Makin Waves with The Foes of Fern: ‘So Much Fun’ Bob Makin September 16, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves Holmdel-raised Matt “Fern” Fernicola and his creative partner in crime, Joe “Pom” Pomarico have been a fixture on the Asbury Park music scene since 2015 with the Berklee College of Music-originated Airacuda, a... Read More...
Makin Waves with Tom Kanach Bob Makin August 9, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves The only live music act on the bill for the DJ-centric “Welcome Home Matt Pinfield” on August 14 at The Saint in Asbury Park, Tom Kanach is a deeply talented and equally respected veteran rocker. His potpourri... Read More...
Makin Waves with Jerry Ryan: Talkin’ Elephants, Rockin’ Autism Bob Makin July 28, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves South Jersey indie rock impresario Jerry Ryan has been a tsunami of Makin Waves for more than a decade, and for that, he won the 2020 Makin Waves Tsunami Award for being the year’s biggest behind-the-scenes mo... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES WITH PAT GUADAGNO Bob Makin May 20, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves Well-traveled troubadour Pat Guadagno has been a fixture on the Jersey Shore music scene for many glistening moons. For nearly as long, the saloon slinger has been paying annual birthday tribute to Nobel ... Read More...
Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker Bob Makin April 13, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves Princeton-raised, New York City-based Laurie Berkner is known throughout the world as a beloved kindie rocker of independent children’s music. She’s also an accomplished children’s author and the composer of a... Read More...
Makin Waves with David Ross Lawn: The Sounds of Solitude Bob Makin March 18, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves Nocturnes, compositions that evoke and interpret feelings of the night, have been created by such beloved composers as Satie, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and Chopin. Within the Asbury Park music scene, that l... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES WITH BRIAN ERICKSON: BIRDS OF FREEDOM Bob Makin February 12, 2021 Columns, Goings-On, Makin' Waves One of the 2020 Makin Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen of the Garden State music acts who made the most waves and the 2018 Makin Waves Vocalist of the Year, Asbury Park singer-songwriter Brian Erickson is a very b... Read More...
MAKIN’ WAVES WITH FAIRMONT: JERSEY 101 Bob Makin February 10, 2021 Columns, Makin' Waves Charter Mint 400 recording act Fairmont have been celebrating their 20th anniversary together with their 11th album, Liminal Spaces. Founding singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer-videographer-graphic artist Ne... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES WITH THE OUTCROPS: BAND OF THE YEAR Bob Makin December 2, 2020 Columns, Makin' Waves In this December 2020 edition of Makin Waves, Bob Makin himself crowns this groovy rock group the Band of the Year with an in-depth interview. The Northwest Jersey jam ‘n’ groove band The Outcrops are t... Read More...
Makin Waves: Top 10 NJ Indie Albums of the Year Bob Makin November 17, 2020 Columns, Makin' Waves 1. A Halo Called Fred, Go Home Drama You're Drunk and Other Tales of Going through Hell to Escape the Evil Monkeys (Lump’N’Loaf) 2. The Milwaukees, The Calling (Mint 400) 3. Stella Mrowicki, Pine Trees a... Read More...
