Jonathan WidranDec 25, 2018DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS 2018 CHRISTMAS TOUR at The Cerritos Center for the Performing ArtsThere was a sweet, engaging moment somewhere in the middle of the Dave Koz & Friends’ 2018 Christmas tour stop at Cerritos Center for...
Jonathan WidranDec 25, 2018IL DIVO, The Timeless Tour at The Dolby TheatreA decade and a half after reality TV judge and mega-producer Simon Cowell brought Urs Buhler (from Switzerland), Sebastien Izambard...
Jonathan WidranDec 22, 2018SEX PEOPLE, Cal-Island: Season OneIn over 25 years of writing about independent artists, there’s one word I have never encountered nor put to page or screen: polysexual....
Jonathan WidranDec 18, 2018THE EBONY HILLBILLIES, 5 Miles From TownYou first hear the raw, organic, Americana laced magic in the hoppin’ fiddle and streetcorner percussion that grabs your heart on “Hog...
Jonathan WidranDec 18, 2018NORMAN JOHNSON, The Art of LifeFor veteran Jamaican born guitarist Norman Johnson, everything changed in high school when he caught wind of George Benson’s seminal...
Jonathan WidranDec 17, 2018JUSTIN MORELL, Concerto for Guitar and Jazz OrchestraThis masterfully rendered, alternately sweeping and introspective three movement concerto gives us a deeper understanding, in several...
Jonathan WidranDec 14, 2018MICHAEL KOLLWITZ, Serenity IIIEntering into the mystically melodic, soul transporting musical world of Michael Kollwitz via his exquisite new collection Serenity III:...