All jokes aside, New Jersey is a pretty great place. While it has a lot to offer as a state, it also has a rich musical history of which many people remain unaware. Everyone knows Sinatra and The Boss, but there’s much more.
Tune in to Garden State Sound with Evan Toth to explore the diverse music with connections to New Jersey. You’ll hear in-depth interviews with some of Jersey’s best music makers and have the opportunity win tickets to some of the best concerts in the state.
“It’s spring, but it’s not exactly beach weather. However, that doesn’t mean one can’t enjoy the beach. Next weekend (3/27-28) Cape May, NJ will host its 8th annual Singer-Songwriter Conference. Cape May is a beautiful NJ town nestled in the south-easternmost environs of the Garden State, so far down there, in fact, it is south of the Mason-Dixon line. It’s got the vibe, too: Southern ghosts can be seen and heard whipping around the Victorian homes in the salty, gusty evening air, especially during this time of year. It’s a great place for creative people to get together.
The conference always hosts a gamut of songwriters: the beautiful, the tragic, the goofy, the novice; that’s what it’s all about: writers gathering not necessarily to put on a highly polished show, but to perform the works they have written. It also asks us to, again, define what exactly the singer-songwriter is—the person who writes the song, but yet has the guts to get in front of people, on a stage, and perform it. It’s not an easy thing to do.
So join us as we explore some sounds that next weekend’s conference has to offer. Tune in to hear tracks from Russell Norkevich, Avi Wisnia, Lauren Marsh, The Quixote Project, Christina Custode, Jeff Munsick, and many more. Of course, I’ll be down there, too. Let’s go to the beach!” —SZ
