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.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 03-08-24

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!

Celtic Woman Brings St. Patrick's Day Cheer to New Jersey

by Zachary Klein, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-07
When Celtic Woman performs at State Theatre New Jersey at 15 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick, NJ, on March 16, there will certainly be a lot of St. Patrick's Day energy in the building. The show, which is happening the day before the global celebration of Irish heritage, will mark the latest stop on the group's 20th-anniversary tour across the United States. And it has been entertaining audiences throughout the country through the power of Irish music.

Danú Ensemble to Take New Jersey Audiences on a Musical Journey to Their Native Ireland

by Carolyn M. Brown, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-07
Hailing from the counties Waterford, Cork, Dublin, and Donegal in Ireland, Danú is one of today's leading traditional Irish music bands to traverse the global stage, playing standing room only concerts. For nearly 30 years, the ensemble has hosted high-energy performances around the world and has recorded ten critically acclaimed albums. Danú will take audiences on a memorable and moving musical journey to their native Ireland, performing a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and their biggest hits at Stockton University's Performing Arts Center main stage in Galloway, NJ, on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00pm.

Algonquin Arts Theatre presents "Fiddler on the Roof"

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre presents the classic musical, Fiddler on the Roof from April 6-21, 2024. A journey of love, loss, faith and family, Fiddler on the Roof is a celebration of life and all its challenges. The original production won ten Tony Awards, including a special Tony for becoming the longest-running Broadway musical of all time.

Jersey Arts Podcast: Violinist Claire Chan Chats Strings and "Music at Bunker Hill"

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-03-07
In honor of Women's History Month, their program "100 Years of Women Composers" will grace the stage of Music at Bunker Hill in Sewell on March 17th. In advance of this performance, Jersey Arts spoke with violinist Claire Chan, a member of their String Quartet.

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."  

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 03-07-24

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!

REVIEW: "The Club" at George Street Playhouse

by Charles Paolino - published 2024-03-06
You can learn a lot by eavesdropping, and that's the experience of a teenaged character in The Club, a play by Chris Bohjalian having its world premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.