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Velvet Rouge releases "Lonely Since The Day We Met"

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Finding beauty beneath the pain and harmony hiding in heartbreak is an art form that Gina Zo has mastered as frontwoman of the Philly-bred, L.A.-based indie pop act Velvet Rouge. On May 15th, the trio released the first single, "Lonely Since The Day We Met" alongside the music video and also announced the self-titled EP due July 26.

 
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WXPN Announces More Artists For 2024 XPoNential Music Festival

(CAMDEN, NJ) - Philadelphia public radio station WXPN has announced that Guster, Trampled by Turtles, Greensky Bluegrass, Julia Pratt and Brittany Ann Tranbaugh have been added to the lineup of its 2024 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. They join the 17 previously-announced artists who’ll be performing September 20, 21 and 22 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

Newark Academy Wins First Place in Jazz at Lincoln Center's 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) announced the three top-placing high school jazz bands in the nation plus more than 100 individual and section awards in the prestigious 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival - held May 9-11, 2024 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world. The competition is part of the organization's festival of events celebrating the 125th birthday of Duke Ellington, one of music's most influential composers, musicians, and bandleaders; and Jazz at Lincoln Center's lodestar since the organization's founding in 1987.

Joe Grushecky releases "Goodbye Steeltown"

Joe Grushecky has released "Goodbye Steeltown," a track off the forthcoming Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology, out on May 24, 2024 via Omnivore Recordings. This song and the remaining 35 tracks on the 2 disc set are newly remastered by multiple Grammy-winner Michael Graves, and co-Produced by Johnny Grushecky and multiple Grammy-winner Cheryl Pawelski.

Clinton Hill Community Action Celebrates the 1st Anniversary of the ArtsXchange in Newark

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Clinton Hill Community Action (CHCA) proudly hosted the first-anniversary celebration of the ArtsXchange on April 30, 2024. This night of culture recognized one year of a spectacular partnership with NJPAC celebrating arts programming in Clinton Hill. This collaboration spawned the arts and creative placemaking department at CHCA, and ArtsXChange was the first joint effort with Clinton Hill Community Action & the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.



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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Woman Child" by The Cynz

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Woman Child," the first single from The Cynz's upcoming album due next year on Jem Records.




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...10/17/24




This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from October 15-22, 2024




BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 10/14/24






 

MORE NEWS

Fans of progressive rock make their way towards the historic UCPAC theater in Rahway, NJ this Saturday, October 5, 2024 evening for a Final One Man Solo Tour concert by English keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman.


AMERICA to Play Two Shows at Scottish Rite Auditorium




"A Great Evening of Blue-eyed Soul!" The Rascals LIVE! at UCPAC




State Theatre New Jersey presents America in Concert November 1st






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


Rod Wave - Last Lap Tour comes to Prudential Center in December

(NEWARK, NJ) -- This Fall, AG Touring and Mammoth, Inc. proudly present the Rod Wave - Last Lap Tour. This large-scale multi-city outing will feature Rod Wave headlining 36 of North America's top arenas coast-to-coast. The tour will kick off on October 19 at Desert Diamond Arena in Phoenix, AZ visiting major markets across the country, including Newark’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 with special guests Moneybagg Yo, Toosii, Lil Poppa, Dess Dior and Eelmatic.


Billie Eilish to Perform Shows in Philly, Newark, and NYC




The Newton Theatre presents Zebra




BlowUpRadio.com's 2024 Banding Together Webathon For The Spondylitis Association Of America Celebrates 17 Years Of Annual Benefit This October






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