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03.19.12  Spotlight 6

It Came From New Jersey

By Brian Raftery, eMusic Contributor

Click for Full-Sized Image In the 40 years since Bruce Springsteen signed his first record deal, the New Jersey native has established himself as the bard of the Garden State — a rep that continues with the release of Wrecking Ball, his 17th studio album. But the Boss isn't the only hungry-hearted Jersey musician who's managed to get on the map. Herewith, an annotated atlas of where a few home-state heroes got their start. Click the… more »

01.14.09  Spotlight 0

2008 Innovators: The Gaslight Anthem

By Matthew Fritch, eMusic Contributor

Reviewers of The '59 Sound, the Gaslight Anthem's second album, spent an awful lot of words describing what the record is like rather than what it is. It's difficult to blame them. The New Brunswick, N.J., band invites Bruce Springsteen comparisons not only by virtue of its Garden State birthright; there's also a restless, Born To Run energy coursing through singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's songs about small-town regrets and big-time dreams. The '59 Sound shoots straight… more »

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