Jonathan WidranMar 19PALM READING, Joshua Tree Many new age and ambient projects are based on impressions of a certain location, but not until musical veterans Scooby Laposky and...
Jonathan WidranMar 10AMBIENT SLEEPIf somehow you have never heard of the National Sleep Foundation or Sleep Awareness Week®, consider yourself enlightened about an...
Jonathan WidranJan 16SLUKA, Figure It Out Imagine a band so bold, dynamic and pinball bouncing eclectic that 11 albums and 32 years after their debut album – and after a cross...
Jonathan WidranJan 9SHERRY FINZER, ConnectionsIf you ask recording artists of any genre what their primary goal is with any specific project, they will no doubt tell you it’s not only...
Jonathan WidranNov 15, 2021LARRY FAST/SYNERGY, "Insects"A true pioneer of synthesizer music, Larry Fast created the conceptual alter ego Synergy to create a series of nine groundbreaking...
Jonathan WidranOct 24, 2021DONNA DE LORY, Gone BeyondThe name and voice of Donna De Lory sparks a fond, unique and essential memory for me that traces back several decades, long before this...
Jonathan WidranSep 23, 2021myndstream COLLECTION, Volume 1With its recent unique rollout of individual artist singles as part of their first seasonal collection Summer Flight and now the...
Jonathan WidranSep 20, 2021JULIET LYONS & JOHN McLEAN ALLAN, Nova: An Acoustic Journey With her elegant and ethereal, intricately textured 2019 album The Light Within: Songs for Yoga, Healing & Inner Peace, composer,...
Jonathan WidranSep 15, 2021DEAN AND DUDLEY EVENSON, Monet's GardenIn the vibrant photo collage at the heart of the CD packaging for legendary new age husband and wife duo Dean and Dudley Evenson’s...
Jonathan WidranSep 9, 2021PETER STERLING, The Winding WayIn my overwhelmingly positive review of Peter Sterling’s 2018 collection Magic Kingdom, I quickly dispensed the obvious top of mind...
Jonathan WidranSep 6, 2021CHERYL B. ENGELHARDT, A Seeker's SlumberImpressed at how deftly, effortlessly and gracefully Cheryl B. Engelhardt evolved from mainstream (and emotionally impactful) indie...
Jonathan WidranAug 31, 2021HOLLAND PHILLIPS, Eleven After MidnightIt’s not one of the Biblical Beatitudes, but it may as well be, considering the impact creative manic expressives like Holland Phillips...