LOS ANGELES – The National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards honored Tanya Tucker with the Distinguished Storyteller Award for excellence in storytelling outside of journalism as the entertainment icon is set to star in Paramount’s […]
Eminem Song ‘Lose Yourself’ Won Best Original Song in 2003 By DONNA BALANCIA Eminem finally performed his Academy Award-winning song “Lose Yourself,” during an Oscar broadcast, albeit 17 years after the fact. “Lose Yourself” won […]
Iggy Pop to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award By DONNA BALANCIA Iggy Pop isn’t merely one of the world’s most famous musicians; he’s got an impressive and lengthy list of feature film and TV credits. It […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Quentin Tarantino and Danny Trejo have made movies together and now they will be presented awards together at the 12th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards on Sunday. Tarantino will receive […]
By JOHN DALY This year’s GRAMMY Awards nominees reflect music’s diversity as Lizzo secured eight of music’s most revered nominations and Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X each secured six. The noted newcomers each received nominations […]
By JOHN DALY Rick Springfield and Richie Kotzen were among those on hand to honor an illustrious group of respected sidemen, producers and rockers assembled for the RockGodz Hall of Fame Awards at the Canyon […]
By JOHN DALY Voting is open for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Pat Benatar, Motorhead, Soundgarden are among the 2020 class nominees. Benatar and Motorhead are first-time nominees. Others nominated to the revered […]
By JOHN DALY The 2019 Mercury Prize broadcast never fails to entertain, as Idles gave a raucous performance, British rapper and prize winner Dave brought his mother on stage, and slowthai held up a fake […]
By JOHN DALY Macy Gray, Lisa Loeb and Nita Strauss are among the honorees at the 2019 She Rocks Awards at House of Blues Anaheim Friday, Jan. 25. Honorees will perform throughout the evening. Kicking […]
By DONNA BALANCIA “Bohemian Rhapsody” took Best Motion Picture, Drama, and its star Rami Malek secured the Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, at The Golden Globe Awards Sunday night at The Beverly Hilton. […]
By JOHN DALY Martha Davis and The Motels will kick off The Hollywood Music in Media Awards with a special pre-awards gala performance at the Viper Room on Nov. 13. The Motels have been nominated […]
Camila Cabello Nabs Artist of the Year, Video of the Year By DONNA BALANCIA The MTV Video Music Awards brought out some eclectic performances and big wins for Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B., and Childish Gambino’s […]
By JOHN DALY California Rocker has been named one of the top 25 music magazines to follow on the Web. The award comes from Feedspot.com, a web aggregator that analyzes and collects data on reader […]
By JOHN DALY CaliforniaRocker.com editor and producer Donna Balancia was presented with a Best Entertainment Photo First-Place award at the SoCal Journalism Awards Gala Sunday night. The award was presented to Balancia for her image […]
By DONNA BALANCIA California rapper Kendrick Lamar was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, it was announced Monday. It is the first time the prestigious honor went to musician not in the classical or […]
Sufjan Stevens will get a little help from friends St. Vincent, Chris Thile, Moses Sumney, Casey Foubert, and James McAlister when he performs “Mystery of Love” on the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday. “Mystery of Love” […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Jackson Browne, the beloved songwriter of tunes like “Running On Empty” and “On The Boulevard,” will receive the Les Paul Innovation Award at the TEC Awards during NAMM 2018. The honor for […]
CR Finalist in Best Blog, Best Social Media STAFF REPORT LOS ANGELES – CaliforniaRocker.com, the Los Angeles-based music blog, nabbed three Finalist designations for the Southern California Journalism Awards, it was announced Saturday. Work Honored […]
Kill Rock Stars to Release ‘Either/Or: Expanded Version’ By DONNA BALANCIA Lingering doubts and strange revelations about the death of Elliott Smith persist 14 years after his passing. The subject of Smith’s untimely death emerges […]
Bob Weir, Desert Trip, Eagles of Death Metal, The Cure, Make Beautiful Music in 2016 Eagles of Death Metal at The Teragram Ballroom The band members in The Eagles of Death Metal have coped with […]
See the Full List of GRAMMY Nominations Here Photo by VIVIAN WANG, Story By DONNA BALANCIA Beyonce, Drake, Kanye and Rihanna may have the most number of nominations, but this year, some surprises were to […]
California Rocker Wins Three Awards at 2016 NAEJ By DOTTIE PARIS California Rocker, the online music magazine, won Best Photo Essay and Best Action Photo categories Sunday night at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Record producer and music industry executive Don Was will receive the 2016 Les Paul Award at the 31st annual Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards on Jan. 23 during the 2016 NAMM […]
Extraordinary musicians who each took a gamble helped CaliforniaRocker.com earn awards from major journalism organizations this year. Donna Balancia’s video coverage of “The New Basement Tapes: One Night Only,” was good enough to earn California […]
Fishbone : ‘More Fun Than Mario Bros’ By DONNA BALANCIA – It used to be called “audience participation,” then it was “user response” and now in technology circles it’s called “interactivity.” Whatever it’s called, Fishbone did […]
California Rocker’s Coverage of ‘New Basement Tapes: One Night’ Only Earns Blog a Finalist Spot California Rocker has been nominated in the Best Individual Blog category for its coverage of The New Basement Tapes: One […]
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