Elliott Murphy, who is featured in the Stony Brook Film Festival’s documentary, The Second Act of Elliott Murphy, will be Tom Needham’s special guest this Thursday at 6 P.M. on WUSB’s The Sounds of Film. Also on the program, is Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee, Garland Jeffreys.
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LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED June 27, 2017 (MELVILLE, NY) – Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 LIMHoF Scholarship Program. Each year, LIMHoF grants thousands of dollars in music scholarships to students graduating in Long Island, Brooklyn and/or Queens […]
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The Long Island Composers Alliance and Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame are partnering for the 44th annual Music By And For Students concert. The concert, presented on Sunday, June 11 @ 2:30 PM at Hofstra University’s Helene Fortunoff Concert Hall on California Avenue in Hempstead, will feature new compositions written specifically for […]
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May 18, 2017 (MELVILLE, NY) – The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) is proud to announce that Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, solo artist, producer, and former lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses, has been added to their Honorary Education Board. The LIMHoF Education Advisory Board’s goal is to help carry out the […]
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May 9, 2017 (MELVILLE, NY) – Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) is proud to announce that it is officially accepting applications for its 2017 LIMHoF Scholarship Program. Each year, LIMHoF grants thousands of dollars in music scholarships to students who are graduating from high school in Long Island, Brooklyn and/or Queens, […]
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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is proud to announce the recipients of their first High School Music Department Recognition Program. Seven Long Island High School music programs will be honored at a ceremony at: Northport High School 7:30pm on Monday, April 3, 2017 The schools receiving this prestigious recognition include: Freeport […]
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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame mourns the loss of music industry veteran Tony Martell. In addition to working with dozens of prominent artists from the 1960’s through the 1990s as A&R director, record label vice president, and record label head, primarily with CBS Records (now Sony entertainment) and its subsidiaries, Martell worked […]
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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is excited to open the application process for its 2016-2017 High School Recognition Program. Through this newly created program, the Hall of Fame will strive to honor the schools of the region by recognizing their unique abilities to impact future generations of musicians through education. The […]
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Pictured above: Joe Jankowski, Executive Director – LIMHoF & Kathryn Curran, Executive Director – Gardiner Foundation The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame is proud to be the recipient of a 2016-2017 Grant from the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation. This grant in the amount of $21,800.18 was distributed by the Gardiner Foundation’s Board […]
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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame and Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation Give Talk at LICSS Conference By Tom Needham Published: October 21 2016 Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and the LIMHOF presented “Rock and Roll, History and Influence of U.S. History” at the LICSS’ 36th […]
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