Jack Antonoff took home Producer of the Year honors at the 2023 Grammy Awards for his work on Florence and the Machine’s Dance Fever, the soundtrack to Minions: The Rise Of Gru, Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” Diana Ross’s “I Still Believe” and The 1975’s “Part Of The Band.”

Guitarist/Composer/Producer/Educator (Montclair State University) Dave Stryker, 65, has released 32 albums in 35 years. Prime is the first with his working trio of the last 12 years, his fine-tuned machine.

There’s a human keg of dynamite that came out of Paramus High School in Bergen County. Hades and Non-Fiction may be the two bands that cemented Dan Lorenzo’s rep but the dude’s a renaissance man of major-league proportions. Last summer, Reach For The Scars by Patriarchs In Black melted walls. Now comes “Friends,” a Led Zeppelin cover.

He’s in the New Jersey Hall of Fame—as inducted by his friend Stevie Van Zandt—but every year that Tommy James isn’t in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, that institution becomes as tainted as today’s Supreme Court.

The first three live songs in six years from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band happened in Tampa February 1. "No Surrender," "Ghosts" and "Prove It All Night."

Stone Temple Pilots bassist/composer/producer Robert DeLeo, 56 (the younger brother of STP guitarist Dean DeLeo), has released two Gordon Lightfoot covers—“Affair On Eighth Avenue” and “Your Love’s Return”—as a bonus to his Lessons Learned solo album from last year.

Circle May 5, 6 and 7 on your calendars. Bader Field in Atlantic City will get loud for the first time in 11 years with Bamboozle’s celebrated blend of electronica, hard rock, heavy metal, punk and hip-hop.

Tom Verlaine—born Tom Miller in Denville—changed the face of punk rock with his incendiary band Television. He died January 28 at the age of 73. Although he never became a mainstream star, his jagged lead guitar lines and lyrical prowess influenced a generation of alt-rockers.

Public Serpents combine the fast-faster-fastest aesthetic of hardcore with the funky ska-core dancehall wildness of alt-pop. Very alt.

Bayonne Guitar Hero Zack Wylde’s stint with Pantera has hit a snag.

Eighty-two year old Dionne Warwick is enjoying a career renaissance highlighted by the terrific new documentary on her life and career, Don’t Make Me Over

Hoboken alt-rockers Yo La Tengo will release their new album February 10 on Matador Records. The aptly-named “This Stupid World” will be supported by a national tour starting February 15 in Seattle. “Fallout” and “Aselestine” are the first two singles.

Little did Paul McCartney and John Lennon realize when they wrote these songs that they’d make a near-perfect jazz album. Beatle-Jazz! Recorded at Teaneck Sound Studio, the melodies herein, like a tattoo on the brain, come out in delicious, mysterious and surprising ways.

Retired from the hardwood court for 12 years now, Shaquille O’Neal not only built a $400 million fortune with endorsements, gyms, car washes and restaurants, he can also be seen on TV’s “Inside The NBA” as well as performing in concert on stages around the world as DJ Diesel.

You never know who you might run into at one of New Jersey’s cafes or diners. (Jersey has the best music, diners and tomatoes in the world).

When word came that Fury of Five were gearing up for a 2023 album release, fans had to smile. As a tease, one song—“WxAxRx”—is out today!

One of Bruce’s best Meadowlands shows on Route #3 in East Rutherford came in 1999 when he and his E Street Band tore the roof off the place July 18.

Here’s some holiday spirit from 11-year old Jersey rapper Myzz London who just dropped her “Jingle Bells Bop”

Arguably, THE New Jersey concert of 2012 had to be the Rolling Stones at The Prudential Center in Newark, feat. Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., The Black Keys, & more.

This Friday, December 23, Sony Pictures is releasing “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” the long-anticipated Whitney Houston movie.