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WILL DONATO, ELEVATE
In the smooth jazz genre these days, it’s a truly rare feat for a single new track to amass hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2021


KEITH ANDREW, Soul Expedition
While many funked out, high energy contemporary urban jazz artists use song and album titles reflecting the concept of adventure,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2021


CONSTANCE HAUMAN, "Taking Some Steps Ahead"
Last year in my (what else?) glowing/enthusiastic write up of Constance Hauman’s epic five track “2nd Wave” bonus edition of her...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 16, 2021


A ROMANTIC NIGHT IN WITH DAVE KOZ AND BRIAN MCKNIGHT
At the end of my (what else?) rave review for the smooth jazz maestro and master showman’s holiday livestream bonanza Dave Koz & Friends:...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2021


GREYE, "Growing Pains"
Hannah Summer, unpredictable musical provocateur and fiery front person for Daytona Beach, FL indie powerhouse Greye, says that when...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 10, 2021


AV SUPER SUNSHINE, "Super Cool"
“Super Cool” is more than the name of rising international hitmaker AV Super Sunshine’s latest infectious 80’s techno inflected single....
Jonathan Widran
Feb 9, 2021


MICHAEL MESEY and AMERICAN GREED, "Together"
"In this moment, we are sharing ‘TOGETHER’ with the world. In my heart, this is the rock song for the moment we are living in.” As the...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 9, 2021


EMODULARI, "Craniotomy"
Caught up in the maelstrom of bad to worse news in the New York Times one morning, Eli Soiefer spotted an uplifting article offering...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 9, 2021


SHIMMER JOHNSON, "Priceless"
No matter what level of success they’re at, whether they’ve been selling/steaming platinum for years or just starting independently with...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 9, 2021


THE 14 JAZZ ORCHESTRA, Cartoon Bebop
As fun, playful and whimsical as its title Cartoon Bebop would indicate, the latest album by the mostly Florida based 13-piece jazz...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2021


HENRY ROBINETT QUARTET, Jazz Standards, Volume 2: Then Again
In offering rationales for the 20 year delay between recording and releasing, veteran guitarist Henry Robinett almost seems apologetic in...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2021


JENNA LAURENZO, "The River"
In 2015, with an eye towards creating a “proof of concept” to ultimately sell a larger feature film concept, actress, writer and indie...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 5, 2021
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