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 deep sadness that I convey the news of the passing of loving father, dear friend, and entertainer extraordinaire Ned Engelhart,” wrote Craven, the “White Raven” vocalist/frontman of the legendary midwestern ro

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 Organism) Festival, has hastily compiled a loving memorial tribute album to his longtime vocal collaborator Nina Leilani Deering. The album, To Nina with Love, comprises 10 recordings that Waters and Swarmius recorded

Many artists have resorted to producing and performing virtual online concerts during the coronavirus lockdown, as a means of staying in touch with their fan bases while often raising money through ticket sales or donations. But renowned singer-songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson, who has been particularly active with living room concerts during the quarantine, used his 50-minute online concert Sunday (his fourth during lockdown) to promote his just-released six-song acoust