BARKHOUSE, Paper & Ink
One of the more unique aspects of indie music making in the streaming era is being able to announce that an emotionally compelling,...
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- May 6
WOOD WILLOW, Southern Intentions
From a promotional standpoint, it makes sense to entice listeners to experience extraordinary new (though deeply old soul) artists like...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 5
CRASH TAYLOR, Retired Outlaw
As we listen with rapt attention to the insanely cool phrasing and storytelling couched in the soulful, blues-tinged folk/rock energies...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 11
DEAN FRIEDMAN, American Lullaby
If your skepticism about fake news has prompted you to shut down your senses and not pay attention to the sociopolitical issues of the...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 10
GREG BUCKING, Greg Bucking
In this digital era where indie artists seek inclusion on playlists and a handful of tracks on an EP, for both budgetary and practical...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 3, 2021
ALBERTA and THE DEAD EYES, You Said Something
Usually when a review attempts to sum up the kind of coolness, otherworldliness and raw, jamming but slyly languid garage-rock cool we...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 20, 2021
MARK ROGERS, Rhythm of the Roads
In her review of Mark Rogers’ 2019 album Laying it Down for the Roots Music journal No Depression, Mindy McCall writes that with that...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 16, 2021
J. RAMADA, Turquoise
For many indie artists, a mention of their swirl of previous day jobs is a line of questioning to be avoided -but in the life and career...
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
- Dec 7, 2020
NATHANIEL BELLOWS, Three
As with any musical project so boldly tackling the slow ebbing of life and the ultimate loss of a loved one, Nathaniel Bellows’ raw,...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2020
MIKE MONTREY BAND, In the Middle of Hope
Like a lot of artists whose brilliant and insightful songs seem almost prophetic in the way they meet our collective anxious moments of...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 19, 2020
JENI SLOTCHIVER, American Heritage
In a socio-politically charged year when our understanding of African American history has been in the spotlight and challenged like few...