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Category Archives: Music

IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN
There’s the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, which we updated you on just a few days ago. The always awesome Monmouth Symphony Orchestra and Monmouth Civic Chorus. The best of aContinue reading "IN oRBit: IN THE SOUND GARDEN"
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March 18th, 2010 @ 4am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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IN oRBit: THE BOAST, MINUS THE BLARNEY
From people of accomplishment to places of interest, we’ve long had lots to be proud of here in and around the greater Red Bank oRBit, and in today’s edition ofContinue reading "IN oRBit: THE BOAST, MINUS THE BLARNEY"
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March 15th, 2010 @ 6am
RED BANK USING SOLE MUSIC TO HELP HAITI
Donation bins like this one can be found at all Red Bank schools in a campaign to collect shoes for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)Continue reading "RED BANK USING SOLE MUSIC TO HELP HAITI"
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March 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LION
We don’t know about you, but here at Red Bank oRBit we are unequivocally “finished with the Feb” and ready to put that shortest (and, as it turned out, cruelest)Continue reading "IN oRBit: IN LIKE A LION"
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March 1st, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: JUST CAN’T STOP IT
To two or even three generations of bands and their fans in and around the Jersey Shore, the partystarting sonic bounce of reggae’s hypercaffeinated little cousin SKA continues to scoreContinue reading "IN oRBit: JUST CAN’T STOP IT"
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February 24th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS
He claims to have sworn off doing interviews forever and a day; he’s never had a hit record, and the guys from TMZ likely ignore him when he goes traipsingContinue reading "IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS"
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February 16th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK
You find the most interesting people passing through town — and over in the pixelated pages of Red Bank oRBit, we try to flag them down and introduce them toContinue reading "IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK"
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February 15th, 2010 @ 7am
Count Basie Theatre CEO Numa Saisselin. Hoping to appease Steve Winwood fans who couldn’t make the musician’s concert because of  Wednesday’s blizzard, officials at the  Count Basie Theatre are offeringContinue reading "BASIE THROWS A BONE TO SNOWED-OUT FANS"
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February 11th, 2010 @ 7am
BASIE: THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Schools, businesses and government offices throughout the Red Bank region are closed, and even the New York Times sheepishly informed its subscribers not to expect today’s newspaper before tomorrow. ButContinue reading "BASIE: THE SHOW MUST GO ON"
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February 10th, 2010 @ 3pm
RED BANK REACTS TO JAZZ & BLUES FEST NEWS
Has the sun set on the festival’s run at Marine Park? (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Following our report yesterday that the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival willContinue reading "RED BANK REACTS TO JAZZ & BLUES FEST NEWS"
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February 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL LEAVING RED BANK FOR RACETRACK; RETURN IN 2011 UNCERTAIN
Deanna Bogart performs at the 2009 edition of the storied music festival. (Click to enlarge) It’s official: the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival is leaving town, for this yearContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL LEAVING RED BANK FOR RACETRACK; RETURN IN 2011 UNCERTAIN"
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February 2nd, 2010 @ 10am
IN oRBit: RE-STOCKING THE WOODSTOCK
Sure, the 40th anniversary of Woodstock was last summer — but over at  Monmouth University, there’s no better time to mark those Three Days of Peace and Music than January 2010,Continue reading "IN oRBit: RE-STOCKING THE WOODSTOCK"
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January 26th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: HEDDA, THE DOLLS & BOSS PIX
The things we do on Saturday night are often best not viewed by light of day — but fortunately, Mike Black didn’t get that memo. The ace photographer has sharedContinue reading "IN oRBit: HEDDA, THE DOLLS & BOSS PIX"
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January 20th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: EDDIE AND THE PROFESSOR
We’re not outright suggesting that audiences prefer their rock and pop performers to play dumb, but if you’re Jon Caspi (left) — college professor and expert in his field byContinue reading "IN oRBit: EDDIE AND THE PROFESSOR"
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January 19th, 2010 @ 5am
IN oRBit: TWO ON THE AISLE @ TWO RIVER
Ever since we launched our satellite site for all things locally cultural, Red Bank oRBit has brought you the bar-none best coverage of the Two River Theater and all whoContinue reading "IN oRBit: TWO ON THE AISLE @ TWO RIVER"
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January 18th, 2010 @ 6am
WEST SIDERS GETTING SOME OVERDUE TLC
Danny Murphy, outside his Bridge Avenue restaurant, is leading an effort to boost the Arts & Antiques District’s profile. For years, a cluster of businesses west of Red Bank’s downtownContinue reading "WEST SIDERS GETTING SOME OVERDUE TLC"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 12pm
RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS
Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater. Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to townContinue reading "RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
It might not feel that way, but we’re slowly and surely creeping our way out of the longest, darkest days of the year by milliseconds — and each year aroundContinue reading "IN oRBit: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"
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January 12th, 2010 @ 6am
HIGH VOLTAGE ROCKERS AIM FOR THE STARS
The video for Six Volt’s ‘Girl Next Door’ features some locations that may be familiar to locals. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For the last few months, in a nondescript Red BankContinue reading "HIGH VOLTAGE ROCKERS AIM FOR THE STARS"
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January 8th, 2010 @ 9am
IN oRBit: THREE KINGS, BEARING GIFTS
“When you introduce someone to the music of Elvis, it’s like you’re handing them the key to the universe.” So we’ve been told by Scot Bruce (left), actor, singer, musician,Continue reading "IN oRBit: THREE KINGS, BEARING GIFTS"
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January 6th, 2010 @ 6am
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DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
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!