THE NORM, "Delirious" (single)
In the hands of Miami bred step brothers Bryan Rucker and Ryan Bars – aka The Norm – the mundane routines of life and the duo’s moody,...
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Jonathan Widran
- Apr 29, 2018
RHONDA MACKERT, Time Not Forgotten
Two time Solopiano.com nominee for Contemporary & Modern Album of the Year, pianist and composer Rhonda Mackert has, on her previous...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 29, 2018
WE ARE THE WEST, The Golden Shore
You can’t judge a band by its venues – or maybe you can when the trippy, unexpected performances spaces that dominate We Are The West’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 29, 2018
STEVE McCORMICK, Stars and Chandeliers
For whatever reason – easier downloading, streaming, marketability, short attention spans, indie artists these days are too often...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 29, 2018
BANJO NICKARU & WESTERN SCOOCHES, Get Us Out of Fearland
When I hear a band or artist whose vibe is so fresh, so unexpected and too wondrously all over the map transcendent to peg as a single...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 29, 2018
LOREN EVARTS, Home Again
In 2015, 23 years after the last release from his popular new/age jazz group Confluence, pianist Loren Evarts made a triumphant return to...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
PROJECT GRAND SLAM, Trippin'
We all know the sports metaphors associated with the term “Grand Slam” – and both the baseball and tennis connections would be perfect...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
KAT EDMONSON, Old Fashioned Gal
Usually it’s the pain of a broken heart that inspires artists to plumb their emotional depths. On Old Fashioned Gal, songwriter and...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
NICK COLIONNE, Just Being Me
Creating provocative album titles that give insight into his current musical state of mind, Nick Colionne has done it all in his...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 25, 2018
ANDREW DISTEL, It Only Takes Time
A mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene, trumpeter and vocalist Andrew Distel is one of those indie regional treasures whose multitude of...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 25, 2018
MYSTIC BOWIE, Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads
On “Life During Wartime,” the first single from Talking Heads’ 1979 album Fear of Music, David Byrne famously sang the immortal lyrics,...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 24, 2018
HEIDI BREYER, Moonlight in Empty Rooms
In an overwhelmingly positive review I wrote about Heidi Breyer’s Beyond The Turning – rightfully chosen ZMR’s Best Instrumental Piano...
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