The response was so strong when The Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey opened its last season with Vince di Mura’s “Oh God … Beautiful Machine” — a sweeping, genre-blending symphonic work — that they ...

The idea of the high-achieving child of immigrant parents may be a cliché. But in Kal Penn’s case, it is backed by hard evidence. It is true that Penn, the son of an engineer and a fragrance evaluator ...

Will bring new lineup, featuring drummer Terry Bozzio, to NJPAC on Nov. 9.

He has died, at the age of 87.

Since April 2020, Bruce Springsteen has been presenting DJ shows titled “From My Home to Yours” on SiriusXM satellite. In a corresponding series of posts, I have transcribed every one, and found ...

Brian Fallon has released two new songs, “Not Bad for New Jersey” and “Better Before,” and has scheduled a brief Not Bad for New Jersey Tour that will come to The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, June 14, ...

The New Jersey Symphony announced, on March 11, its 2026-27 season: a mix of old masters and new voices that push boundaries and cross genres in one way or another. Superstar soloists, familiar guests ...

As audience members take their seats at “Hold These Truths,” currently playing at Luna Stage in West Orange, actor Joel de la Fuente sits quietly among them, doing nothing to draw attention to himself ...

Since 2020, the Jersey-based JEM Records label has set the artists on its roster loose on songs written by various classic-rock artists in a series of annual tribute albums, and you can usually count ...

Bruce Springsteen sang Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom” with Joan Baez and performed other songs such as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with ...

At his May 27 concert with The E Street Band at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen made news not just by exhorting “Let ‘em hear you at the fucking White House!” before the ...

When Carole King’s Tapestry album was released, 50 years ago (Feb. 10, 1971), Suzzy Roche of The Roches was 15. “The record affected me greatly,” she says. “I had a secret wish that if I could be like ...