LYNN TREDEAU, Many Branches
In my earlier reviews of Lynn Tredeau’s beautiful works Fellowship of Solitude (2018) and Reflection (2022), I chronicled in depth...
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Jonathan Widran
- Sep 22
KIMBERLY MORGAN YORK, Devil Songs and Other Such Nonsense
To quote a classic early Elton John album cut, the delightfully insightful, world wise, and crystal voiced straighter shooter...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 20
SONNY & THE7EVENTHTIME
It’s one of the greatest dilemmas a wildly creative musician can have, when the brilliance they bring to legendary artists as a touring...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 19
WASTELANDER, What Is Left of Me
As he segues from years as a bustling sideman in Americana bar bands and numerous NYC groups – most notably, post-punk art-rock...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 19
CLASSIC TWIST (KEVIN FLOURNOY & GENE-O), "Time For Change"
Gearing up for the release of “Time for Change,” the infectious, insightful and timely debut single from Classic Twist - the fresh,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 10
SOPHIA AGRANOVICH/RUPAM SARMAH, "Love Serenade"
Based on the passionate and romantic Schubert piece “Serenade” (composed in 1826), Ukranian born classical pianist Sophia Agranovich and...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 9
ADAM PALMA, Second Life
Though it’s not exactly what the title of Adam Palma’s brilliantly conceived and vibrantly expressed fourth album Second Life refers to,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 7
EDUARDO, Cruising A Melody
Not since David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (and Peter Schilling’s later rejoinder “Major Tom”) and Elton John’s “Rocket Man” has a rock...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 7
ROBERT LaROCHE, Forevermore
Several decades after the original heyday of power-pop sensations The Sighs and their breakthrough album What Goes On, it’s amazing to...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 5
NATHALIE BONIN, Aspirations
On a purely musical level, perhaps the most dynamic and inspiring aspect of Nathalie Bonin’s exquisitely composed, arranged and performed...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 4
HANNAH GILL, Everybody Loves a Lover
The hip, colorful and retro green-tinted packaging of Hannah Gill’s full length debut album Everybody Loves a Lover indicates that the 11...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 4
THE NEW WONDERS
A hundred years later, the culture, music and enduring mystique of the Roaring Twenties still hold a deep fascination for those who care...
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