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My favorite Jersey band are Jackson Pines because they embody so much of what I love about music. They’re rootsy, but they...

Makin Waves with Renee Maskin: Helping Hands

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March 22, 2024 0

The Garden State Film Festival will screen Asbury Park singer-songwriter Renee Maskin’s Makin Waves Award-winning video “Scrimshaw” on March 23 at...

Makin Waves with Candy Cavity: ‘Brought Back to Life’

Bob Makin

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Candy Cavity and their front-woman Candace Schur are survivors. They would be a much bigger and better-known band if not for...

Makin Waves with Colossal Street Jam: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

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One of the most enjoyable parts of being a local New Jersey music writer for the past 43 years has...

Makin Waves with Dogs In A Pile: Makin Waves Band of the Year

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December 13, 2023 0

The sandy shores of Asbury Park are hallowed ground in the Northeast. The rolling waves have ushered generations of venerated...

Makin Waves with Richie ‘LaBamba’ Rosenberg: Hip, Hip, Holiday Hurrah!

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Philadelphia-born Richie “LaBamba” Rosenberg has brought his trombone, voice, and personality to the world of music and television. He’s toured and recorded...

Makin Waves with Bruce Tunkel: ‘Tougher Answers’

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Columns

November 15, 2023 0

Bruce Tunkel has created some New Jersey’s best original music for more than three decades. At first it was with The...

Makin Waves with Reagan Richards: ‘Sacred Ground’

Bob Makin

Columns

October 27, 2023 0

Singer-songwriter Reagan Richards of the Asbury Park country duo Williams Honor is honoring her recently departed mother, Harriet, a big...

Makin Waves with Kanak: ‘Music Was My Escape’

Bob Makin

Columns

October 18, 2023 0

Tom Kanach has led three great bands throughout a near 40-year local music career: Mischief, the Makin Waves Band of...

Makin Waves with Dave Vargo: ‘Better Than Before’

Bob Makin

Columns

September 18, 2023 0

Jersey Shore-based Dave Vargo is not only a great songwriter and musician, he’s also one of the most charitable talents within...

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