MATT SAVAGE GROOVE EXPERIMENT, The Groove Reawakens
Having released his independent debut album Live at the Olde Mill at age nine and establishing himself as a major presence as a prolific...
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Jonathan Widran
- Dec 28, 2022
MARCUS JOHNSON, Quarantine Sessions
While the first year of the pandemic was stressful and anxiety filled for all of us, it was especially challenging for musicians and...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 26, 2022
JOE MARCINEK BAND,
The word “band” can mean a lot of things, from a longstanding group of cats, to a core whose surrounding players often change to the kind...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 25, 2022
GORILLA APOCALYPSE, Blow Your Mind
The soulful breezily flowing grooves, sassy and sensual female vocals and overall loungey dreaminess of the seven exquisitely inviting...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 30, 2022
WENDY MOTEN, "As"
Flush with the groundbreaking journey and incredible, impactful success she had as runner up on Season 21 of “The Voice,” Wendy Moten –...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 30, 2022
DIANA ROSS at the Hollywood Bowl
“Coming Out” just a few weeks after the passing of Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross’ first of two late August full scale extravaganzas at...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 26, 2022
ALLEN AUSTIN-BISHOP, Why Go?
From Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the late Eva Cassidy, there are some artists who create such a strong, distinctive impression...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 21, 2022
EVAN CARYDAKIS, "Movin' On"
The smooth jazz world got its first taste of the cool, soulful cosmopolitan saxophonist Evan Carydakis in 2021, when the Australian born,...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 19, 2022
CAROL ALBERT, Magic Mirror
When Carol Albert released her debut vocal and instrumental album Love in Your Eyes back in 1992, there’s no way the multi-talented...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 3, 2022
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 6, 2022
SIDNEY JACOBS, If I Were Your Woman
From his first pro gig at 18 as a principal vocalist with the internationally touring Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers through his recent...
Jonathan Widran
- May 26, 2022
KRISTINA MURRELL, Beautiful Disaster
Since Rihanna burst into pop consciousness in the mid-2000s, she’s been such a pervasive force not only in music but in our culture in...
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