HOLLAND PHILLIPS, Standing in Motion
When listening to instrumental new age music, sometimes it’s conducive to fully immersing in the artist’s journey when he/she explicitly...
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 28
GEORGE HENNIG/RICHARD CAMBRIDGE, Songs from the Crossing
Had veteran Celtic/psychedelic folk leaning indie artist George Hennig met and collaborated with Alan Ginsburg Award winning poet Richard...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 27
ELIZABETH NACCARATO, A Southwest Story
In 1993, Michael Gettel, future husband and producer of fellow new age piano great Elizabeth Naccarato, released – in association with...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 14
SHARON FENDRICH, Sapphire Oak
In new age music, there is no shortage of artists who love to celebrate nature and our deep connections to sacred lands. Generally this...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 9
MICHAEL GETTEL, The View From Here
As a veteran journalist/reviewer, I’m not always inclined to insert myself into my musings about any specific project, but it’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 16
SLUKA, Figure It Out
Imagine a band so bold, dynamic and pinball bouncing eclectic that 11 albums and 32 years after their debut album – and after a cross...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 9
SHERRY FINZER, Connections
If you ask recording artists of any genre what their primary goal is with any specific project, they will no doubt tell you it’s not only...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 24, 2021
DANAE XANTHE VLASSE, A Concert & Celebration of Mythologies at Skirball Cultural Center
As part of her artistic mission statement that must be cited in any insightful profile or review of a recording or live performance,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 18, 2021
FRONT AND CENTER PRESENTS SANGEETA KAUR & FRIENDS
Shortly after hearing the transcendent operatic voice and the gentle yet soaring and soul-transformative music of new age crossover star...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 30, 2021
JUAN SANCHEZ, Now the Silence
With composers and artists being particularly sensitive and empathetic to the goings on in the world around them in normal times, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 1, 2021
Matias Bacoñsky, Epochal
In decades of reviewing instrumental music, no album until Matias Bacoñsky’s sweeping, literally breathtaking (and perfectly titled)...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 13, 2020
ROBERT PRESTER & ADRIANA SAMARGIA, First Snow
Like the fresh, glistening grace of the long awaited initial flurries of the year, renowned classical and jazz pianist Robert Prester and...