On any given night, there’s a good chance that Billy Hector is performing at some New Jersey nightclub. And if that is so,…
350 Jersey Songs
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In 2009, an unlikely candidate for MTV’s “Unplugged” series, Katy Perry, appeared on it, and performed an unlikely song among reworked versions…
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Song No. 104 in the 350 Jersey Songs series: New Jersey celebrated its 350th birthday from Sept. 2014 to Sept. 2015. And in the…
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350 Jersey Songs
‘Trapped Again,’ Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at the Capitol Theatre
by JAY LUSTIGby JAY LUSTIGAs most Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes fans know, the tradition of the group playing a New Year’s Eve concert in…
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In May 1993, the New York-based Irish-rock band Black 47 was hired to headline a free, outdoor “Spring Festival” that took place…
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This is the 100th post in the 350 Jersey Songs series — only 250 to go! — and to mark the occasion,…
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It’s not so much a song as a listening experience: Chris Butler’s “The Devil Glitch” is a song that lasts 69 minutes.…
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East Orange native Dionne Warwick had had hits before the fall of 1963, but reached the Top 10 for the first time…
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Singer-songwriter John Gorka, who grew up in Colonia, wrote one of the all-time greatest (and funniest) New Jersey songs, “I’m From New…
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Patti Smith, who grew up in Deptford Township, helped create the genre of punk-rock, yet one of her most striking performances of recent…
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The Smithereens’ didn’t sing about chestnuts roasting on an open fire or Santa Claus coming to town on their 2007 album Christmas…
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As a reminder that you’re capable of seeing all kinds of things in the Hope Concert series — which takes place regularly…