JUAN TIGRE, The Dream Catcher
You’ve just gotta love a multi-talented artist who starts a disc with a Barry White like spoken baritone talking about tranquility, peace...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2020
2002, Celtic Fairy Dream
In a brief but insightful documentary about the creation of their gently transcendent, traditional new album Celtic Fairy Dream, 2002’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 6, 2020
WITCH'S WALL
Checking out a new indie band for the first time is often a gateway to innumerable musical pleasures, and sometimes these extend beyond...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 28, 2020
MASA TAKUMI, Heritage
When first discovering a vibrant, visionary new artist, there’s always the tendency to connect his or her artistry to others who have...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 26, 2020
NICHOLAS GUNN, Pacific Blue
A sonically expansive, ever evolving 27 years since making his debut back in his lead flute playing days with Afternoon in Sedona,...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26, 2020
SCOTT LAWLOR, Bad Seed
Since it has been over a year since I last shared my admiration for the multi-faceted, deeply thematic works of ambient music maestro...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 26, 2020
KODACROME, The Banff Sessions
Titles make for ironic distractions, sometimes. “Play Dead” and “Tender Exit” are the first two hypnotic, ethereal and dreamily ambient...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 5, 2020
DAVID HELPLING, RUNE
As we marvel at the nearly 25 years that multi-faceted musical visionary David Helpling has been gracing our hearts and spirits with his...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 31, 2020
DARSHAN AMBIENT, A Day Like Any Other
The recent sudden passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other beautiful souls has been a powerful reminder to millions...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 26, 2019
SMOMID, Pyramidi Scheme
No amount of aural preparation or immersion into weird offbeat electronic sounds can quite prepare you for the trippy, ear and...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 14, 2019
KAZYAK, Odyssey
In my October 2018 review of Reflection, the debut full length album by the uber inventive and adventurous prog-indie-psychedelic Twin...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 1, 2019
HOLLAND PHILLIPS, A Presence of Three Minds
In all the promotional materials swirling around the release of multi-instrumentalist and composer Holland Phillips’ eighth album A...
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