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...
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Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 18, 2020
DAMIA TIMONER, Jerry's Smilin: A Guitar Tribute to the Grateful Dead
Besides the exquisite and intricate, richly melodic playing, one of the things that may strike the informed listener as they weave...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2020
2002, Celtic Fairy Dream
In a brief but insightful documentary about the creation of their gently transcendent, traditional new album Celtic Fairy Dream, 2002’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 17, 2020
SHOSHANA MICHEL, Impressions
Starting with the moment she fell in love with new age piano music circa 1990 via influences and heroes like David Lanz, Suzanne Ciani...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 15, 2020
KIRSTEN AGRESTA COPELY, Around the Sun
Rising to prominence with a Bronze Medal in the 1st USA International Harp Competition in her teens and debuting as concerto soloist at...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 13, 2019
MICHAEL KOLLWITZ & WALTON MENDELSON, The Stick EWI Project: In the Moonlight
In my enthusiastic write-up review of Michael Kollwitz’s Billboard charting early 2019 release Serenity III: More Peaceful Music on the...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 10, 2019
RACHEL LAFOND, The 52
While some old school artists find reasons to lament the shift from the tactile joys of CD sales and ownership to the digital, streaming...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 3, 2019
IAN MAKSIN, Sempre: A New Dimension
True to the title of his remarkable, genre-transcendent collection Sempre: A New Dimension, Ian Maksin’s approach to the cello is...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 17, 2019
BLUE LANDSCAPES III: FRONTIERS
The Further Improvisational New Age Piano-Flute Adventures by Longtime Friends and Musical Soulmates Robert Thies and Damjan Krajacic The...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 5, 2019
MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES: THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS at the Hollywood Bowl
Active and brilliant as ever at the young age of 87, five-time Oscar winning (out of an astounding 51 nominations) and 24-time Grammy...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 24, 2019
JONATHAN CILIA FARO, From Now On
“From Now On,” Fans of Epic, Romantic “Popera” Need Listen to Only One Authentic, Sophisticated Voice! It is testament to the rich...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 5, 2019
SANGEETA KAUR, Compassion
When it comes to a necessary shift of perspective, especially when it’s music that encourages the heavy shifting, sometimes timing is...
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