The Isley Brothers are one of New Jersey’s great treasures. They even named their own record label T-Neck after the town (Teaneck) in Bergen County where they settled after coming here from Ohio. Rudolph Isley—who died Wednesday at age 84—was an original founding member but quit the group in 1990 to become a Christian minister. He co-wrote such celebrated Isley hits as “Shout,” “It’s Your Thing,” “That Lady” and “Fight The Power.”

Gritty New York City Guitarist-Singer-Songwriter Steve Conte roared out of Monmouth County as a kid with one thing on his mind: to rock and roll bigtime, and that he did with the New York Dolls and Finnish rocker Michael Monroe. His new album on Stevie Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool label isn’t due until next year but “Girl With No Name” has been released.

December 1-10 are the dates for the Asbury Park Theater Company’s production of ‘Always…Patsy Cline.’ Mandy Barnett made the role famous when she portrayed the tragic Patsy Cline—who died at 30 in a plane crash—at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, home of the original Grand Ole Opry. Carter Calvert portrays the late singer now. Sally Struthers will play Patsy’s friend Louise Seger.

This one’s special. It’s called “An Evening With Robin Taylor Zander and Jack Douglas.” Live music will be provided by Zander’s band featuring selections of his Confidential Records ‘The Distance’ debut. This young musician—son of Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander—has been called “Cheap Trick’s secret weapon.” He’s subbed for every member of that iconic band on tour and plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

The Bookends bookstore in Ridgewood will host the drummer of The Doors, John Densmore, 78, at 6:00 p.m. on November 8. His 2013 book—’Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes On Trial’—will be re-released the day before the event.

View Bruce Springsteen’s rescheduled tour dates for 2024.

Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg—born in 1926 Newark, raised in Paterson, died in 1997 New York City at 70—is getting “Reborn” via the November 3 re-release of his 1989 Hal Wilner-produced ‘The Lion For Real,’ now dubbed ‘The Lion For Real, Re-Born’ (Shimmy Disc/Joyful Noise), a double-vinyl doozy of his incendiary words, accompanied by music.

Due in the spring of 2024, the New Jersey Hall of Fame Entertainment & Learning Center at American Dream on Route 3 in East Rutherford will be open for business.

“Brooklyn Can Wait” says the multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from Asbury Park, Jake Thistle. He’s busking on the streets of New York City in the clip. On tour, he’ll be singing on proper stages. “I’m really excited to explore some new sounds with this single,” he says. “It was so much fun to put together, and the video is certainly on a bigger scale than the ones we’ve done before.

It’s been awhile since we’ve had anything new from Bruce Springsteen’s terrific radio show, “From My Home To Yours,” heard on satellite radio’s SiriusXM. Now that he’s off the road, though, he’s put together some tunes in his role as disc jockey that demand to be heard. This new installment will be broadcast Monday, October 9 at 10:00 a.m., be repeated, and then be available on-demand.

The 12th annual Ragas Live Festival starts at 8:00 p.m. Saturday October 14 and runs for an incredible 24 straight hours to Sunday October 15 at 8:00 p.m. at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. Morristown musician Samarth Nagarkar will perform. He specializes in Hindustani classical.

Jeff Tweedy—of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo—has a new book out, ‘World Within a Song.’ He will appear in Jersey City at White Eagle Hall November 7 at 8:00 to read passages from the book, answer questions, and play some music.

Legendary Jersey City guitarist Al Di Meola, 69, suffered a heart attack onstage last Wednesday in Bucharest, Romania. He was rushed to the Bagdasar-Arseni hospital’s emergency ward where he was treated for a “segment elevation myocardial infarction or STEMI,” according to Associated Press. He is now in stable condition and sent out his own missive thanking fans for the concern.

As Bruce Springsteen, 74, deals with his recent diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease, he has been advised by his doctors “out of an abundance of caution,” to not perform again until 2024.

On October 24, White Eagle Hall in Jersey City will host Thurston Moore of ‘Sonic Youth’ reading from his new book Sonic Life, after which he will field questions and play some music.

Legendary Montclair bassist-composer-arranger-educator Christian McBride, in his capacity as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Jazz Advisor, has announced the lineup for the 12th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival, to be held in November at NJPAC and other Newark locations from the third to the 19th.

The sounds of Zydeco, Mambo and more will fill Washington Street between Newark Street and Observer Highway (with a second stage on Washington between Sixth and Seventh) in Hoboken this Sunday October 1 at the free Hoboken Arts & Music Festival from 12:15 to 6pm.

Punk Rock History 101: It’s over 50 years since bassist Andy Shernoff and guitarist Ross The Boss formed one of the most endearing and long-lasting punk bands of them all: The Dictators. They will be performing down the shore at Asbury Lanes on October 29.

Pat DiNizio loved to play rock’n’roll music. He lived for it. Shortly after he died in 2017, at 62, The Pat DiNizio Music Performance Scholarship was created to “make music education accessible to any young person [18 or younger] wishing to enroll in classes at the Count Basie Center for the Arts or any affiliated music program,” according to the Red Bank venue’s website.

In the wake of saying some incredibly offensive and stupid statements, the Montclair Literary Festival has cancelled its September 28 event with ‘Rolling Stone’ publisher Jann Wenner at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation.