New venue for young performers BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The stage is set for music appreciation at Musician’s Workshop in Manalapan. read more Read more on Examiner

Musician’s Workshop offers new venue for performers BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The stage is set for music appreciation at Musician’s Workshop in Manalapan. Joe Striffolino, the owner of Musician’s Workshop, noticed that lately the performance opportunities for young musicians in the area...

In Asbury Park, performers offer original music ASBURY PARK — Wearing a black T-shirt, denim pants and dark sunglasses, Michael Brett of Roosevelt strummed his acoustic guitar as he sang “I’m always dressed in plain clothes. . . . I’m taking all my secrets with me to the grave” to...

If you ask the three most influential guitarists of the past 40 years I wonder what name you come with names? Perhaps it would be for Frank Zappa and Chuck Berry, or perhaps Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, or think that it might be Chet Atkins, or Barney Kessel. Well, all the great guitarists and commendable,...