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...
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THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
- Mar 26
MIKE STINSON & JOHNNY IRION, Working My Way Down
The eleven instant classic barnburners and ballads on Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion’s album Working My Way Down are soulfully and...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 23
SEAN WALSHE, American Son
In a musical age where streaming leads so many emerging artists to just drop singles in the hopes of getting playlist exposure, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 23
NOCTURNAL ADORATION SOCIETY, All The Time In The World
A Google search for Nocturnal Adoration Society, the fascinating moniker pioneering alt-country mandolinist and singer Jimmy Ryan (Blood...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 15
AMBER NICHOLSON, Far Away Dreaming
Conventional love song wisdom might tell us that the five gloriously relatable and soulful, pop, jazz, blues and country inflected tunes...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 27, 2022
PAUL WEST, Eight Palms Ranch
Emerging singer-songwriter Paul West’s earthy, down home storytelling skills, sometimes raucous, often heartfelt vocal delivery and...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 12, 2022
CHARLEY CARROZO, Blinded Times
After these hellish, anxiety filled past three years, hell yeah, it makes perfect sense that “Namaste” is the highlighted, most promoted...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 11, 2022
DAPHNE PARKER POWELL, The Starter Wife
On her sixth album, but very importantly, her first as Daphne Parker Powell after a decade dba Daphne Lee Martin, the intensely...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 26, 2022
PHIL HURLEY, The Firebird Sessions
In the nearly 30 years since his band Gigolo Aunts hit the UK charts with “Where I Find My Heaven” from the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack,...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 28, 2022
KIMBERLY MORGAN YORK, Keep On Goin'
Yes, the story behind the release of Found Yourself a Lady, the debut album by the delightful, deeply impactful, emotionally incisive...
Jonathan Widran
- May 6, 2022
WOOD WILLOW, Southern Intentions
From a promotional standpoint, it makes sense to entice listeners to experience extraordinary new (though deeply old soul) artists like...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 8, 2022
ANDREW SALGADO, 86 Vol 2 - Autumn Dawn
For an indie artist as ultra-talented, multi-faceted and good hearted/service oriented as Andrew Salgado, sometimes having a years-long...
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