BEN COX, Consciousness, and other tricks of the light
In a true sign of this strange and challenging pandemic filled era known as 2020, recorded and livestreamed music has played an important...
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THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
- May 28, 2020
CATHLENE PINEDA, Rainbow Baby
Listening to Rainbow Baby, Cathlene Pineda’s fascinating and stylistically multi-faceted reflections on the joys, sorrows and challenges...
Jonathan Widran
- May 26, 2020
BERNWARD KOCH, Becoming
If your passion for soothing/relaxing yet sonically innovative new age music extends back to the late 80s and early 90s, you’ll better...
Jonathan Widran
- May 25, 2020
LIGHTS IN THE FOREST: A Celebration of Art, Music, Dance and the Human Spirit in the Age of COVID-19
Perhaps the most natural and human thing to do during a once in a century global pandemic is to let fear take over. These past few months...
Jonathan Widran
- May 21, 2020
BOB GLUCK, Early Morning Star
Because Bob Gluck is a rabbi (and writer and educator) as well as being an innovative pianist whose two-decades plus discography...
Jonathan Widran
- May 21, 2020
STRINGS FOR PEACE
To fully appreciate Strings for Peace, an historic East meets West classical music summit between Grammy winning guitarist Sharon Isbin...
Jonathan Widran
- May 21, 2020
SHARON ISBIN, Affinity
When it comes to awards and critical accolades, the fountain never stops for those praising the brilliance and diversity of classical...
Jonathan Widran
- May 21, 2020
LISA ADDEO, "What Cha' Know About That"
It was a different 2020 – and a very different world – when bang, zoom out of the box, the title track from funky Smooth Jazz...
Jonathan Widran
- May 20, 2020
DAVID K. MATHEWS, The Fantasy Vocal Sessions, Vol. 2, Soul, Pop, R&B
Late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Etta James once said of David K. Mathews, her keyboardist for 20 years, that “he can play anything” – a...
Jonathan Widran
- May 16, 2020
KING ROPES, Go Back Where They Came From
Millions of musicians make their living in cover bands, keeping crowds satisfied with the tried, true and familiar night after night. The...
Jonathan Widran
- May 16, 2020
EVAN MYALL, Evan Myall
Set adrift on the dreamy, floating bliss of the laid back, trippy atmospheres, old school keyboards, impossibly inviting grooves,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 15, 2020
TOWN MEETING, Make Things Better
Funny/ironic the way the world situation sometimes makes accidental prophets out of brilliant local bands just plugging away, jamming,...
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