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Whether it is by looking across the marshy end of the Atlantic Ocean that surrounds New Jersey’s Benny’s Landing, the quiet splendour that engrosses the seasonal visitor to the once colonial outreach of Cape May, the thought of Wild Wood or the cacophony of noise that bombards the breakers and the casino halls of Atlantic City; what comes across all the time, is the sheer honesty that made the state culturally rich when it comes to music. Whatever the genre, whatever the time in which it lays downs its line of intrigue, New Jersey is arguably the state to visit if you want music to dig deep down into the roots of your soul.