HOLLAND PHILLIPS, Standing in Motion
When listening to instrumental new age music, sometimes it’s conducive to fully immersing in the artist’s journey when he/she explicitly...
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 3
MATTHEW SHELL & ARUN SHENOY, Elemental
It’s been both delightfully inspiring and energizing - yet admittedly also a bit challenging - trying to keep up with the ever-evolving...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 3
ANAYA MUSIC: How a Woman With a Post-Doctorate in Technology Became An International New Age Icon
A timeless composer and ethereal vocalist passionate about elevating the human spirit through the power of music and universal vibration,...
Jonathan Widran
- May 23
MEG BOWLES, Pilgrimage
Generally when we reflect on lengthy and successful careers in music, it’s customary to frontload with length of discography and...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 19
PALM 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 Widran
- Mar 10
AMBIENT SLEEP
If somehow you have never heard of the National Sleep Foundation or Sleep Awareness Week®, consider yourself enlightened about an...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 16
SLUKA, 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 Widran
- Jan 9
SHERRY FINZER, Connections
If 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 Widran
- Nov 15, 2021
LARRY 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 Widran
- Oct 24, 2021
DONNA DE LORY, Gone Beyond
The 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 Widran
- Sep 23, 2021
myndstream COLLECTION, Volume 1
With its recent unique rollout of individual artist singles as part of their first seasonal collection Summer Flight and now the...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 20, 2021
JULIET 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,...