By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz Music Critic Like all great jazz musicians, the saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who died on March 2, 2023, at eighty-nine, had a distinctive, original, and instantly recognizable sound. He tended to play within the higher pitches of his tenor saxophone, as did John Coltrane (with whom he practiced and gigged, though they […]
Lenny Kravitz to deliver In Memoriam performance at 95th Oscars
By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA–Grammy-winning musician Lenny Kravitz will deliver the “In Memoriam” performance at the 95th Oscars, executive producers, and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner and executive producer Molly McNearney announced on Monday. A writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Kravitz has transcended genre throughout a three-decade-plus musical career. He has recorded eleven studio […]
Donna Summer’s album to be released on digital 40th-anniversary edition
By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA–Mercury/UMe will release a digital-only 40th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of Donna Summer’s all-time classic solo album, “She Works Hard For The Money.” Originally released June 13, 1983, when musical tastes were changing by the minute, “She Works Hard For The Money” sealed the late singer as a creative multi-genre force to […]
Songs Of Bacharach and Costello celebrate three decades of songwriting partnership
By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA– ”The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” personally compiled by Elvis Costello, brings together all of the published songs that Costello wrote with Burt Bacharach, one of the great composers of popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Available through UMe, “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” celebrates a […]
Poway Symphony Orchestra opens with award-winning musicians
By SDCN Editor Poway, CA–The Poway Symphony Orchestra kicks off its first concert of 2023 with a first-time appearance by the Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company at the Poway Center for Performing Arts. The “American Extravaganza” performance will feature all-American music from Five of a Kind for Brass Quintet and Orchestra, an upbeat piece composed […]
Burt Bacharach, Composer Who Added Class to the ’60s, Dies at 94
By Danny R. Johnson – Entertainment News Editor Burt Bacharach, the debonair pop composer, arranger, conductor, record producer, and occasional singer whose hit songs in the 1960s distilled that decade’s mood of romantic optimism died on February 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. His publicist Tina Brausam confirmed the death. No […]
MusiCares honors Motown icons Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson
By SDCN Editor Santa Monica, CA–MusiCares has named Motown founder, Grammy Award nominee, Recording Academy President’s Merit Award honoree, and recipient of the Grammy Museum’s Architect of Sound: Vision Award Berry Gordy and Grammy Award winner and seven-time Grammy Award nominee Smokey Robinson to be honored at 2023 MusiCares Persons of the Year. Gordy and […]
Judy Collins, Noelle Scaggs, the Tantrums, and Shelly Peiken to be honored at She Rocks Awards
By SDCN Editor Anaheim, CA–The Women’s International Music Network has selected Judy Collins, Noelle Scaggs, and Shelly Peiken as the first announced honorees at the 11th annual She Rocks Awards in Anaheim. Recognizing women who stand out as innovators and role models in the music industry, the event will take place on April 13 at […]
Avatar: The Way of Water album released on streaming platforms
By SDCN Editor Burbank, CA–Hollywood Records has announced the release of “Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” which is available on all streaming platforms. Featuring music by Grammy award-winning composer Simon Franglen, the 22-track soundtrack also exclusively includes the original song “Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” written and performed by […]
Sting celebrates digital-only release of 35th anniversary of “…Nothing Like the Sun”
By SDCN Staff Los Angeles, CA–A&M/UMe released a digital-only 35th-Anniversary Expanded Edition of Sting’s stunning second solo album, “…Nothing Like the Sun.” The album title was lovingly adopted from Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 130 (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”). The 26-track Expanded Edition features the original 12 songs on the album plus 14 […]
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