NEWPORT JAZZ FEST 2022
Newport Folk gets all the glory in the news. I mean between the collaborations, the surprises, and the instant sell out, it has become…
Festivals
NEWPORT FOLK ALWAYS WINS
A week ago the music world could not stop talking about, sharing video of, and looking at pictures of Joni Mitchell once again on…
4 HOURS OF PURE ROCK & 1 NEW SONG: REIGNWOLF’S NJ/NY RUN
There’s never just one story unfolding. Sea.Hear.Now festival was a tidal wave of headliners and highlights, but it also marked the start of something…
THE HAPPY FITS ON UNIQUE CELLO TRICKS & BIG FEST SET
It’s rare to meet a band and learn they’re doing extraordinary things with an instrument, but The Happy Fits are redefining what’s possible with…
BILLY IDOL, TANK & THE BANGAS AND THE SMASHING PUMPKINS WOW SEA HEAR NOW ON SUNDAY
It’s always interesting to size up the crowd on day two of a festival – how many had overslept after night one? Which jammers…
XPONENTIAL MUSIC FEST: ANI DIFRANCO, ADIA VICTORIA, STRAND OF OAKS & MORE
Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ, once again hosts the Xponential Music Festival with it’s beautiful Marina on the banks of the Delaware River and…
PEARL JAM, PATTI SMITH, REIGNWOLF & MORE AMAZE ON SAT AT SEA.HEAR.NOW
The ocean breeze of Asbury Park in September hits in a new way when you’ve been breathing through a mask for so long. That’s…
NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 2021
For the five years I have been going to Newport for the Folk Fest I have never stuck around for the following weekend for…
NEWORT FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS – FOLK ON WEEKDAY
So while in a normal year Chaka Khan would have ended the festival in all of it’s glory as the special guest, this is…
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS – FOLK ON WEEKEND
One of my favorite stories about the founding of Newport Folk Festival is that someone asked George Wein what was going to play at…