Sounds Of The City

07/28/11 • 15 min

NJPAC’s Sounds of the City is a summer tradition in Newark – a free Thursday night concert series attracting thousands of people held outside in Theater Square. It features the hottest new artists around, playing everything from jazz and pop to hip-hop and world music to the ever popular salsa night. This season ends on September 1st with a tribute to Michael Jackson. Susan Wallner talks to the producer, Verushka Wray-Spirito, about the phenomenon of Sounds of the City.

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