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...
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Jonathan Widran
- Jun 22, 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 17, 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 15, 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 13, 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 12, 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...
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