Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer, has died. He was 77. A representative for Smallwood confirmed the "Total Praise" musician died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at ...

In solidarity with First 5 California and its statement honoring the lives and legacies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, First 5 Santa Barbara County joins in mourning the profound loss of two ...

Barbara Viola Dickson Lippold passed away in the early morning hours of December 10, 2025 with family by her side. She was a dear and beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, ...

Loved by so many, Janet Phillips Dickson was looked up to for her never-ending ability to be supportive, loving and kind. Her passing on December 14, 2025, at the age of 91, leaves one less twinkling ...

Santa Barbara Strings will present its Winter Concert, 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Music Academy of the West. More than 70 young string players from across Santa Barbara County have been ...

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Tuesday they are investigating a trip singer D4vd took to the Santa Barbara area sometime during the spring of 2025 following the disappearance of Celeste ...

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.

No one would have been more pleased with the Rebel Women’s Voices series than vocalist Barbara Dane. During her long, eventful journey she held her own with era-defining artists across the musical ...

Barbara Mandrell‘s appearance during the Grand Ole Opry‘s television concert on March 19, 2025, brought back all kinds of memories for her fans and fans of great ’80s country music. She was there as ...