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Two great NJ tributes band live on one stage on March 12, 2022 at the Brook Arts Center - Almost U2 and Pure McCartney. Born from the Asbury Park-based band Misfit Johnny comes Almost U2, a tribute to the live experience of the iconic band U2. The band pays homage to U2 with spot-on accuracy and attention to detail. With music spanning U2’s entire music catalog, their renditions of legendary U2 live performances honor the band and equally the experience of a real U2 concert! Pure McCartney is a 6-piece tribute band from New Jersey that celebrates the music of Paul McCartney. The repertoire includes selections from Sir Paul’s works with The Beatles and Wings, as well as his solo recordings. The band faithfully recreates the selected songs, whether they are studio or live versions, of Sir Paul’s catalog. This is one night of music you don’t want to miss! Advance discount tickets at www.brookarts.org or 732-469-7700. Box Office Opens at 6 pm for regular price walk-up sales. All seats are reserved socially distanced seating. Concessions, Bar, and Free Parking are available. The Brook Arts Center is in Bound Brook, NJ, one block from the Bound Brook Train station and a few short miles from Rt 22, 287, and 78.

Back by popular demand, the powerhouse ensemble We May Be Right will deliver an electrifying special Valentine’s Day performance at the Brook Arts Center on Saturday, February 11 at 8 pm. Moving audiences of all ages as they authentically re-create the music of one of the greatest Rock and Roll Keyboard Players, "Piano Man" Billy Joel. A pianist since age 6, Karl Dietel is a 20-year veteran of the Tri-State area live music scene. He toured nationally for many years with Sean Kelly and The Samples. Together with veteran musicians Perry Andrews, Derek Davodowich, Luke Kessel, and Jim Ruffi, this band deliver hit after hit along with some of Billy’s best deep cuts. We May Be Right shows bring the audience to their feet singing along to all the classics! Discounted advance tickets at www.brookarts.org or 732-469-7700. Box Office Opens at 6 pm for walk-up sales. All seats are reserved socially distanced. Concessions, Bar, and Free Parking are available. The Brook Arts Center is located in the historic downtown Bound Brook, NJ, one block from the Bound Brook Train station and a few short miles from Rt 22, 287, and 78.

Join Black House Black Joy Podcast and WBGO Studios as we celebrate the power of Black Music Month and the profound influence of House Music in New Jersey and beyond. Don't miss this unique opportunity to engage with the stories and sounds that have shaped a community and continue to resonate today.

Come and join us at 6 pm on June 15th in Express Newark's Lecture Hall at the Hahnes Building, where WBGO's Carmen Balentine will be hosting an evening filled with music, storytelling, and community.

Panelists: Carolyn Byrd, Eddie Nicholas, Charon Jenkins, DJ Mix Mash, Dr. Lacey Hunter

Our podcast is the perfect companion to the upcoming film docu-series "Black House, Black Joy", which explores the same themes and stories in visual form.

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Pianist and composer Aaron Diehl mystifies listeners with his layered artistry. At once temporal and ethereal, his expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner and Jelly Roll Morton. Following three critically-acclaimed leader albums on Mack Avenue Records — and live appearances at historic venues from Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Village Vanguard to New York Philharmonic and the Philharmonie de Paris — the American Pianist Association’s 2011 Cole Porter fellow now focuses his attention on what it means to be present within himself. His forthcoming solo record promises an expansion of that exploration in a setting at once unbound and intimate. "Diehl has developed an organic, sophisticated approach" says DownBeat.

During his kaleidoscopic quarter-century as a professional jazz musician, pianist Orrin Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who pushes the envelope in all directions. Never supported by a major label, Evans has ascended to top-of-the-pyramid stature on his instrument, as affirmed by his #1-ranking as “Rising Star Pianist” in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll. Grammy nominations for the Smoke Sessions albums The Intangible Between and Presence, by Evans’ raucous, risk-friendly Captain Black Big Band, stamp his bona fides as a bandleader and composer. In addition to CBBB, Evans’ multifarious leader and collaborative projects include the Eubanks Evans Experience (a duo with eminent guitarist Kevin Eubanks); the Brazilian unit Terreno Comum; Evans’ working trio with bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr.; and Tar Baby (a collective trio of 20 years standing with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits). One of Tar Baby’s two 2022 releases will be released on Evans’ imprint, Imani Records, which he founded in 2001 and relaunched in 2018.

HOLLA & HEAL: A live concert event featuring Magnetic North & Taiyo Na (MNTN) and special guests Ann One, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, and Treya Lam with proceeds to benefit the community organization CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities. This collective brings live musicianship to the genres of soul, folk, jazz and hip hop from a distinct and politicized Asian American perspective. The event aspires to be a safe gathering for communal healing, especially in context of the pandemic and spikes in anti-Asian violence. Magnetic North & Taiyo Na consists of Theresa "T-Vu" Vu, Derek Kan, Taiyo Na, and Chucky Kim. They created Home:Word, an album of chart-topping hits in Japan and Korea that Phil Yu of AngryAsianMan called “one of my favorite albums of the year," and writer/historian Jeff Chang described as “an album my family plays when we get together.” In 2021, they released “We Belong ‘21” in response to increased nationwide anti-Asian violence. A dedication to the late photographer Corky Lee, the music video was directed by An Rong Xu with ZZ Design.