From Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered presents photographs by Andrew Lichtenstein of significant sites from U.S. history, posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nations past. Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American, Native American and labor history, Lichtenstein reveals new vistas of officially commemorated sites, sites that are neglected or obscured, and sites that serve as a gathering place for active rituals of organized memory. Curator: Mark Ludak, Department of Art and Design
From Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered presents photographs by Andrew Lichtenstein of significant sites from U.S. history, posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nations past. Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American, Native American and labor history, Lichtenstein reveals new vistas of officially commemorated sites, sites that are neglected or obscured, and sites that serve as a gathering place for active rituals of organized memory. Curator: Mark Ludak, Department of Art and Design
It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s a pint-filled good time set in a working pub (free beer anyone?) that combines hair-raising harmonies, high-energy dance, and live percussion with foot-stomping choreography. The multi-talented cast of nine handsome blokes sings everything – pub tunes, folk, Broadway, classic rock – all to roof-raising heights. It’s the best singing, dancing, stomping, pub crawl of a concert you’ll ever attend! CHEERS!
America’s journey has found them exploring a wide variety of musical terrain. Their best-known tunes, which also include “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway,” “Don’t Cross The River,” “Tin Man,” “Lonely People,” and “Sister Golden Hair” were cornerstones of 1970’s Top 40 and FM rock radio. Yet beyond their impressive catalog of hits, listeners would discover there was always much more to America than surface perceptions. The combination of Gerry Beckley’s melodic pop rock and Dewey Bunnell’s use of folk-jazz elements, slinky Latin-leaning rhythms and impressionistic lyric imagery contrasted well with Dan Peek’s more traditional country-rock leanings and highly personal lyrics.
From Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered presents photographs by Andrew Lichtenstein of significant sites from U.S. history, posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nations past. Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American, Native American and labor history, Lichtenstein reveals new vistas of officially commemorated sites, sites that are neglected or obscured, and sites that serve as a gathering place for active rituals of organized memory. Curator: Mark Ludak, Department of Art and Design
Join acclaimed vocalist Chris Pinnella (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) as he celebrates his birthday at The Asbury with an exclusive performance of, THE BILLY JOEL SONGBOOK featuring Pinnella’s stellar 8-Piece Band playing all of your favorite Piano Man Hits and Deeper Cuts! Expect to hear, Miami 2017, Movin’ Out, Vienna, The Stranger, & Only the Good Die Young, to Zanzibar, Summer, Highland Falls, Everybody Loves You Now, and many more. Come on out for a great night of music, drinks, and dancing!
Join us on Sunday, March 24th, for Come to You Senses, a benefit featuring live music, art, gourmet fare, and more! Come see the musical talents of Bobby Mahoney, Sahara Moon, The Emkays, Ben Resnick, and Martin Howth. Proceeds for this event will benefit The JBJ Sould Foundation and The Monmouth Museum.
Come join us and celebrate Mardi Gras on The Street at Bell Works! Enjoy bites and drinks and a live performance by the Moroccan Sheepherders! See you on the Block at Bell Works! Le bons temps roule!
Rachel Ana Dobken Band
with special guests
Des & the Swagmatics
Connor Braken and the Mother Leeds Band
The Dead Ramblers
Tickets: $12. adv / $15. dos
RAD hits at 9:30
Des plays the late set at 11:00!
Rachel Dobken’s highly anticipated LP, When It Happens To You, dropped in October 2018 – featuring: Dobken (producer/songwriter, drums, vocals, guitar, piano), and her wonderful band: Dan Haase (bass), Ryan MacLean (guitar), Joey Henderson (guitar, vocals), and sometimes: Andy Jackle (drums), Chris Dubrow (bass), Mark Masefield (B3 organ), Danny Clinch (harmonica) Ian Gray (trombone), Bruce Krywinski (trumpet), Denis Daley (bari sax). Recorded at Cedar Sounds in Oceanport, NJ. Dobken has been featured by The Aquarian Weekly, The Deli Magazine, Asbury Park Press, Relix Magazine, NJ Arts, New York Times, The Pop Break, Travel+Leisure and more.
he Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation and The Woman’s Club of Red Bank open the estate for evenings of entertainment and camaraderie. Visitors can relax on the porch or wander through the beautiful rooms of the estate while they enjoy great jazz and blues music. A delicious array of lite fare will be available courtesy of event sponsor, Bring your friends and a bottle of wine and enjoy night with some good tunes.
Starring:
Lou Christie —”Lightning Strikes”
Brian Hyland – “Sealed With a Kiss”
The Happenings – “See You In September”
Chris Montez- “Call Me”
Joey Dee- “Peppermint Twist”
and
Super Girl Groups:
The Exciters – “Tell Him”
The Cookies – “Don’t Say Nothing Bad About My Baby”
The Jaynettes – “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses”
The Raindrops – “He’s the Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget”
Reparata & The Del-Rons – “Whenever a Teenager Cries”
Distinguished NJ Songwriters Joe Rapolla and Joe D’Urso are back this year hosting the celebrated Songwriters by the Sea series at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre. What once started in a small coffee shop as an area for local songwriters has now grown into a series that features some of the top songwriters in the country. This year, the show features special guest artists Jeffrey Gaines and ERYN with an intro set by Mark Geary. The show will also feature Monmouth University student openers: Max Adolf and others TBD.
Hailed by critics and fans alike as the ‘Guitar Event Of The Year,’ the multi-artist celebration known as the Experience Hendrix Tour is set to return in 2019. These special concert performances present legendary artists who join together to pay homage to Jimi Hendrix. This next edition of the Experience Hendrix Tour will encompass 30 performances this coming March and April, playing in cities along the east coast, midwest and southern states.
