PRESLEY TENNANT, "Bite The Bullet"
As popular as the musical competition show “The Voice” has been for NBC and despite the hundreds of incredible talents that have won and...
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Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 17
KENNY BLACK STEPHEN WRENCH SHIMMER JOHNSON, "Good Ole Love"
KENNY BLACK STEPHEN WRENCH SHIMMER JOHNSON “Good Ole Love” After a difficult year fraught with fear, anxiety and personal and...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 12
SARAH MENDELSOHN, "Lifeline"
In my (naturally!) glowing review of Sarah Mendelsohn’s 2018 debut album If, I praised the diversity of the eclectic singer/songwriter’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 30, 2020
GITIT SHOVAL, Connected
Released late in a year in which our individual and collective feeling of connection to other people and especially loved ones has been...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2020
MIKE MONTREY BAND, In the Middle of Hope
Like a lot of artists whose brilliant and insightful songs seem almost prophetic in the way they meet our collective anxious moments of...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 25, 2020
STEPHEN WRENCH, "Life's a Sham"
Connected in so many fascinating ways to rock and roll greatness that his official and off the record resume defies easy categorizations,...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 19, 2020
KREE HARRISON at The Hotel Cafe
Long before she won the hearts of millions on American Idol in her early 20s, Kree Harrison was immersed in the musical aesthetic of...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 11, 2019
THE GARY DOUGLAS BAND, "Deep in the Water (Redeux)"
Whatever level of success they are at, indie rockers trying to make headway in the music industry tend to downplay their “day jobs” – or...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 9, 2019
SARAH LEE LANGFORD, Two Hearted Rounder
It’s not often that a debut album not only introduces us to a fab new emerging vocal and songwriting talent, but also the crackling,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 22, 2019
KEVIN DANIEL, Things I Don't See
Any raw, down home and infinitely hipster-cool Americana artist bold enough to put singing “Disney songs into a turkey baster” as an...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 23, 2019
CAMILLE NELSON, Sacred Lullabies
Some of Camille Nelson’s fondest memories of growing up in Salt Lake City are the intimate moments she shared with her mother, an opera...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 20, 2019
NOCTURNAL BLONDE, Still Gushing
Still Gushing, the compelling, heartrending debut full length album from Athens, GA based duo Nocturnal Blonde, is one of those dazzlers...
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