Aside from celebrating the return of Aviso Hara to the NJ Scene, we were also commemorating the birth of Crewman Number Six bassist Paul Guzzo....
<h2> Live @ Maxwell's in Hoboken</h2> There were points in the evening that brought me to tears. I found myself longing for the 'good old days'....
<h2> Solo Rehearsal Show @ Paramount Theatre Asbury Park, NJ</h2> In a dark theater, on a stage draped in purple and crimson, a lone figure in black stood stomping his foot, heaving into a harmonica and groaning distorted on the mic....
<h2>Live @ De Barra 55, Pearse St, Clonakilty, W Cork, Ireland</h2> While in the tiny Irish town of Clonakilty, I had the pleasure of catching a set of music by Gavin Moore....
<h2>Live @ Maxwell's in Hoboken</h2> In the liner notes of Boxcar Nancy's CD, Jersey Beat's Jim Testa referred to their music as Country Eastern. He hit the nail right on the head....
<h2>A CD of new material from Jehn Cerron</h2> When I first met Jehn in the spring of 1999, she was creating deep, rich vocal tapestries thru the use of two microphones and a series of digital delays....
<h2> ArtKore finds a new(er) home @ Rue de Jardin</h2> Nothing against the old venues, they did us well, but this is the place I have been dreaming of for our open mic....
<h2>Smart songs with an added bonus of a syncopated frying pan.</h2> Seriously. That is DC's Beauty Pill. Well, that and a nice mix of counterpoint guitar, tight rhythm and inventive vocals....
<h2>Last Bash at RodeoRistra LOUNGE Hoboken, NJ</h2> Over the past few years, a rag-tag group of creative folks in Hoboken formed an amazing original art, poetry and music scene...
<h2>Battle of the Bands Finals Whiskey Bar , Hoboken NJ</h2> Take a little 80's metal, a little prog rock, some punk and mix well with soulfully tormented blues....
No, this is not a commentary on the current (and let's face it ... constant) state of our government...
The series of events leading up to and including this night reads more or less like a Robert Altman film....
<h2>Rooftop party in Red Hook, Brooklyn</h2> On a sunny Saturday a bunch of us meet in Hoboken on our way to see Eugene, Butterspy and Buzz Universe at the Liberty Heights Tap Room in Brooklyn....
<h2>No One Knows Anything for Sure</h2> An 80's Brit-pop style reverberating from the 21st Century mind of North Carolina. Lush keys and guitar swim through deep pile rhythms with reflective vocals floating along. ...
<h2>Live at Continental, NYC</h2> Romania is best known for its Monasteries, the Danube Delta and Vlad the Impaler. Now add to that list the music of Gelu Sulugiuc....
