Alexis Nexus: Blues belter Alexis P. Suter and her excellent hat are among the stars at the second annual Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival, going on today near Pier Village. (photo by Paul LaRaia)
SUMMERTIME’S OVER BLUES: Depending upon your vehicle’s gas mileage and your personal tolerance for the word “BENNY,” you’ve probably felt like [...]
Muensters of rock tour: The irresistible force that is Thundercheese wants YOU as an (unpaid) extra in its video shoot, tonight at Windansea in Highlands.
VELVEETA UNDERGROUND: Hailing from the back-booths and bulkheads of the Shore bar scene — and, more tellingly, from the same management company that brought you The Nerds — Oakhurst-based cover band [...]
Scooter Lib: Charter members of the SoleRunners Scooter Club, who take over the streets around the Asbury Lanes tonight for the sixth annual Ride On Weekend event.
By TOM CHESEK
They’re on their way; two-wheeling toward the circuit streets of Asbury Park over concrete and cowpath. Lone riders, hailing from all around the Northeast and then some [...]
Tribal shaman: That’s James Rado, at center, co-creator and original co-star of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, pictured with cast members of ReVision Theatre’s roundhouse revival. Rado caught the August 24 performance at the Carousel building in Asbury Park; you’ve got five more chances through Sunday.
Here in Red Bank, we’re graced tonight once again [...]
The hat and the harp: Go-to guitar guy Jimmy Vivino and frequent gig partner Félix Cabrera appear together tonight in Red Bank as well as at Saturday’s Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival.
By TOM CHESEK
Ask anybody — they’ll tell you that Jimmy Vivino is a busy guy. Busy enough to apparently be everywhere at once. [...]
Big-tent politics: Billy Idol, still true to the ideals that made him the voice of a generation, returns Shoreside to the humid circus that is the Stone Pony Summerstage.
WITH MYSELF: With the eyes of a nation now shifted from Beijing spectacle to the Boss-Jovi speculation at the Denvercratic Convention, the “mild-high” city has effectively [...]
Tuesday night music glub: Taking that whole Shore singer-songwriter thing to its logical extrapolation, Beth Arentsen surfaces tonight at the Middletown Library for a free open-mic event.
BETH SELLER: What is it about Beth Arentsen and books? The singer-songwriter-keyboard artist has already played some well-received gigs this year in local outlets of the Barnes & [...]
Wilk to power: Singer, poet, spoken word artist Rock Wilk offers the Shore audience a look at his “work in progress” known as “Ma’Plej’.”
By TOM CHESEK
At first glance, it’s a matchup of vocalist and venue that’s simply strange — the kind of idea that just seems “too true to be good.”
At center stage, you’ve got [...]
Pod cast: The dolphin pods that have made themselves at home this summer in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers have apparently stolen thunder from the Jenkinson’s Aquarium. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton)
PAGE FLIPPERS: This will go down as Our Summer of the Dolphins here in the greater Red Bank oRBit, a magical interlude that’s still [...]
Eric the red: The founder and president of the defunct Red Bank Music Community, Eric Ginsberg can now be found on the streets — as one of the featured performers in tonight’s Street Life set of happenings, that is. (photo by Marnie Mitchell-Lister)
STREET LEGAL: Not so very long ago, Eric Ginsberg was seemingly everywhere [...]
Brush up your Shakespeare: The beyond-legendary Riddim Twins and dub masters Sly (Dunbar) and Robbie (Shakespeare) bring it to the Stone Pony in Asbury Park for an early set this evening.
ROYAL DUBBING: From their early, old-school stint with Peter Tosh through the groundbreaking run of Black Uhuru — and beyond into all manner of new [...]
Advance man: Even the firefighter statue appears drawn to the delights of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.
Just in case you haven’t noticed, Fair Haven has stood at the Center of the Universe this week in Red Bank oRBit.
This past Tuesday, we profiled singer Laura Warshauer, a daughter of the borough who’s poised to release her [...]
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