April Smith is a singer-songwriter from New Jersey with incredible vocals. She performed in the 2000s and then settled into family life. Hopefully we will hear from her again someday.
This album took her on quite a ride from the stages of Lollapalooza to winnning A Prairie Hom Companion's Battle of the Bands. "Colors" from the album was an NPR Song of the Day and won Best Pop/Rock Song at the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards. "Terrible Things" was featured in the TV shows Weeds and Dancing with the Stars. And the album was featured in Billboard, Paste, and Esquire. It came in at #30 in my book about the Top 100 Albums by New Jersey Artists from 2001-2010.
In 2005, I interviewed her while she was working on her debut album. That article is available here.
The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Big Black Car" from "My Island," the third album from Jersey rocker Part Time Baby, aka singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Goldstein.
(PRINCETON, NJ) — The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Kate Taylor on Friday, November 20, 2026 in an evening of upbeat and bubbling song filled with enthusiasm and love. The concert takes place at Christ Congregation Church in Princeton. Showtime is 8:00pm. A livestream option is available as well.
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Get The Led Out on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 8:00pm. From bombastic and epic to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians intent on delivering.
