Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall’s most recent studio album is the early-2015 release “Wallflower,” an exploration of, mostly, soft-rock hits from the 1970s — indeed, the golden age of soft rock.

New York and Washington, D.C., have both lost their smooth-jazz stations in recent weeks, leading a radio-industry Web site to wonder if it's "time to sound a death knell for the format." Not that ...

There was a time when listening to jazz on the radio was a highly personal experience. Disc jockeys like New York City’s Symphony Sid laid down a carpet of lush-toned introductions, their tune ...

At the start of 2008, everything was going well at Chicago’s WNUA 95.5-FM. The smooth-jazz station ranked in the top five in the city in listeners age 25 to 54, and its research showed that the ...

Bobby Caldwell, a blue-eyed soul singer whose smooth touch camouflaged his idiosyncrasies, died on Tuesday following a long illness. He was 71. His wife Mary Caldwell announced his death on Twitter.

Smooth jazz can sometimes be an awfully self-serious genre. But perhaps the reason that saxaphonist Boney James is one of the genre’s last remaining chart-toppers – his most recent album, ‘futuresoul, ...

Yacht Rock — two words that conjure up good music. As I have written about before, I love listening to music, and I listen to mostly all genres. When the mood strikes me, I will listen to country, ...

Taking advantage of the first full season in operation since the pandemic and fresh off the $5.3 million renovation project that was completed in July, Solvang Theaterfest’s spring concert lineup will ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED ...

Each June, just as the marine layer gives way to early summer sun, a different kind of tide rolls into downtown San Diego, not waves, but the warm, rhythm-soaked tones of smooth jazz. The San Diego ...

Japanese city pop, this retro-futuristic musical genre born in the late 1970s, continues to fascinate music lovers and curious listeners far beyond Japan. Characterized by its optimistic sounds ...