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...
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Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUARTETO UNIVERSAL, Yes!
The magic of serendipitous chemistry with the right compadres sometimes opens the door for a veteran, highly decorated musician to take...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
LEO BROUWER/MARIEL MAYZ, Cuban Sketches for Piano
An exquisite, passionate and rhythmically eclectic on a deeply grounded yet truly celestial level, Cuban Sketches for Piano is a solo...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
YOLA NASH, Manhattan Whispers
Yola Nash gives us some fascinating and whimsical things to contemplate as we attune our ears to Manhattan Whispers, the latest sensual,...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 12, 2022
MIGUEL KERTSMAN, In the Moment
A wildly adventurous, genre-busting and insanely tribal and percussive jam session, Miguel Kertsman’s perfectly titled album In the...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 30, 2022
RUSS HEWITT, Chasing Horizons
Some fourteen years after raving enthusiastically about Russ Hewitt’s stellar debut album Bajo del Sol, it’s delightful to realize via...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 24, 2022
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,...
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 16, 2022
ANTONIO ADOLFO, Octet and Originals
Closing in on 60 years since emerging as a member of Samba Cinco, which played the renowned Beco das Garrafas in Rio, Antonio Adolfo, at...
Jonathan Widran
- May 31, 2022
BILL ORTIZ, Points of View
While perhaps best known for his 16 years recording and touring with Santana (starting with the iconic Grammy winning album...
Jonathan Widran
- May 19, 2022
SAN GABRIEL 7, Under The Stars
Formed by trombonist and JPL spacecraft engineer Jim Lewis in the 2000s, the multi-faceted, high energy horn fired funk and jazz ensemble...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 8, 2022
ANDREW SALGADO, 86 Vol 2 - Autumn Dawn
For an indie artist as ultra-talented, multi-faceted and good hearted/service oriented as Andrew Salgado, sometimes having a years-long...
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