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...
Makin Waves with Well Wisher: Indie Intimacy Bob Makin October 1, 2020 Columns, Makin' Waves Public Radio (NPR). When a Jersey band gets NPR exposure, it’s a big deal, and that happened this summer for the awesome Asbury Park outfit Well Wisher led by the multi-hyphenated talent of Natalie Newbold, fo... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES WITH THE HAPPY FITS Bob Makin September 3, 2020 Columns, Goings-On, Makin' Waves AQ's Bob Makin basks in the contagious joy of this Clinton, New Jersey trio. Throughout 40 years covering the local music scene, it’s always been fun to watch a band grow up and mature into a really gre... Read More...
MAKIN WAVES WITH FRANK LOMBARDI Bob Makin August 5, 2020 Columns, Interviews, Makin' Waves The New Jersey native spoke earnestly about what Ocean County did for him, his perspective on life, and his musical journey – both before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Like all artists trying to mo... Read More...
