"If I Had a Hammer"

He made the Top 10 only once, yet Trini Lopez’s hitmaking career, which peaked in 1963 with the No. 3 single “If I Had a Hammer,” was so significant that when he died Tuesday from complications of COVID-19, he was the subject of a nearly-finished me...

 Wilford Brimley performs "Fraulein" with Riders in the Sky

Following word of his death Saturday at 85, the twitterverse quickly filled with submissions by Wilford Brimley fans of favorite movies like Coccoon, The Firm, The Natural and Absence of Malice, not to mention...

 Ned Engelhart (photo: Dr. Bop and the Headliners featuring The White Raven Facebook page)

The announcement, made Wednesday by his bandmate Al Craven on Facebook’s Dr. Bop and the Headliners featuring The White Raven tribute page, came as a sudden, sad shock.

“It is with...

Composer and San Diego State University (SDSU) professor of music composition and computer music Joseph Martin Waters, also founder of the acclaimed rock/classical/electronic music ensemble SWARMIUS and San Diego’s annual NWEAMO (New West Evolving Arts and Music Organi...