MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, "Jazzy Lil Jane II (Chill Afrobeat)"
In my review of Contemplation, the beautifully expressive, new age album Matthew Shell created in 2021 with pianist Vahagn Stepanyan, I...
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Jonathan Widran
Apr 19, 2023
BEES IN A BOTTLE, The Sun Left and Took the Moon with It
There are two ways to experience and appreciate the quirkily but darkly titled The Sun Left and Took the Moon with It, the bold and...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 18, 2023
HORNCRAFT, Inside Looking Out
In an insightful recent interview in the London Jazz News, Swedish multi-instrumentalist and veteran big band trumpeter Håkan Nyqvist...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2023
DAVE BASS, The Trio Vol. 3
There comes a time in a veteran artist’s journey when the music he’s creating in the present is so substantial and dynamic that all the...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 14, 2023
HOW U2 ACHIEVED THEIR ECLECTIC SOUND by Brix Jennings
Credit: Remy under license CC BY 4.0 No changes were made to the image. Irish rock band U2 recently released a stripped-down reimagining...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 13, 2023
STEVE POWER, The Earl Sessions
Driven by his impactful and deeply emotional low voice that should continue to earn favorable comparisons to those of country legends...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 5, 2023
FOX APTS., Omen
The brainchild of the brilliant and deeply insightful Americana rock power trio of frontman Dave Kajganich, guitarist/bassist Jerry...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 4, 2023
R FOR ROMEO, Plan R
Reuniting through a mutual friend in 2018 decades after first playing in the backing band for Atlantic-signed pop/R&B singer Martee...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 4, 2023
TOWNER GALAHER ORGAN TRIO Live
It’s often been said that true artists will perform with the same passionate intensity whether they’re playing for a crowd of thousands...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 3, 2023
ALYSE KORN & ROBERT KYLE, Tuesday's Child
Though veteran saxophonist/flutist Robert Kyle and pianist Alyse Korn’s first wonderful dual album Tuesday Child is rooted in their...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 3, 2023
DEAN MUCETTI & RHYTHM REAL, Isolate//Integrate
It’s a beautiful musical irony that in many ways, we can thank Duran Duran for the incredibly dynamic, deeply funky blend of adventurous...
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