Jonathan Widran4 days agoSAN GABRIEL 7, Under The StarsFormed by trombonist and JPL spacecraft engineer Jim Lewis in the 2000s, the multi-faceted, high energy horn fired funk and jazz ensemble...
Jonathan WidranApr 7OPAL CANYON, Tomorrow to the SeaPerhaps it’s a petty point in this streaming age when album art is often experienced as tiny thumbnail images, but the psychedelic...
Jonathan WidranApr 5CRASH TAYLOR, Retired OutlawAs we listen with rapt attention to the insanely cool phrasing and storytelling couched in the soulful, blues-tinged folk/rock energies...
Jonathan WidranMar 24JO HARROP, The Heart WantsOnce a session singer for the likes of Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and Gloria Gaynor, Jo Harrop’s dusky, gorgeously sensual voice found its...
Jonathan WidranFeb 18JAMES GAITERS SOUL REVIVAL, Understanding Reimagined Truly the crowning masterwork in a stylistically expansive, multi-genre career as a sideman and recording artist, James Gaiters Soul...
Jonathan WidranJan 11DEAN FRIEDMAN, American LullabyIf your skepticism about fake news has prompted you to shut down your senses and not pay attention to the sociopolitical issues of the...
Jonathan WidranJan 10FRANK VIELE, Time Is a ThiefThere are three unique ways to look at Frank Viele’s first ever EP Time is a Thief. Most simplistically, it’s a simple gathering of the...
Jonathan WidranJan 10GREG BUCKING, Greg BuckingIn this digital era where indie artists seek inclusion on playlists and a handful of tracks on an EP, for both budgetary and practical...
Jonathan WidranNov 3, 2021ALBERTA and THE DEAD EYES, You Said SomethingUsually when a review attempts to sum up the kind of coolness, otherworldliness and raw, jamming but slyly languid garage-rock cool we...
Jonathan WidranNov 1, 2021JEREMY MONTEIRO & ALBERTO MARSICO, Jazz-Blues BrothersSuch is the timelessness, sensuality, burning swing-ability and vast energy exchange of Jazz-Blues Brothers, the perfectly titled, hard...
Jonathan WidranSep 26, 2021UNPINNABLE BUTTERFLIES, Radio OceanPaul Simon announced his retirement from touring in 2018 and his last set of original material was five years ago. Should he decide,...
Jonathan WidranSep 20, 2021JON PATRICK WALKER, The Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs So if you’re a fan of musicals and their touring companies and want to know how the casts spend their down time on tour busses, look no...