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The latest production of the dynamic husband-and-wife team of Jersey Shore Broadway talent Lisa Sherman and Oscar-winning songwriter Franke Previte...

Makin’ Waves with Nefesh Mountain: Makin Waves Band of the Year 2021

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December 8, 2021 0

When the annual Makin Waves Awards are doled out around Christmas, the independent Montclair-based Jewish bluegrass ensemble Nefesh Mountain will...

Makin Waves with Little Hag: ‘Brutal Is Not a Phase’

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November 5, 2021 0

Makin Waves’ 2018 Female Artist of the Year Avery Mandeville continues to thrive on Hoboken-based Bar/None Records as Little Hag,...

Makin Waves with Dogs in a Pile: Nothin’ Left to Do, But Smile…

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October 12, 2021 0

To the joy of their many fans up and down the East Coast, Asbury Park-based jam outfit Dogs in a Pile have...

Makin Waves with The Foes of Fern: ‘So Much Fun’

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September 16, 2021 0

Holmdel-raised Matt “Fern” Fernicola and his creative partner in crime, Joe “Pom” Pomarico have been a fixture on the Asbury...

Makin Waves with Tom Kanach

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August 9, 2021 0

The only live music act on the bill for the DJ-centric “Welcome Home Matt Pinfield” on August 14 at The Saint in...

Makin Waves with Jerry Ryan: Talkin’ Elephants, Rockin’ Autism

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July 28, 2021 0

South Jersey indie rock impresario Jerry Ryan has been a tsunami of Makin Waves for more than a decade, and for that,...

MAKIN WAVES WITH PAT GUADAGNO

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May 20, 2021 0

Well-traveled troubadour Pat Guadagno has been a fixture on the Jersey Shore music scene for many glistening moons. For nearly...

Makin’ Waves: Laurie Berkner: From Jersey Indie Rocker to Global Kindie Rocker

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April 13, 2021 0

Princeton-raised, New York City-based Laurie Berkner is known throughout the world as a beloved kindie rocker of independent children’s music....

Makin Waves with David Ross Lawn: The Sounds of Solitude

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March 18, 2021 0

Nocturnes, compositions that evoke and interpret feelings of the night, have been created by such beloved composers as Satie, Liszt,...

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