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FIONA JOY HAWKINS, Moving Through Worlds
Sometimes reaching for the perfect adjective to capture the impact of a personally soul transporting album can be tricky, so often the...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 24, 2020


NOA LEVY/SHIMPEI OGAWA, You, Me & Cole
Cole Porter was born in Indiana, but decades after his passing, the stunning blend of romance and wit he brought to his songs for...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 22, 2020


SHUNIA, "Akal"
Sometimes – and often when we need it most – the most soothing and beautiful new age music can be not only meditational, but deeply...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 22, 2020


WENDY MOTEN, I've Got You Covered
Wendy Moten may have launched her career as a pop/R&B artist and taken cool detours into jazz throughout her fascinating career, but her...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 17, 2020


DARRELL KELLEY, The Audacity
The year 2020 is not yet half over, but between COVID-19 and the global protests for systemic change in the wake of the murder of George...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 17, 2020


NOSHIR MODY, An Idealist's Handbook: Identity, Love and Hope in America 2020
History’s greatest jazz recordings have always been those that meet the moment, using music and improvisation to reflect history, explore...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


JASON KAO HWANG, Human Rites Trio
In my 2018 review of Blood, violin maestro Jason Kao Hwang’s adventurous avant-garde collection spotlighting his octet of Chinese and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


SWINGADELIC, Bluesville
If you’re a blues buff and feel like you need a refresher/primer on the genre’s rich 150 year history in America, you could thumb through...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


JULIO BOTTI, Pure Tango
Argentine born saxophone maestro Julio Botti has been delighting in the fruitful rhythmic and romantic exultations of his country’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


ROUND EYE, Culture Shock Treatment
Were a sane review with reasonably working ears to write a spot-on review of the wild, percussive guitar, sax and vocal blasts and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


RICHES OF THE POOR, The Long Way Down
If it’s true what the proverbial “they” say, that misery indeed loves company, then a helluva lot of folks stuck in the hurting and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 13, 2020


THE GROOVE PROJECT, Volume 1: Flights of Fantasy
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible – Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Fighter Ace and Medal of...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 12, 2020
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