New Monthly Salsa series comes to Hoboken's Sinatra Park

(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready to move as the brand new Salsa series Música Hoboken comes to Sinatra Park. The Hoboken Business Alliance has teamed up with Riverview Jazz, the local non-profit that produces the Jersey City Jazz Festival and PierFest to bring an exciting new series to the Hoboken waterfront. The monthly events will take place April 28, May 19, June 23 and will feature a world-class salsa band, DJ, and dance instruction. The events are free to the public.

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Steve Forbert's "Streets of This Town" to Be Reissued on Vinyl and CD, Newly Remixed and Remastered

Troubadour Steve Forbert's acclaimed 1988 album, Streets of This Town, will be back in print on CD and 140-gram vinyl for the first time in 28 years. The re-issue, Streets of Town: Revisited has been remixed and remastered and will be released through Blue Rose on June 2; the CD format contains a bonus track, "They're Out To Break Us." The album is notable as Forbert's first opportunity to record and release an album after several years of legal struggles with his then-label, CBS Records.

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2023 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru Releases Initial Lineup

(CAMDEN, NJ) -- The initial lineup of artists performing in its 2023 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru has been announced by Philadelphia public radio station WXPN. The 30th annual outdoor music festival produced by WXPN will take place from Friday, September 22 through Sunday, September 24 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

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All-Star Ensemble of Jersey Musicians Seeks Your Support for Tiny Desk Concert Concert Series

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Recording artist Prince Derek Doll and two-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Mark Gross (with the Dave Holland Big Band) have assembled an all-star Jersey ensemble of musicians to audition for NPR's iconic Tiny Desk Contest 2023. Voting is scheduled to end on or about April 21, 2023.

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Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...1/16/25

"I just finished up my 24th tour with Trans Siberian Orchestra as part of their West Coast band, we just finished up our annual winter tour and I'm glad to be back and prepping to do this show with the Kunes Clark Band," said Angus, the "Clark" of the Kunes Clark Band as he and partner Jimmy Kunes ready for an 8 p.m. "Face-melting" show on January 18 at the Carteret PAC which also includes legendary rockers Cactus, featuring Carmine Appice and Foghat. 

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Newton Theatre presents Lynch Mob: The Final Ride featuring Paralandra

(NEWTON, NJ) -- Lynch Mob: The Final Ride featuring Paralandra comes to The Newton Theatre on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 8:00pm. The band was formed by George Lynch in 1989 after the breakup of Dokken, his long time band of which he was a founding member and main song writer.

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Bruce Hornsby and yMusic present BrhyM at bergenPAC

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Levoy Theatre presents Jersey Native Zach Westcott

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Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music presents Second Annual President's Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America

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Outpost in the Burbs presents the Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show