The San Javier Jazz Festival has just announced its 2025 lineup, and it’s packed with an exciting mix of jazz, blues, soul, ...

For his debut OC cabaret engagement, Broadway actor Claybourne Elder—who recently played Andy in the Tony Award-winning 2021 ...

Melody Gardot's Sunset in the Blue: The Deluxe Version shows its mastery, in both the color of its cover design and the execution of its musicianship. Back in the day, Matisse got in trouble with some ...

Two lullaby’s to his son, “If the Stars Were Mine” (Melody Gardot) and “Paving the Runway” (Dave Heller / Jennifer Heller / Ross Sullivan King) were lovely and earnest.

Last year, the Academy Awards' race for best original song could be fairly boiled down to a two-horse race between two deeply different — and equally excellent — songs from the blockbuster ...

She specialized in hypnotic ballads like “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” all Number One hits. She grew up a ...

By Jessica Nicholson Morgan Wallen opened up about hard times, and ponders the long-tail familial impact of his lower moments in a personal new song he wrote for his 4-year-old son, Indigo Wilder.

Jessica Simpson has officially returned to music with her first new original song in years. "Use My Heart Against Me" is the first release from "Nashville Canyon," a two-part project. The first ...

Her first single "Use My Heart Against Me" drops Feb. 21. "It was a sexy song to write," Simpson, 44, says. "I woke up with that lyric in my head," she explains. "It’s kind of craving someone ...