Jimmy Webb Presents His Tribute to Glen Campbell on May 7 at The Vogel in Red Bank

With songs like "Up, Up and Away” and "MacArthur Park,” Jimmy Webb has proven himself to be one of the greatest American songwriters of the past half-century. Some of his most memorable songs, however — "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Galveston,” "Wichita Lineman,” and more — have come about as a result of his musical affiliation with legendary singer Glen Campbell.

Django A Gogo 20th Anniversary; Trumpeter Joe Boga: "Be Ready to Expect Anything"

by Sanford Josephson - published 2023-05-01
Cheryl Boga has been Conductor and Director of Performance Music at the University of Scranton for more than 40 years. Predictably, her son, Joe Boga, was exposed to music at an early age. "My mom started me on violin," he recalled, "and I didn’t want to do it. I kept begging to quit, and eventually she let me do it but insisted I couldn't quit music altogether."

Piano Battle LIVE! at the Grunin Center

by Spotlight Central - published 2023-05-01
Devotees of classical music inside Toms River, NJ's Grunin Center for the Arts this Sunday, April 23, 2023 evening eagerly await the start of a live performance by the musical duo, Piano Battle. Comprised of internationally-accomplished pianists Paul Cibis and Andreas Kern, the musicians — who each hail from Berlin, Germany — travel the world putting on music and comedy concerts where they go head-to-head on stage for audience approval with a performance that is part serious classical recital and part tongue-in-cheek comedy performance.

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 5/1/23

by Lazlo - published 2023-05-01
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 releases by Pillowinde, decks, Bobby Syvarth, Southpaw, and Jonathan Tea.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 05-01-23

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage From April 23-29, 2023

Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from April 23-29, 2023. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 6 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth).

REVIEW: "Tales From the Guttenberg Bible"

by Gary Wien - published 2023-04-29
Ever wonder what it takes to make it in Hollywood? Steve Guttenberg took a very unique approach and his story is told in Tales from the Guttenberg Bible, currently having its World Premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ. The production runs through May 21st.

Monmouth University's Center for the Arts presents The Boxmasters

(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Monmouth University's Center for the Arts presents The Boxmasters (Billy Bob Thornton and J.D. Andrew) on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 8:00pm in the Pollak Theatre. Formed in 2007, The Boxmasters have recorded an impressive and diverse catalogue of music that touches on their love of a wide array of influences, but most importantly, the rock and roll of the 1960's.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Wheel" by Jackson Pines

by Bob Makin - published 2023-04-28
Earlier this year, Jackson Pines released what so far has been my favorite Jersey album of the year. But "Pine Barrens Volume One" is a collection of covers of old folk songs written in and/or about Jersey Pinelands.