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5 days ago | njarts.net | Martin Tsai

2 Ledisi and Marsha Ambrosius have separately taken the stage at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center many times. Considered an NJPAC favorite, Ledisi appeared as recently as March, with Raheem DeVaughn opening. Ambrosius was there in support of Musiq Soulchild in November 2024. I even attended Ambrosius’ headlining show at this venue way back in 2013. Their NJPAC show on June 1 marked the fourth stop in their Love You Too: The Tour.

6 days ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

2 Sports Illustrated Stadium (formerly known as Red Bull Arena) in Harrison, home to Major League Soccer’s Red Bulls team and The National Women’s Soccer League team Gotham FC, has a sold-out concert by Australian EDM band Rüfüs du Sol scheduled for July 25, and will add two more shows — which it is billing as its Sports Illustrated Stadium Concert Series — on Oct. 10 and 11. Country star Jason Aldean will perform at the stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 25,000, on Oct.

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 In “The Sandy Mack Experience,” a new documentary about the Asbury Park-based blues and rock singer and harmonica player Sandy Mack, bassist John Perry and disk jockey Stu Coogan both call him a “pied piper,” in separate interviews. By that, they mean that he is more than just a talented musician. He leads open-to-the-public jam sessions, organizes benefit concerts, sits in with countless different groups, and mentors young musicians. And he has been doing this for decades.

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Galactic, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Marcia Ball and Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters will be among the artists at the 2025 Crawfish Fest. Alison Kaufman of the radio station 103.7 NNJ has done video or audio interviews with 12 of the artists, so I have collected them below, along with music videos for every artist.

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

3 Bruce Springsteen has released the fifth song from his upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums boxed set: “Adelita,” from the set’s Inyo album. A press release describes the song as … an ode to Mexico’s female “soldaderas” — who played a major role in the country’s fight for independence.