ROY ORBISON AND BUDDY HOLLY: THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DREAM TOUR at The Saban Theatre
Of the many concerts I saw in 2018, the one I talked most about – simply because it was so cool and trippy, and there was so much to say...
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Jonathan Widran
- Sep 28, 2019
NICHOLAS PAYTON, Relaxin' With Nick
Closing in on 25 years since his Verve debut, the madly versatile trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton creates something...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 27, 2019
DANIELA SOLEDADE, A Moment of You
With the release of her intimate, tenderly inviting and exquisitely produced and arranged debut album A Moment of You, emerging Brazilian...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 27, 2019
BIG BEAT, Sounds Good, Feels Good
If you’ve got your ears peeled, eager to hear what the future of jazz sounds like, a phenomenal place to start focusing is Big Beat, a...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 27, 2019
JOHN DENICOLA, The Why Because
Admit it – the minute you found out that John Denicola, the Oscar winning songwriting king of pop in 1987-88 for his still engaging,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 27, 2019
BYRE, Here in Dead Lights
With a title that’s a clever twist on a familiar phrase and probably reflective of an overriding band aesthetic, Byre’s debut EP Here in...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 26, 2019
SHELITA
The name of Shelita Burke’s 2015 debut EP proved truly prophetic, as fans all over the world were Transfixed by the hard working,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 26, 2019
SPEAKEA5Y, Circles
The legendary Billy Preston once asked us “Will It Go ‘Round in Circles?” In the deft hands of Miami based emerging alt R&B/hip-hop...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 25, 2019
LESIBU GRAND, The Legend of Miranda
It’s rare that the “superhero” origin story of a band - or in the case of Atlanta based Lesibu Grand, a killer female vocalist- male...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 25, 2019
ONE TWO TEN, "Heathers"
Dang! Wow! Boom! What a blast! Earworm alert! Oklahoma City pop-rockers One Two Ten’s delightfully rambunctious, harmonically crystalline...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 24, 2019
MUTLU featuring John Oates
Riding high on the critical acclaim showered on his latest album Good Trouble and its anthem-like lead single “Lifeline,” golden voiced...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 22, 2019
KEVIN DANIEL, Things I Don't See
Any raw, down home and infinitely hipster-cool Americana artist bold enough to put singing “Disney songs into a turkey baster” as an...
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