CasaCoisalinda: Light of Day: Blue Hawk Records Showcase

Friday, January 13, 2017

Light of Day: Blue Hawk Records Showcase - 1/12/2017

   The annual Light of Day festival began this week and Asbury Park New Jersey will be hosting a number of events.
    The Langosta Lounge held the 4th Annual Blue Hawk records showcase, which primarily included students who are part of the music program at Monmouth University.
    The show included
a brief speech from a representative of the Light of Day organization giving a history of the event and what the funds raised are used for. To date, it was mentioned that over $4,000,000 has been raised over the years.

This years show saw a pretty even mix of original songs and covers.
Francesca Rose started her set with a cover of Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On. She was followed by The Emily Youth Project and then the Subway Babes. The Carousers were up next and their set included the original She's the Devil and a cover of The Bouncing Souls Lean on Sheena. Nicole Govel was next and her set included Maroon 5's Sunday Morning, The Eagles Hotel California, San Francisco and Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. The Sentimental Gentlemen included a snippet of I'm Your Man which led into Faith as a tribute to George Michael. Bobby Mahoney & Zack Sandler performed next and included Jesse Malin's Brooklyn into Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town in their set.
   Before the scheduled finale, an impromptu jam session took place which included Joe Rapolla, the chair of the Music & Theatre department at Monmouth University, John Esposito, the Chairman & CEO of Warner Music Nashville, Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, Zack Sandler, John Bass and Michael T. Grant from The Emily Youth Project. They performed Springsteen's Glory Days and The Beatles A Hard Days Night.
   The finale saw different musicians trading places on The Beatle's I Saw Her Standing There, Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back in Town and No Doubts Just a Girl.

   A very fun night and all for a good cause.