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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...

Jonathan Widran
Feb 18, 2022
CORINA BARTRA, Amber Light
Richly infused with joyful bustling exotica and sultry, seductive and balmy romance, Amber Light caps famed Peruvian vocalist Corina...


Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2022
JORGE GARCIA, Dedicated To You
Beneath the gorgeously chaotic animated musical cover art on veteran guitarist Jorge Garcia’s dynamic and multi-faceted album Dedicated...
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