LOS ANGELES–Barenaked Ladies announce the postponement of their extensive 2020 Last Summer On Earth tour of North America until 2021.  The tour was originally set to kickoff next month in Florida. Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket will join Barenaked Ladies with the original lineup for the new dates next year. “We were really […]

Two-time Grammy award-nominated rapper Joyner Lucas has announced today’s release of his hugely anticipated “Will Remix (Feat. Will Smith),” available now at all digital service providers. With brand new verses written with hip-hop and film superstar Smith, this explosive collaborative remix of the original hit version came about as a result of Jaden Smith showing […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Jazz and Pop Music Critic LOS ANGELES–Little Richard, the self-described “king and queen” of rock and roll and an outsize influence on everyone from David Bowie to Prince, died Saturday in Tullahoma, Tenn. He was 87-years-old. Bill Sobel, a lawyer for Little Richard, told National Public Radio (NPR) that the cause of […]

Singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” from home for a solo performance of his classic hit with R&B diva Patti LaBelle “On My Own.” Also this past month, McDonald premiered his rendition of the Marvin Gaye classic “What’s Going On” via Rolling Stone, performed a […]

Beloved singer/songwriter, actress and producer Rita Wilson, has teamed up with Hip-Hop icons Naughty By Nature for “Hip Hop Hooray (Remix),” through Tommy Boy Music, and available exclusively on YouTube. The new and surprising, tongue-in-cheek remix of the multi-platinum 1992 hit was born out of a set of unexpected circumstances.  “’Hip Hop Hooray’ is like […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Jazz and Pop Music Critic Grammy-winning songwriter and singer of ‘Lean on Me’ was one of the 20th century’s most recognized pop and soul artist LOS ANGELES – For several decades, perplexed interviewers had been asking Bill Withers, the great, reclusive soul singer, variations of the same questions: Did he miss the […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Pop and Jazz Music Critic NEW ORLEANS–Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday, April 1, from pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons and a deep legacy. He was 85. Four of the jazz patriarch’s six sons are […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Jazz and Pop Music Critic Grammy-winning trumpeter who played with Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman dies in New Jersey hospital after being admitted last week LOS ANGELES–Wallace Roney, a Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter celebrated for his interpretations of Miles Davis, has died aged 59 after contracting Covid-19. He died in hospital in Paterson, […]

Dua Lipa’s highly anticipated new album “Future Nostalgia” was released on Friday. The album includes number one global hit single “Don’t Start Now,” and current UK smash single “Physical.”  “Future Nostalgia” is available for download on all digital platforms, as well as physical in the following formats; pink neon vinyl, CD, picture disc, gold cassette […]