Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Category Archives: Music

ROOM FOR ‘NATIVITY,’ AT THE COUNT’S CRIB
News
Lorraine Stone is in the cast, and Darrell Lawrence Willis Sr. directs, as BLACK NATIVITY comes to the Count Basie stage for the first time on December 30. By TOMContinue reading "ROOM FOR ‘NATIVITY,’ AT THE COUNT’S CRIB"
Post a comment
December 20th, 2010 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
REVIEW BOOSTS LOCAL FILMMAKER’S LATEST
News
Jesse Bernstein in Peter Sillen’s documentary about the grunge poet. (Click to enlarge) I Am Secretly an Important Man, a documentary by Fair Haven resident Peter Sillen, gets a strongContinue reading "REVIEW BOOSTS LOCAL FILMMAKER’S LATEST"
Post a comment
December 15th, 2010 @ 9am
BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC
News
Middletown property owner Jon Bon Jovi has scheduled an “intimate,” $250-a-seat concert next month to raise money for Red Bank’s Parker Family Medical Center. News of the benefit appeared yesterdayContinue reading "BON JOVI TO ROCK OUT FOR PARKER CLINIC"
Post a comment
December 9th, 2010 @ 8am
Former Beatlemania and Styx rocker Glen Burtnik pays homage to John Lennon on the 30th anniversary of the ex-Beatle’s murder in this clip provided by our hyperlocal pals at MorristownGreenContinue reading "BURTNICK, LENNON & XMAS AT THE BASIE"
Post a comment
December 8th, 2010 @ 1pm
SINATRA AND BASIE, TOGETHER IN RED BANK
News
John Alden of Middletown (left) and Cara Smith of Rumson (right) pay tribute to the Chairman, as Red Bank’s Joe Muccioli (center) and the Jazz Arts Project present the fourthContinue reading "SINATRA AND BASIE, TOGETHER IN RED BANK"
Post a comment
December 8th, 2010 @ 10am
RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER
News
Santa Basie: Returning to the stage for Christmas are (clockwise from top left) Tim McLoone and Holiday Express; Nancy Scharff; Glen Burtnik, and Mark Shapiro with the Monmouth Civic Chorus.Continue reading "RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER"
Post a comment
December 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
As in years past, Tim McLoone’s rolling, feel-good music extravaganza, Holiday Express, kicked off the Christmas season in Red Bank Friday night with a concert for several thousand visitors whoContinue reading "‘TIS THE SEASON"
Post a comment
November 29th, 2010 @ 3pm
RETAIL SURVIVOR LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE
News
Jersey music juggernauts Glen Burtnik, Rick Fink and Nicole Atkins put down those guitars and pick up the polyvinyl platters as guest DJs in a special birthday bash for BackwardContinue reading "RETAIL SURVIVOR LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE"
Post a comment
November 26th, 2010 @ 9am
THE EXPRESS TRACK TO HOLIDAY TIME
News
As usual, several thousand people are expected to pack Red Bank’s Broad Street for a Holiday Express concert and overall merriment Friday night. These pix are from 2009. (Click toContinue reading "THE EXPRESS TRACK TO HOLIDAY TIME"
Post a comment
November 25th, 2010 @ 11am
‘DARKNESS’ PARTY “LIKE A HOMECOMING”
News
South Brunswick resident Jeff Beyer was first in line to buy Springsteen’s reissued Darkness on the Edge of Town record at the stroke of midnight today. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi;Continue reading "‘DARKNESS’ PARTY “LIKE A HOMECOMING”"
Post a comment
November 16th, 2010 @ 7am
MIDNIGHT MADNESS II FOR BRUCE BUFFS
News
The trailer for THE PROMISE. Below, the E Street Shuffle, which pays sonic homage to Springsteen as Jack’s Music hosts a midnight release event for the new Springsteen box basedContinue reading "MIDNIGHT MADNESS II FOR BRUCE BUFFS"
Post a comment
November 12th, 2010 @ 8pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News
No, but if you hum a few bars… Last week’s Where showed a piano and bench. Though one of our readers wrote in under the impression that the photo wasContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Post a comment
November 4th, 2010 @ 5am
BRAVOS FOR ‘OPUS’ AT TWO RIVER THEATER
News
Anjanette Hall, who plays the wide-eyed new member of a string quartet, at the opening-night reception at the Two River Theater on Saturday. Former ‘Cosby Show’ star Geoffrey Owens, below,Continue reading "BRAVOS FOR ‘OPUS’ AT TWO RIVER THEATER"
Post a comment
November 4th, 2010 @ 5am
GOT AN EXTRA TREE LYING AROUND?
News
Yes, folks, it’s that time of year. The book is closed on Halloween. Jim Bruno’s crew from Powerhouse Signworks has started stringing lights in trees downtown. And the event plannersContinue reading "GOT AN EXTRA TREE LYING AROUND?"
Post a comment
November 3rd, 2010 @ 1pm
BASIE STARTS BRISK MONTH WITH BUSY WEEK
News
Not bad for an 84-year-old. Red Bank’s venerable Count Basie Theatre, which had its opening on November 11, 1926 as the Carlton Theatre (featuring The Quarterback, starring silent screen studContinue reading "BASIE STARTS BRISK MONTH WITH BUSY WEEK"
Post a comment
November 1st, 2010 @ 10am
LITTLE: ‘SCARED’ PALLONE DODGES FACEOFF
News
Congressman Frank Pallone meets the press following his raucous town hall meeting on health insurance in Red Bank in August, 2009. (Click to enlarge) Tea Party-backed GOP congressional hopeful AnnaContinue reading "LITTLE: ‘SCARED’ PALLONE DODGES FACEOFF"
Post a comment
October 21st, 2010 @ 7am
A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS
News
Clockwise from top left: Village People chief Felipe Rose, Blondie bombshell Debbie Harry, funk bassmaster TM Stevens and  actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan are the honorees at the Monmouth County ArtsContinue reading "A HEAPING HARVEST OF GOOD DEEDS"
Post a comment
October 20th, 2010 @ 1pm
JAZZ ARTS ACADEMY’S IN SWINGIN’ SESSION
News
Veteran jazzman and Hammond B3 ace Radam Schwartz works with teen musicians at the Count Basie Theatre as part of the Jazz Arts Academy program that kicks off this weekend.Continue reading "JAZZ ARTS ACADEMY’S IN SWINGIN’ SESSION"
Post a comment
October 8th, 2010 @ 2pm
COUNCIL UNLIKELY TO FILL LEHNERT’S SEAT
News fair haven, nj, borough hall
Two weeks before he took his own life, Councilman John Lehnert had informed Mayor Mike Halfacre that he was ending his re-election bid, Halfacre says. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Though FairContinue reading "COUNCIL UNLIKELY TO FILL LEHNERT’S SEAT"
Post a comment
September 29th, 2010 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News
The owner of the Exxon station on West River Road in Rumson is “quite big on the whole ‘Jersey girls don’t pump gas’ theme,” writes Kevin Chieff, one of nineContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Post a comment
September 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
Partyline
“That should be on Red Bank Green!”

If you've ever thought that, join the 24 readers who've signed up to post their own stories on Red Bank Green.

Become a Partyliner
Partyline
JUNIOR BUCKS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucks Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
St. James Church praying mantis 102026
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
Become a Guardian of the Green. Help redbankgreen stand for 100 years. Help us get to our first 100 Guardians · joined by Chuck Stern and 2 others
Become a Guardian