PETER STERLING, The Winding Way
In my overwhelmingly positive review of Peter Sterling’s 2018 collection Magic Kingdom, I quickly dispensed the obvious top of mind...
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Jonathan Widran
- Sep 6, 2021
CHERYL B. ENGELHARDT, A Seeker's Slumber
Impressed at how deftly, effortlessly and gracefully Cheryl B. Engelhardt evolved from mainstream (and emotionally impactful) indie...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 31, 2021
HOLLAND PHILLIPS, Eleven After Midnight
It’s not one of the Biblical Beatitudes, but it may as well be, considering the impact creative manic expressives like Holland Phillips...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
MICHAEL WHALEN, "Phonic"
In addition to being one new age music’s true superstars with a discography extending back to the mid-90s, Michael Whalen is a two time...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
MICHELLE QURESHI, "Night of a Thousand Stars"
Closing in on a decade since she began bringing her timeless, melodic and hypnotic guitarisma to the public via her 2012 debut releases...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
CHRIS HAUGEN, "Water to Land"
The title track to Bay Area acoustic slide guitarist Chris Haugen’s most recent album First Light – a work the artist called a “deep...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
RYAN JUDD, "The Lost Summer"
Versatile fingerstyle guitarist Ryan Judd’s career as Billboard chart topping new age artist and ZMR Award winner with over 130 million...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
CARL BORDEN, "Good Morning Light"
Once best known for his work with 90’s Atlantic Records R&B group Men and Large, Carl Borden has been an unstoppable multi-talented...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 27, 2021
EAMONN KARRAN, "The Edge"
A contemporary pianist based in Northern Ireland, Eamonn Karran has been playing since age seven and played for years in all kinds of...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 17, 2021
TIM REYNOLDS & MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKI, Soul Pilgrimage
Soul Pilgrimage, the epic latest beautifully textured, richly impressionistic and highly experimental set of guitar and synth duets by...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 18, 2021
UMA, Wishing Well
Longtime fans of the brilliant, critically acclaimed Estonian duo of guitarist Robert Jürjendal and trumpet/corno da caccia player...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 5, 2021
WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, TOM EATON, Brothers
In this age of streaming and digital music consumption, where album art is perhaps at less of a premium than in earlier generations, the...
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