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A new crop of artists will play Madison Square Garden for the first time this year, including Mt. Joy, Lake Street Dive and Cigarettes After Sex.

Here’s an alphabetical look at the 12 independent New Jersey artists who I thought made the most waves in 2021. Here’s to makin waves with all of them and you in what hopefully will be a much better year than the past couple! 

By: Ryan Borba / Deborah Speer Steve MartinAgency veterans Steve Martin and Andy Somers have left APA, Pollstar has learned, with the exit reportedly amicable.  Martin was APA co-head of worldwide music alongside Bruce Solar and Steve Lassiter, after being named partner in 2015. Martin, a well known music industry figure, sold his own Music Business Agency to William Morris in 1989 and, five years later, left to spearhead the fledgling New York office for the UK-based, Neil Warnock-founded The Agency Group, which became a concert industry powerhou...

By: Ryan Borba Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for dcp Dua LipaDua Lipa, pictured at the American Music Awards Nov. 22, is the latest major start to do a high-profile PPV concert. Although the proliferation of the national (and worldwide) tour has led some to question the influence of the music agent for the last couple decades, still the business has thrived with bigger grosses, creative packaging, artist-curated festivals and ever-growing branding divisions at the major and  boutique agencies alike.  However, likely nothing could have prepared an...