Jonathan WidranDec 30, 2020GITIT SHOVAL, ConnectedReleased late in a year in which our individual and collective feeling of connection to other people and especially loved ones has been...
Jonathan WidranDec 30, 2020CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA, "Get Together/Can't Find My Way Home"Continuing on her artful, imaginative and uber-adventurous roll of capturing the tightrope of intense anxiety and cautious hope that...
Jonathan WidranDec 20, 2020LARRY NEWCOMB QUARTET, Love, DadThere are two key takeaways from the empowering, hard swinging and deeply bluesy experience of listening to Love, Dad, the third album by...
Jonathan WidranDec 20, 2020THE JUSTIN ROTHBERG GROUP, Hurricane MouseNot sure exactly what a Hurricane Mouse is – except for the kick-ass funk/rock/jazz slam jam opening The Justin Rothberg Group’s third...
Jonathan WidranDec 20, 2020THE GRASSO-RAVITA JAZZ ENSEMBLE, Jagged SpacesWho says all the best, boldest and most badass new jazz groups come from NYC? Just when our tired spirits and hopeful ears are in...
Jonathan WidranDec 14, 2020DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS, The Greatest Hits of Christmas 2020 Not that our sense of what qualifies as “normal” will ever quite be the same after this, but in a normal year, a review of the annual...
Jonathan WidranDec 7, 2020MARTY ELKINS/MIKE RICHMOND, 'Tis AutumnIn my review of veteran NYC vocalist Marty Elkins splendid collection Fat Daddy, I mentioned that the term “re-imagining” was too...