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.

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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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WXPN Announces the 24-Hour Song Challenge for Area Songwriters

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- WXPN, the member-supported Philadelphia radio station, is inviting local songwriters to participate in a 24-Hour Song Challenge on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 12 noon ET, when it will announce a song prompt to start the challenge.

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Cut The Kids In Half release "A Good Man Died"

New Jersey outfit Cut The Kids In Half have shared their second-ever single "A Good Man Died," a tense, searing track rife with vocal control and creative vision beyond the band's teenage years, along with an official video that shows off their DIY roots and live prowess.

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BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 5/13/24

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 new releases by Chris Tiedemann, Cut The Kids In Half, The Ratchets, Mike Herz, Estrogents, and JD Burner. Plus a look back at "There's A Hope" by Val Emmich & The Veeries.

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Buddy Guy's "Damn Right Farewell" Tour LIVE! at MPAC

Music lovers inside Morristown, NJ's MPAC auditorium this Friday, May 3, 2024 evening happily await a sold-out Damn Right Farewell concert by blues legend Buddy Guy. Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who started out performing with bluesmen like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and ended up influencing such major rock guitarists as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page. A winner of multiple Grammys in addition to a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Guy is included on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and is also a recipient of a 2012 Kennedy Center Honors award.

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

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BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 5/13/24

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Todd Rundgren's "ME/WE" Tour LIVE! at BergenPAC