Chris Barry's "Shore World"
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more aggressive than most of my other stuff...the truly new ideas currently flooding in may surprise you...Stay tuned'

...For an on-line sampling of Jersey's most prolific Internet Artist, check out website at www.jefftrenholm.iuma.com

 And while you still recall Signature, mark your calendar for a special One-Time Acoustic Signature Reunion Show Saturday May 12^th at The Broadway Central, featuring Trenholm and the band's original guitarist..Don't miss this rare Rockin' Event!

And While Things' are Musing Out All Over:

Get ready for the debut CD from alternative super-trio The Dead PonyCats, entitled 'Brandy of The Damned', [from a George Bernard Shaw quote about the true essence of Music]; The group just signed w/the Bridgewater-based Lump N' Loaf Records, a feisty new Indy label headed up by Damian of Milo's Face..The Ponycats which feature members of The Marbles, Bongo Jones and Trio of Madness will join a growing L N'L roster that includes The Dustmites, Number Theory and Damian's band Milo's Face..

 And Why is Bucket Boy Crying?

There's something sad about Clad, as we hear the Death Knell is official for the Toms River-based band, a Shore Club Mainstay who recently passed the 5 year mark of bringing their amp-jumping brand of showy Springsteen meets Replacements on New Kids Rock into your face and then some..Seems there were 'artistic differences' between pivotal band members about their respective on-stage roles; Therefore, the band has split into separate factions, (continued on page 9)

Erik Balkey Homecoming
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returns to the Internet Café on Front street in Red Bank every Wednesday in May,  to host "Sounds of Red Bank".

This writer has been fortunate to know Erik and has followed his career for nearly a decade now. I've seen him grow  from a shy, quiet seed of a songwriter, to the lush forest of lyric and melody he is today!  Eric is now touring  nationally. While it's our loss not to have him here in Jersey as often as we might like, it's America's gain.  Erik, a native of  Marlton, N.J., had lived in Red Bank for some years. He now calls the "City of Brotherly Love" his home when he's not on the road.

 Here is what the critics have to say........

The Two River Times has said, "He's definitely got something going on... it's his simple, raw nerve, emotional honesty. (continued on page 9)