TOM EATON, weathering
If you’ve been a fan of new age at any point since the early 90s, chances are that even if you don’t know his name, you’ve heard the...
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THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
- May 21
PETER STERLING, Mystic Voyager
An incredible phenomenon may overtake your senses and extrasensory perception when you don’t just listen, but also attune your spiritual...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 7
BILLY DENK, In Praise of Shadows
In 2019, after several decades as one of Chicagoland’s most renowned and versatile jazz guitarists, Billy Denk made a radical creative...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 6
MONSTER TAXI, "A Walking Stranger"
When Jason Klein branded himself “Monster Taxi” to start licensing his own tracks, the veteran Miami based studio jack of all trades...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 28
PETER DAY, Live in the Peace
Listening to the fascinating eclectic mix of dreamy, ambient spiritual minded new age instrumentals and romantic, anthemic indie pop...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 15
SPENCER BREWER, Behind The Veil
For new age music enthusiasts like myself whose early passion for the genre was steeped in the beautiful inspiring fusion of acoustic and...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 12
BODHIHEART, Out of Doors: Meditations For Piano and Nature
Though still driven by the lush, spacious and delicately beautiful melodies of founding pianist Wells Hanley, Bodhiheart’s exquisite...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 28, 2022
MEG BOWLES, Voices from the Ethereal Forest
As veteran composer-synthesist Meg Bowles boldly ventures from her early 2022 epic album Pilgrimage to explore, on her latest recording,...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 22, 2022
ROBIN SPIELBERG, All The Best Returns, Pt. 1
With the release of her new EP All The Best Returns, Pt. 1, much ado will be made of Robin Spielberg’s return to composing and performing...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 13, 2022
ANN LICATER, Whispers From Earth
Though the pandemic raised our collective anxiety to levels previously unheard of, it’s not solely to blame for the chaos within us and...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 19, 2022
LIQUID MIND XIV: Simplicity
In my comprehensive review of Liquid Mind: Musical Healthare, a compilation of the some of the more recent representative recordings in...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 18, 2022
STEPHEN WALLACK, Wondering
In my review of Stephen Wallack’s masterful 2021 album Colors, I mentioned one of the more interesting musical influences in his life –...
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