By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz and Pop Music Critic “A Change Is Gonna Come” is a 1964 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written and first recorded in 1963, […]

Santa Monica, CA–The Recording Academy announced the full lineup for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Some of the performers include Bad Bunny, Black Pumas, Cardi B, BTS, Brandi Carlile, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Mickey Guyton, HAIM, Brittany Howard, Miranda Lambert, Lil Baby, Dua Lipa, Chris […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz and Pop Music Critic  Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died […]

By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES–Vocalist Mary Wilson, who co-founded the Supremes as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until […]

SAN DIEGO–Kenny Loggins, one of pop music’s greatest hitmakers, will treat young patients and their families at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego — along with viewers from around the globe — […]

LOS ANGELES–Further unveiling his highly anticipated eighth studio album On Earth, and in Heaven (February 12), Lucky Music/EMPIRE’s Robin Thicke returns with his intoxicating new track, “Take Me Higher.” Penned by Thicke with longtime […]

By Gina Yarbrough LOS ANGELES–Due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, the Recording Academy has postponed the Grammy Awards to March 14. The music industry’s prestigious show […]

British singer-songwriter Yusuf / Cat Stevens has shared a new music video for “Tea for the Tillerman” in a poignant message of hope and optimism for 2021.  The new video […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz and Pop Music Critic SAN DIEGO–Few musicians have expressed more incredible determination to elude expectations while pursuing discrete interests than composer and trumpeter Tony […]

Icon and music pioneer Moby has released “Live Ambients Improvised Recordings Vol. 1” through the mobyambient imprint.  The new body of work was recorded fully live and completely improvised and will be accompanied by […]