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Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2019
WILDWOOD KIN, Wildwood Kin
Listening to the lush, soulful acoustic melodies and soaring vocal harmonies of UK acoustic alt folk trio Wildwood Kin on their truly...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 19, 2019
KATIE DAHL, Wildwood
Those bitter Midwestern winters we love to gripe about have indirectly given us one of modern folk music’s greatest treasures in Katie...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 28, 2019
NICHOLAS ALTOBELLI, Vertigo
Artfully blending gritty, heartfelt folk/Americana with a seductive, atmospheric dream pop vibe, Nicholas Altobelli launches his second...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 26, 2019
THE STIFFTONES, "Midwestern Town"
The budding indie success of husband and wife Americana duo Shaun and Rachel Stief – aka The Stifftones - gives hope to songwriters and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2019
WILD WING, New Futures
When you’re listening to music and writing a review on a swelteringly obnoxious 100-degree day in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, you kind of...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 1, 2019
W.C. BECK, First Flight
With nine previous albums, including the critically acclaimed 2011 collection Kansawyer billed to W.C. Beck & The Valiant Swains, the...
Jonathan Widran
May 27, 2019
LAUREN CROSBY, Take Me To The Water
Bringing a quirky playfulness to her snapshots of intense heartbreak and snappy resilience on the many roads she’s traveled, Lauren...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 21, 2019
SONJA MIDTUNE, "My Light"
An uncommonly intuitive singer/songwriter and storyteller, Sonja Midtune took the deeply intimate emotions shared to her by a close...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 19, 2019
CHINA, And Then Nothing Happened
When it comes to sizing up indie bands and albums, don’t let monikers and titles fool you. San Francisco contemporary folk rockers China,...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 18, 2018
THE EBONY HILLBILLIES, 5 Miles From Town
You first hear the raw, organic, Americana laced magic in the hoppin’ fiddle and streetcorner percussion that grabs your heart on “Hog...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 6, 2018
ELLEN BUKSTEL, Legacy of Love
Politically active, socially conscious, wildly incisive and humorous as all get out throughout her fascinating and influential, multiple...
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