Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that originally ran in 2017. Across the last century of recorded music, New Jersey has been at the forefront of just about every movement and trend ...

New Jersey is the birthplace and home of many people who have gone on to achieve fame and success. Here are some examples.

Kirk Hammett (Metallica guitarist): I could tell it was really blossoming into something to be reckoned with. Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it ...

A star-studded 1980s music project is finally coming back. Wendy Dio, the widow and longtime manager of legendary Central New ...

Music Players: CDs, Vinyl, Cassettes ...

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Daily Dirt for Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 In particular, the first two videos in today’s ranking will always be looked at as works ...

To many in the Warwick Valley, Blue Arrow Farm is known as a magical destination for live music and performing arts — where audiences gather beneath open skies ...

The death of legendary New Jersey comedian and pianist Floyd Vivino — the star of “The Uncle Floyd Show” — is still ...

Legendary rock band Bon Jovi is returning to the road in 2026 with the Forever Tour, marking their first full concert series following front man Jon Bon Jovi's vocal cord surgery and extensive ...

There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful.

As “Stranger Things” urged its fans: Believe. That was a little easier for fans at a Jan. 1 showing of the series finale when Millie Bobby Brown, a star of the Netflix sci-fi show, and husband Jake ...