by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2015 | Arts, Music
Barnstar! Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out! (Signature Sounds) Sure, it’s a generalization, but many are the bluegrass bands that sound a whole lot like all the other bluegrass bands. Standing out in such a well-defined and longstanding genre is no easy task. Put with that...
by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2015 | Arts, Film, Music, Stage
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by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Stage
Photos by Jerrey Robers and James Heflin For a lot of people, it’s the stuff of anxiety dreams: a mic awaits on a stage. An expectant crowd is staring at you. You don’t have a script, even if you’ve done some homework — you just have to talk. That scenario is, says...
by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Arts
by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music
The range of New Jersey violinist Jason Kao Hwang’s composing and playing is remarkable. At one end of the spectrum, there are completely composed pieces of “new,” or contemporary classical, music. At the other, you’ll find his improvised ’70s and ’80s work with...