James Mastro of The Bongos and Ian Hunter’s band will reunite with fellow Bongo Richard Barone on May 30 back in their Hoboken hometown at The 503 Social Club to pour forth songs from their recently re-released duo album, 1983’s Nuts & Bolts, originally produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M.). Iconoclassic Records has now re-released it for the first time on CD.

He came out of Toms River in Ocean County and has been in Nashville for years. Mark Mulch is but one of a growing list of artists who call their music Trop Rock. Now it’s a certifiable genre with its own radio stations, charts and audience. Like Americana, it’s an umbrella under which good vibes, strong melodies, sunny scenes and sand between your toes vie for optimum feelgood listening.

Richard Barone of Hoboken’s The Bongos, whose appearance in The Jersey Sound documentary is garnering raves for his clear-headed, blunt, articulate assessment of the state’s multiple scenes, will co-host—with Terri Thal—a conversation downstairs at the iconic Bitter End club in New York City called “A Complete Unknown:  Fact And Fiction” about James Mangold’s popular Dylan movie.