The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center For American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle’ by holding an all-day symposium October 28.

The five covers of Camden native Ben Vaughn, on his new ‘Interpretations’ EP, add up to a curious excursion. Vaughn—musician/ performer/ producer/ composer/ radio host—always had an ear. Case-in-Point: when he picked an Alex Chilton deep cut, “In The Street,” for That ‘70s Show, eyebrows might’ve been raised but now it’s recognized internationally as the TV show’s beloved theme song.

The news from the Bruce camp came Wednesday: “Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have postponed all performances currently scheduled for September 2023, beginning with…Syracuse…Mr. Springsteen is being treated for symptoms of peptic ulcer disease and the decision of his medical advisors is that he should postpone the remainder of his September shows.”

Bergen County native Gary Wright, who lived in Cresskill and Tenafly, got famous in England as a member of Spooky Tooth in 1967, played on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass in 1970, and enjoyed massive hits with “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive” off his 1975 solo album ‘The Dream Weaver,’ has finally ended his long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia at the age of 80.

Princeton pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf has unleashed his ‘Ritual Being’ on Soundspore Records. It’s quite the stylistic leap from his trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Justin Brown. Featuring the Friction Quartet as well as new-music ensemble Shattered Glass, it’s a soundscape of ideas coalescing into a dreamscape of surrealistic proportions.

With no apology to Rod Stewart, Asbury Park kingpin Marc Ribler (guitar/vocals) has released “Every Picture Tells A Horror Story,” the new single from his super-trio Story Road with drummer Charley Drayton (Bob Dylan/Keith Richards) and bassist Jack Daley (Lenny Kravitz/Spin Doctors). Ribler and Daley play together in Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, for which Ribler is also the Musical Director.

The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market will hold court at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, located at 97 Sunfield Avenue, on September 8 from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Sept. 9 from noon to 10:00 p.m. and Sept. 10 from noon to 8:00 p.m. Over 400 venders, small businesses, artists, crafters, bands, tattoo shops and more will display their wares. Expect live music, good food and strong drinks.

Sax Man/Educator Carl Cox’s ‘Universal Language’ has been out since April but when a Ukrainian jazz fan, Yuri, reached out to him on Facebook to tell the South Jersey musician—who lives in Turnersville in Gloucester County—how important his music has become to him, Cox not only wrote back but added a new track, “In Time Of Need,” on his sophomore effort for the fan who has to endure the indignity of war. Thus, on October 13, the album will be re-released with the new track.

In celebration of what many critics call one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever, ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,’ released 25 years ago, Hill will tour internationally performing the album in its entirety. The East Orange rapper will also join forces with her former band, The Fugees, in selected cities.

Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-keyboardist Felix Cavaliere—who put together The Young Rascals in Garfield at The Choo Choo Club in 1965—is primed and ready to release his first solo album since ‘Dreams In Motion’ in 1993.

Rachel Zegler baffled science when she came out of Clifton in Passaic County six years ago to win the role of Maria in Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story ‘remake for which she won a Golden Globe award. Now 22, she’s getting some real bad press including one headline that read “The Fall of a Hollywood Sweetheart: How Snow White star Rachel Zegler Went From Hero To Zero.” What could she possibly have said to turn so many people against her?

Stephane Wrembel may have been born in Paris but he’s lived in Maplewood in Essex County for years. Considered by many to be the greatest living acoustic guitarist in the world, he’s made a career out of furthering the sound of the legendary three-fingered Belgian guitar hero Django Reinhardt [1910-1953]. Django, in his pioneering band with French violinist Stephane Grappelli, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, invented the sub-genre known as Gypsy Jazz.

‘Lavette!’ has Bettye LaVette singing 11 Randall Bramblett songs with an intensity, a passion, a daring kind of in-your-face arrogance that only she can muster. For the most part, though, she sings ‘em straight. Enticing. Inviting. That’s what makes it so universal. Guests like Steve Winwood, Ray Parker, Jr., John Mayer and Jon Batiste show up to the party but this is Bettye’s show.

Circle October 22 on your calendar. Glenn Alexander—the lead guitarist in Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes—will hold his eighth annual Pig Gig for a good cause. But let’s let Glenn himself tell you all about it.

On September 12, of The Catholic Girls legacy will continue with the release of “Hear My Prayer” / ”Can’t Wait.”

In 1983, iconic jazz musicians Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette made `The Great American Songbook’ cool again with their brilliant ‘Standards, Vol. 1.’ It changed Noah Haidu’s life. Now comes his own ‘Standards’ (Sunnyside Records), a quintet date where his band digs up, dusts off and makes long-dead overcooked chestnuts like “Skylark” (1941), “I Thought About You” (1939), “All The Way” (1957) and “Just In Time” (1956) eminently listenable again.

Mariel Loveland says, “I feel more excited than nervous…this is the only thing I have ever wanted.” She performs and records as Best Ex, and she’ll be following up her 2020 ‘Good At Feeling Bad’ EP, ‘With A Smile,’ on October 6 (Iodine Recordings/Alcopop! Records)

On doctor’s orders, Bruce Springsteen, with just hours to go before the first show, abruptly postponed concerts in Philadelphia scheduled for Wednesday and tonight. His camp tweeted the following at 2:16 p.m. Wednesday…

The Mercury Lounge, in New York City, on August 23, at 6:30, will host a free night of stories and music about longtime New Jersey music journalist Scott Schinder. (Donations will be accepted at the door to cover the cost of the event.) Schinder was stricken with a kidney-related ailment in 2016, undergoing seven years of treatment before succumbing to the disease on June 4 at the age of 61.

On August 6, outside the Metallica concert in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth, bassist DD Verni, guitarists Dave Linsk/Derek Taylor and drummer Jason Bittner headbanged away while hundreds stood and soaked up the 11-song set which ended with a Sub Humans cover.