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Category Archives: Music

RED BANK: TWO AGAINST NATURE
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Continuing a triumphal return to the concert stage, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker bring their 2014 edition of Steely Dan back to the Basie for a two-night stand on SeptemberContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO AGAINST NATURE"
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August 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ISAAK
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“Keepin’ a low profile” as ever, retro-rocking crooner Chris Isaak makes another encore appearance at the Count Basie Theatre this SUNday, gigging behind a heartfelt tribute to the million-dollar giantsContinue reading "RED BANK: A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ISAAK"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOUSE FULL OF UNCLES
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The men from Uncle Funky commandeer the Red Bank Woman’s Club for a Reckless Steamy Night house party on Friday, August 29. It’s a house party unlike any other —Continue reading "RED BANK: HOUSE FULL OF UNCLES"
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August 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: THE LAWN IS A BATTLEFIELD
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The last outdoor concert of the summer season hits the lawn at Middletown Arts Center, with a Tuesday night performance by Pat Benatar tribute band Little Paradise. She’s won aContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THE LAWN IS A BATTLEFIELD"
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August 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: A WEEKEND OF SIGHT ‘N SOUND
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While the annual Fireman’s Fair turns up the late-summer heat beginning Friday evening, The Wag closes out the season of free concerts on Saturday night, on the borough’s municipal dock. Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: A WEEKEND OF SIGHT ‘N SOUND"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RUMSON: SUEDE TO THE RHYTHM
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Social media-savvy Canadian band Cherry Suede takes it to Molly Maguire’s in Rumson for their sole area appearance, this Saturday night. The tour itinerary includes Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia and…Rumson? LastContinue reading "RUMSON: SUEDE TO THE RHYTHM"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VAN ZANDT IN THE VANGUARD
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Middletown’s own “Little” Steven Van Zandt — photographed outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008 — is one of the inaugural recipients of the Basie’s Vanguard Awards, honoring lifelong devotionContinue reading "RED BANK: VAN ZANDT IN THE VANGUARD"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 9am
LINCROFT: INDOOR VOICES PLEASE
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THE VOICE singing sensation Jacquie Lee joins the Rock and Roll Chorus for a special Saturday night concert at Brookdale’s Collins Arena, dedicated to ongoing post-Sandy relief efforts in UnionContinue reading "LINCROFT: INDOOR VOICES PLEASE"
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August 20th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT
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The Hat, The Cattle, The Hair — Lyle Lovett brings it all, in large quantity and with no discernible thinning of quality, to the Count Basie stage this Tuesday.  GripeContinue reading "RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT"
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August 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE
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Queen of Disco Gloria Gaynor appears with special guests The Village People in a September 6 benefit concert, dedicated to the Michael Fux Foundation’s local children’s hospital project.  Press releaseContinue reading "‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: NOW YOU’RE COOKIN’ WITH SHERRI
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Kindie-rock favorite Sherri Ehrlich sings for grownups in an encore appearance at Thursday’s Jazz in the Park series at Riverside Gardens. (Photo by Bobbie Kingsley) A generation of kids knowsContinue reading "RED BANK: NOW YOU’RE COOKIN’ WITH SHERRI"
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August 12th, 2014 @ 10am
LINCROFT: MANY CALLED, SUMMER SINGING
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Dr. Ryan Brandau (right) and the Monmouth Civic Chorus invite the public to lend their voices to a performance of Mendelssohn’s ELIJAH on August 13 — one of two suchContinue reading "LINCROFT: MANY CALLED, SUMMER SINGING"
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August 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: SHIRLEY YOU’VE HEARD THIS
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“This is the first concert that I have played in Little Silver,” Tim McLoone, appearing with the Shirleys, told a subdued audience at the Butch Ryser Memorial Patio Sunday night,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SHIRLEY YOU’VE HEARD THIS"
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August 11th, 2014 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN: BURGER, BURTNIK, BEATLES
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Bob Burger and Glen Burtnik (left and center in photo, with Jimmy Leahy) bring a pedigreed and pro-ey tribute to The Beatles out on the lawn at Middletown Arts Center,Continue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BURGER, BURTNIK, BEATLES"
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August 10th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ROCK DOCS BREAK FOR BENEFIT
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The Docs of Rock — a band of moonlighting medical professionals and educators, led by retired Ranney School Headmaster Emeritus and guitarist Dr. Lawrence Sykoff, Ed.D. (right) — take itContinue reading "RED BANK: ROCK DOCS BREAK FOR BENEFIT"
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August 9th, 2014 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: DOCK YOUR POD
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Tim McLoone and the Shirleys kick off an August series of free outdoor concerts in Little Silver this Sunday. Local power popsters the Wag, below, close out a concert seriesContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: DOCK YOUR POD"
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August 8th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS
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The sisters Wilson bring the 2014 edition of Heart to the stage of the Count Basie on Friday night, followed on Saturday by the long-delayed “homecoming” of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Continue reading "RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 12pm
BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS
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Steve Van Zandt, seen here outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Basie’s Vanguard Awards honoring lifelong devotion to the arts inContinue reading "BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…
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The Beatlemania Stage Show — featuring Lucien Nocelli, Lincroft’s answer to Lennon— returns for its annual benefit concert at Two River Theater this Sunday afternoon, August 3. The original LadsContinue reading "RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…"
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August 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
Post by Bon Jovi. Pop music hearththrob Jon Bon Jovi brings his side project, Kings of Suburbia, to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre in a benefit performance forContinue reading "RED BANK: BIG NIGHT FOR BON JOVIALS"
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July 30th, 2014 @ 8am
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STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!