenel PAC presents Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill




SOPAC presents the Blind Boys of Alabama on Thursday






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