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...
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THE JW VIBE
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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 –...
Jonathan Widran
- Oct 17, 2022
ED BAZEL, The London Sessions: Reflections from Studio 2
All us kids who took piano lessons can relate to at least the beginning of Ed Bazel’s extraordinary musical journey, those many years...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 11, 2022
SHAMBHU, Life Passage
Of all the acoustic new age artists currently calming our anxieties and uplifting our souls these days, there’s none whose fascinating...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 5, 2022
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...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 30, 2022
DAN CHADBURN, Always
While mentions of specific tracks are generally best done later in a review, one special thing has to be mentioned about a track right in...
Jonathan Widran
- Aug 30, 2022
JILL HALEY, The Forests and Shores of Acadia
From her 2010 release Glacier Soundscapes through The Winds of Badlands (2019) and The Canyons and Mesas of Bandelier (2021), no...
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