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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 7, 2023


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
Mar 6, 2023


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 28, 2023


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 15, 2023


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
Jan 12, 2023


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
Dec 28, 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 22, 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
Nov 13, 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 19, 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 18, 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
Oct 17, 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 11, 2022
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