DIANA ROSS at the Hollywood Bowl
“Coming Out” just a few weeks after the passing of Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross’ first of two late August full scale extravaganzas at...
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Jonathan Widran
- Nov 20, 2021
PAUL NATURAL featuring Miette Hope, "Close To Me"
In mid-2021, thanks to a surreal dance-pop electronica track and video titled “On the Rise,” this site was introduced simultaneously to...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 30, 2021
DORIAN PAUL, "Shake It Around"
You can feel the freshness in the air and the revival of the American spirit as we continue to face our challenges with a renewed sense...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 17, 2021
ZARBO, "Get Up and Dance - Electro Remix"
Sometimes after a long, difficult and anxiety ridden year – which seems a lot more like ten to most stressed out people – a visionary...
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 28, 2020
DJ HELLO, Hello EP
Reflective of both his stage moniker and the title of his deeply intricate, sonically adventurous debut EP Hello, electronic...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 28, 2020
BO JOHNSON, Falling
Taking a deep dive into the bio of Swedish songwriter, producer, artist and Billboard charting remixer Bo Johnson, we learn that the...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 26, 2019
CHARLEY YOUNG, "Hold the Moon"
It may or may not be a coincidence that emerging pop/dance singer Charley Young released her infectious, soaring and gloriously thumping...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 11, 2019
41ST PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL at the Hollywood Bowl
It’s one of Southern California’s great jazz traditions. Whatever’s going on in the world, the Playboy Jazz Festival, in all its glorious...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 18, 2019
TIFFANY BYNOE, Timeless Dance EP
True to her trademark tantalizing way of inviting us to her door before seducing us full throttle, multi-talented genre-transcendent...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 22, 2018
SEX PEOPLE, Cal-Island: Season One
In over 25 years of writing about independent artists, there’s one word I have never encountered nor put to page or screen: polysexual....
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 8, 2018
THE TRAVOLTAS
Just hearing the name of this quirky, eclectic retro-hipster band makes you smile and think of the iconic roles their namesake John...
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