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DASHMESH, Biomimesis
My introduction to the expansive sonic universe of Dashmesh came in 2024 when the multi-faceted musician, producer, sound healer,...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 29, 2025


THE BENTLEY PROJECT, Kind as the Shade
People of every age and era know the overwhelming feeling. While it seems that in life, there is never a shortage of daily tragedies,...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 28, 2025


NOEL OKIMOTO, Ho Ihi
Considering the intense amount of Hawaiian bred and based musical excitement on Ho Ihi , legendary drummer Noel Okimoto’s first album in...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


Argentina Durán, Rapsodia Mexicana
A principal performer of the National Symphony Orchestra, emerging piano virtuoso Argentina Durán’s gloriously and sensitively performed,...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


ALEX COKE & CARL MICHEL SEXTET, Situation
To better understand the fascinating swirl of instruments, offbeat rhythms, wild mood swings, blend of melodic graces with avant-garde...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


CARL CLEMENTS, A Different Light
For an eclectic, well-traveled jazz citizen of the world like Carl Clements, titling his second jazz quartet album A Different Light is...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


GINETTA'S VENDETTA, Fun Size
Deservedly recognized by UNESCO as a Jazz Ambassador, Ginetta Minichiello and her bold, boundary busting high octane four-piece ensemble...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


RICHARD GUBA, Songs for Stuffed Animals
When a legendary sax player like Richard Guba waits till 50 years into his career to record his debut album as a leader, it’s bound to be...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


JESSICA JONES QUARTET, Edible Flowers
Almost five years on from the onset of the pandemic era, transcendent jazz albums that might not have happened but for the interruption...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 27, 2025


ROBERT SARAZIN BLAKE, Let the Longing Run Wild & Free
Though he’s been a treasured and beloved fixture on the Pacific Northwest folk scene for nearly 30 years, it’s testament to singer,...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 25, 2025


DIETER SPEARS, Late Day Summer Breeze
Between Dieter Spears’s immersion in the 90’s local club scene in Nashville with the ensembles Picture This and Subject to Change and...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 21, 2025


THE TASTY KINGS with BLONDIE CHAPLIN, Native Tongue
Though Native Tongue is the standard 10 tracks and only 42 minutes long, it’s testament to the sheer genius socially conscious depth and...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 18, 2025
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