Long Island’s First Hall of Fame – All About Music and Entertainment!
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is proud to open its doors to an awe-inspiring new facility in Stony Brook, NY that is dedicated to the recognition, honor, and preservation of Long Island’s music and entertainment heritage. Since 2004, our organization has Inducted over 120 music artists and related professionals who will now be recognized in a permanent home on eastern Long Island. The space—covering 8,800 square feet—features a large exhibition area, theater, performance area, and an official “Hall of Fame Museum.”
Looking for an exciting location for your private or corporate event? From milestone birthdays, bridal showers, stylish weddings and fabulous private parties to corporate meetings, events and presentations, we can accommodate up to 125 guests in a cocktail-party format, or up to 80 as a sit-down dinner. Our state-of-the-art Surround Sound Theater or our famous Hall of Fame Stage are designed for presentations like no other.
Come to our Hall of Fame and make a day of it! Our location in historic Stony Brook Village is convenient to a great selection of restaurants, cafes and shops, as well as a wide range of outdoor activities. Plan your visit and enjoy!
Featured Museum Events
“Take 2”
Two dynamic voices playing contemporary acoustic, originals and folk come together to share their joy with you.
“Candice Baranello, a resident of Huntington, is a founding member of the highly acclaimed traditonal folk trio, The Mountain Maidens. She plays Ukulele, Banjo, Guitar and Dulcimer. Her voice is unique and powerful. Candice has an expressive voice that will touch your heart.
Singer songwriter, James O’Malley, has composed some of the most endearing songs that a music lover could hear. Early on, he learned to fingerpick with Erik Darling of The Weavers. He is a favored performer among the ‘dedicated listening’ crowd. James has a smooth tenor voice and a subtle intricate guitar style.
Janice Buckner has toured throughout the USA and abroad as part of the renowned performing duo Sweet Rose Revue whose credits included over twenty states across America, the Whitney Museum of Art (extended concert series), the Nassau County Museum of Art (extended concert series), the QEII Ocean Liner, the Reichold Center for Performing Arts in the Virgin Islands, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and two European Tours. As a solo artist, she is known for her silky voice accompanied by delicate guitar and bass playing (both electric and upright). Her cabaret performances feature original songs and poems, interpretive renditions of a wide pallet of genres, use of Sign Language for the Deaf (which she calls “Dance of the Hands”), and attention to choreography, lighting, and staging. Her goal is to create an aesthetic experience that captures the heart and touches the soul.
Janice has coached other performers in “The Art of Performance” and one such endeavor with a class of 14 musicians and singers culminated in a finale concert at the Art League of Long Island in Huntington. They performed to a standing room only audience and Janice won an award from FIOS TV for creating one of the best musical endeavors of the year (2016). For seventeen years she hosted her own radio show out of WRHU 88.7 FM which was heard via Internet internationally. Janice has 14 CDs (3 for adults and 11 for children) available through iTunes, www.CDBaby.com and www.Amazon.com. Her music and videos are on Spotify,Pandora, iTunes, and YouTube. Visit her website for more information at www.JaniceBuckner.us.
“Brilliant. Genuine. Wicked-talented. Take your pick.” –Brianna Coccia, Long Island Sound Love
You can hear both power and heartache in her voice. The music of Laurie Anne Creus moves with the melodic and lyrical vulnerability of ballads yet grooves with the driving beat of funk and R&B.
“With each song that comes out it’s me betting on myself and proving that what I have to say matters,” says Creus. “Growing up I didn’t see a lot of Filipino-American artists out there. But I realized if no one was going to be an example for me I have to do it myself” -David Criblez, Newsday
Lyrically, her music encompasses themes of shattering an old self, letting go and an obsessive search for truth. Her songs, “Nothing Lasts Forever (Anicca)” and “This Time” are available now on all streaming platforms.
Toby Tobias
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Huntington Station-based Toby Tobias has immersed himself in many genres of American Music while never leaving behind his roots in the rhythms and melodies of his homeland. His keen ear for intuitive arrangements is a hallmark of his writing and performance, and he has garnered a strong following on Long Island and in the tri-state area.
Jennifer Grace
Singer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist
Born on Long Island, Jen has been making and teaching music for most of her life. Her performances foster a connection with people, inviting l isteners to feel her songs were written just for them. Warm and hopeful l yrics about nature and common experiences evoke memories and emotions, uplifting the audience as they recall home, family, life, and love.
Jennifer Grace and her musician husband Eric Eaton live in Centerport, where they teach private lessons, write songs, and enjoy playing music.
17 y/o singer/songwriter Camryn Quinlan writes songs that belie her youth. She writes personal songs that are at once modern and classic and that cut deep into a well of honesty. Documenting a journey of heartbreak, healing, and happiness she is adept at drawing from her own experiences as well as observing people and situations she encounters. Her lifelong love of music drew her to guitar and piano at the age of 6 and now writes and performs with ease on both. While Camryn is a 100% writer she has recently begun collaborating as it allows her to step outside herself, and learn new things about the writing process. She is inspired by a wide range of artists including Taylor Swift, Kasey Musgraves and Chappell Roan who she admires for resilience in the face of adversity. She is preparing her debut EP with releases to begin this fall.
Camryn appeared on our stage recently during our 20th Anniversary celebration, singing with the Kerry Kearny band. We had to have her back!
Known for his unique fingerstyle guitar playing and earthy soulful voice, Robert Bruey paints with words, imbuing his songs with imagery that enables listeners to visualize his stories as he sings them. Robert’s live performances are moving and intimate and his recently released ‘Carousel’ CD has received much positive acclaim.
Annie Mark, a New York based singer-songwriter, has shared her country-tinged Americana-roots music with audiences from Florida to Ireland, and most recently, Nashville. A New York native, she moved to the South at age 10, where upon hearing the music of the Carter Family and Johnny Cash, she nurtured a life-long love of traditional country music and songs that convey slice-of-life stories about people’s lives with a heartfelt simplicity.
Inspired by such singer-songwriters as Patti Griffin, Julie Miller, Nanci Griffith, Mary Gauthier, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan, Annie’s songs explore lifes’ journey and the universal themes of love and loss, struggles and triumphs, shadows and light, with a little humor thrown in. Accompanied by strong and tender acoustic guitar-playing, Annie’s richly textured voice runs the entire emotional spectrum– sometimes velvety smooth, at other times raspy and raw with a little torch and twang thrown in.