Now in its second decade, the tour celebrates the musical genius of Jimi Hendrix by bringing together a diverse array of extraordinary musicians, ranging from blues legend Joe Satriani to Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, as well as Jonny Lang, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson and many others. Billy Cox, bassist for both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys, anchors a rhythm section that provides the foundation for exciting renditions of such signature Hendrix favorites as “Purple Haze” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”.
The Line-up:
Billy Cox (from Jimi Hendrix Experience / Band Of Gypsys)
Joe Satriani
Dave Mustaine (from Megadeth)
Jonny Lang
Dweezil Zappa
Eric Johnson
Doug Pinnock (from King’s X)
Chris Layton (from Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble)
Mato Nanji (from Indigenous)
Kenny Aronoff
The Slide Brothers
Henri Brown
Kevin McCormick
Taj Mahal
Artist line-up subject to change without notice.
IMAGINE… the vocals and music performed like Luther Vandross himself performed them in concert… with hits such as “Always and Forever,” “Never Too Much,” “Here and Now,” “A House Is Not A Home” — and so many more!
Ruben Sings Luther is a magical night out – a special concert event for Ruben Studdard fans and millions of Luther Vandross fans who long for his music – who now have a show that comes very close to the feeling of his memorable concerts – it’s a vocal tribute to his remarkable talent.
There will never be another Luther Vandross, and no other VOICE comes closer to him than Ruben – the remarkable singer who was hailed as the “next Luther” during his American Idol run, and was nominated for a Grammy for singing “Superstar”..
Produced by Stig Edgren – the creative force who staged events for numerous Popes and Presidents, created “Elvis Presley – In Concert”, The Colors of Christmas, designed shows for Earth, Wind & Fire, Gloria Estefan, and created Natalie Cole’s “Unforgettable” live video.
This is as close as you’ll get to a Luther show!
Idol and Stevens’ undeniable chemistry and seemingly limitless energy, founded on a mutual love of punk, rockabilly and dance music, has produced decades of successful tours and iconic hits including Rebel Yell, White Wedding, Dancing With Myself, Eyes Without A Face, Flesh For Fantasy, Cradle Of Love and more.
Billy Idol, together with Steve Stevens at his side, was an early architect of the sound, style, and fury of punk rock. His lip- curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into the mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, making him one of the most recognizable faces in pop music, while selling out arenas everywhere he played. He has sold 40 million albums while scoring numerous platinum albums worldwide, nine top forty singles in the U.S. and 10 in the U.K. including “Dancing With Myself, “White Wedding,” “Rebel Yell,” “Mony Mony,” “Eyes Without A Face,” and “Flesh For Fantasy.”
Steve Stevens is one of the most versatile guitarists & songwriters to emerge from the 80s rock scene, with influences spanning from classic rock to flamenco. In addition to his legendary career with Billy Idol, Stevens has worked with some of the biggest names in music, from Michael Jackson to Robert Palmer, Joni Mitchell to Pink. Stevens won a Grammy Award for his work on “Top Gun Anthem” and his songs can be heard on countless soundtracks including “Once Upon A Time in Mexico” and “The Matrix” Trilogy.
The New Jersey quartet—Mark Melicia [vocals], Paul Ritchie [guitar], Sam Bey [drums] and Gianni Scalise [bass], —synthesize raw and robust musicality with cinematic production on their forthcoming full-length debut for Britannia Row, including new track “Setting With The Sun”, which will be released worldwide Friday, September 14th. Produced by label founder and GRAMMY® Award-winning powerhouse Malay [Frank Ocean, ZAYN], the group capitalize on an adventurous spirit and willingness to sonically push boundaries, while crafting ambitious arena-size anthems.
Engelbert Humperdinck never wanted to be a singer. A career in music, yes, but he was extraordinarily shy. The youngest boy of a family of ten children originally from Leicester, England, he grew up in Madras, India, where his father was stationed during World War II. Engelbert’s childhood was dominated by the love of his parents and his brothers and sisters. He knew he could sing harmonies, but the power of his own voice came as a surprise to him and other people. “It’s just so loud, but I discovered I can be tender with it at the same time.”
In a career spanning almost 50 years, Engelbert has generated sales in excess of 140 million records, including 64 gold albums and 35 platinum, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and Leicester Walk of Fame. He has performed for the Queen four times, several presidents and many heads of state. He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to movie theme songs, disco, rock, and even gospel. His unique voice has charmed millions of fans around the globe. However, it’s not just the voice, but the man himself, with his endearing sense of humor and self-deprecating jokes. Engelbert has managed to strike a new chord with a younger generation after appearing on MTV several times.
Engelbert exploded on to the music scene in the sixties with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. His sixties did not so much swing as rage. The shy handsome boy catapulted almost instantly to world icon. He became great friends with Elvis Presley and the two legends often performed each other’s songs. His first single in the charts was “Release Me,” which went into the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks on the charts. It was No. 1 in 11 countries. The song was re-released after being used for a UK national television commercial for John Smith’s beer.
The following decades saw Engelbert touring the world to sell-out crowds. Engelbert seems to take great pleasure in every moment on stage, a place where he can lose his inhibitions and no longer be the child who was once shy.
Engelbert’s music has transcended time and his voice still continues to reach out to people now – serving to transport and inspire, to embrace and to provoke feelings and emotions…ingredients that are no doubt the essence of his long-lasting success.
Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards, acoustic-duo Ryanhood got their first break more than a decade ago as street-performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. Cameron Hood’s rich and folky lead vocals, Ryan Green’s explosive guitar and mandolin riffs, and their airtight vocal harmonies prompted the Arizona Daily Star to call them, “a match made in radio heaven. Come out and see them today!
