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Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
MICHAEL WHALEN, "Phonic"
In addition to being one new age music’s true superstars with a discography extending back to the mid-90s, Michael Whalen is a two time...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
MICHELLE QURESHI, "Night of a Thousand Stars"
Closing in on a decade since she began bringing her timeless, melodic and hypnotic guitarisma to the public via her 2012 debut releases...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
CHRIS HAUGEN, "Water to Land"
The title track to Bay Area acoustic slide guitarist Chris Haugen’s most recent album First Light – a work the artist called a “deep...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
RYAN JUDD, "The Lost Summer"
Versatile fingerstyle guitarist Ryan Judd’s career as Billboard chart topping new age artist and ZMR Award winner with over 130 million...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
CARL BORDEN, "Good Morning Light"
Once best known for his work with 90’s Atlantic Records R&B group Men and Large, Carl Borden has been an unstoppable multi-talented...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
EAMONN KARRAN, "The Edge"
A contemporary pianist based in Northern Ireland, Eamonn Karran has been playing since age seven and played for years in all kinds of...


Jonathan Widran
Aug 17, 2021
TIM REYNOLDS & MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKI, Soul Pilgrimage
Soul Pilgrimage, the epic latest beautifully textured, richly impressionistic and highly experimental set of guitar and synth duets by...


Jonathan Widran
Jul 18, 2021
UMA, Wishing Well
Longtime fans of the brilliant, critically acclaimed Estonian duo of guitarist Robert Jürjendal and trumpet/corno da caccia player...


Jonathan Widran
Jul 5, 2021
WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, TOM EATON, Brothers
In this age of streaming and digital music consumption, where album art is perhaps at less of a premium than in earlier generations, the...


Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2021
CHAKUNA MACHI ASA, Auroral Magic
Quite often, new age artists affirm the spiritual foundations of their musical mission by choosing a stage name whose elements reflect...


Jonathan Widran
May 31, 2021
2002, Hummingbird
As new age fusion phenomenon 2002 caps 30 years of groundbreaking instrumental recordings with the release of their latest album...


Jonathan Widran
Mar 5, 2021
CONSTANCE HAUMAN, Tropical Thunderstorm
As we ease deeper into 2021 and the light at the end of the quarantine/pandemic year of struggle, anxiety and malaise tunnel inches ever...
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