ANTHEMIC SAL! HE SUMS UP THE ENTIRE YEAR — in SONG!

Since March, when quarantine began, piano man extraordinaire Sal Donato has co-written more than a dozen pandemic-themed songs with his trusty lyricist Boyce Day, who is also a WWN reporter The pair’s most recent offering, “Modern World,” is the song to end all songs. “Literally,” said Sal.  “Yep,” said Boyce. “We’ve said all we can … READ MORE

THIS IS THE ONE – Sal TAKES A VACATION

Sal Donato, our resident musical savant, took a summer vacation. He decided to spend a week at the upstate lake house of Boyce Day, a longtime Weekly World News reporter and also a prolific lyricist.  For the last few months, Boyce and Sal have been collaborating on a series of songs inspired by the COVID … READ MORE

EQUIVOCAL OPTIMISM! SAL SINGS OF HARD CLIMB BACK

“The numbers aren’t good. But songs aren’t numbers,” said Sal Donato, our resident troubadour. “I mean, songs are numbers, sort of. People say ‘Play another number’ or ‘Play that number again.’ But they’re not numbers in the way that statistics are numbers, like coronavirus cases. I mean, cases are people, and people aren’t just statistics. … READ MORE