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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...


Jonathan Widran
Jul 12, 2019
JAMES THOMAS, The Loves of My Life
With the upcoming, highly anticipated release of the James Thomas Band’s latest, perfectly titled album The Loves of My Life and their...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 29, 2019
ROBERT LAROCHE, A Thousand Shades
In 2016, almost a quarter century after The Sighs ruled the summer of ’92 with their rambunctious smash “Think About Soul” and toured...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 26, 2019
TJ DOYLE, "Lullaby"
With his dreamy and soulful, easy grooving and uber-romantic new single “Lullaby,” award winning alt-pop/rock/Americana singer songwriter...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 26, 2019
THE STIFFTONES, "Midwestern Town"
The budding indie success of husband and wife Americana duo Shaun and Rachel Stief – aka The Stifftones - gives hope to songwriters and...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2019
WILD WING, New Futures
When you’re listening to music and writing a review on a swelteringly obnoxious 100-degree day in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, you kind of...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 1, 2019
THE CERNY BROTHERS, Looking for the Good Land
Forty- two years after Meat Loaf’s epic, multi-platinum global smash Bat out of Hell put Cleveland International Records in our...

Jonathan Widran
Jun 1, 2019
W.C. BECK, First Flight
With nine previous albums, including the critically acclaimed 2011 collection Kansawyer billed to W.C. Beck & The Valiant Swains, the...


Jonathan Widran
May 4, 2019
GOLD LIGHT + SNAKEMUSK, Shadows in the Shallows
No matter where artists’ sensibilities have strayed in their lives and careers, one thing we can count on is that when two...


Jonathan Widran
Mar 21, 2019
KREE HARRISON, "I Love The Lie"
Long before she won the hearts of millions on American Idol in her early 20s, Kree Harrison was immersed in the musical aesthetic of...
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