GRAYHAWK, Voice of the Ancestors
Rarely has new age music fused as powerfully with true shamanism as powerfully and epically as it has with veteran composer,...
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THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
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Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2019
CRAIG PADILLA & MARVIN ALLEN, Toward the Horizon
As I’ve been immersing in the seemingly endless riches of the three decade-plus Spotted Peccary catalog, I’m enjoying a wild fusion of...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 20, 2019
MASSERGY, Fire Opal
Hearing some of the new mystically transcendent dreamscapes coming from artists on the Spotted Peccary Music label, I feel as though I...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 4, 2019
JILL HALEY, The Winds of Badlands
An extraordinarily melodic, intuitive and impressionistic composer, multi-instrumentalist Jill Haley’s immersion in the landscape and...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 28, 2019
MICHAEL JOSEPH, Into the Blue
The first thought that strikes me as I continue listening to pianist/keyboardist composer Michael Joseph’s extraordinarily sweeping,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 6, 2019
KAREN BIEHL, Starlight Dreams
A famous Disney song once told us that when we wish upon a star, our dreams come true. And we’ve all grown up hearing about true romance...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 31, 2019
JAMES ASHER/ARTHUR HULL, On the Good Foot
On the Good Foot, an extraordinary, rhythmically eclectic and sonically expansive two EP set by longtime collaborators and drum circle...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 30, 2019
PEZZETTINO, Resin
Considering her massive talents and the sonically expansive multi-verses she creates, it’s ironic that the supremely enigmatic, endlessly...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 23, 2019
SCOTT LAWLOR, The Color of Extraordinary
If there is anything I have learned from listening to ambient new age composer, performer and improvisational master Scott Lawlor’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 21, 2019
SHOSHANA MICHEL, Reflection
Engaging in pianist/composer Shoshana Michel’s sensitive, insightful and deeply compelling new album Reflection while perusing her bio, a...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 2, 2019
KEITHTIM ANDERSON, Waiting's End, Solo Piano Vol. 1
As you listen to “Waiting’s End,” the gently contemplative, soul enveloping closing title track to KeithTim Anderson’s full length debut...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 14, 2018
MICHAEL KOLLWITZ, Serenity III
Entering into the mystically melodic, soul transporting musical world of Michael Kollwitz via his exquisite new collection Serenity III:...
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