ARMIK, "Gypsy Flame (25th Anniversary Edition)"
Listen to any pop song on the radio today, and it’s doubtful it will bear any sonic resemblance to what we were vibing with back in 1995....
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Jonathan Widran
Feb 26, 2020
MONICA LOGANI, The Long Road
Throughout our lives, we have all been blessed with deep and multi-faceted friendships that make us feel more alive on a human level and...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2020
SHOSHANA MICHEL, Impressions
Starting with the moment she fell in love with new age piano music circa 1990 via influences and heroes like David Lanz, Suzanne Ciani...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 1, 2020
GEORGE WINSTON at The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
A national treasure and iconic figure on multiple levels, musical and otherwise, George Winston has for the past 40 years blessed...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 15, 2020
KIRSTEN AGRESTA COPELY, Around the Sun
Rising to prominence with a Bronze Medal in the 1st USA International Harp Competition in her teens and debuting as concerto soloist at...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 30, 2019
SCOTT COSSU, Memories of Water and Light
A seminal force in and influential and enduring treasure of new age music, pianist/composer Scott Cossu - one of the first artists on...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 14, 2019
PAUL ADAMS & ELIZABETH GEYER, Deeper Imaginings
Because composer/musicians and their fans tend to compartmentalize their passions into strict genre trappings, it’s rare to find artists...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 13, 2019
MICHAEL KOLLWITZ & WALTON MENDELSON, The Stick EWI Project: In the Moonlight
In my enthusiastic write-up review of Michael Kollwitz’s Billboard charting early 2019 release Serenity III: More Peaceful Music on the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 24, 2019
RICHARD DILLON & CORINNE SEGANOS, We Follow The Star
For adventurous music fans, it happens every year when the holidays roll around. When we make our holiday playlists, we want some of our...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 10, 2019
RACHEL LAFOND, The 52
While some old school artists find reasons to lament the shift from the tactile joys of CD sales and ownership to the digital, streaming...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 10, 2019
JUAN SANCHEZ, Rebirth
As someone who writes artist bios as part of my living, I am privy to the general intent of the endeavor. It’s supposed to entice press...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 7, 2019
SUZANNE TENG & GILBERT LEVY, Autumn Monsoon
Two intriguing questions occur to me when listening Autumn Monsoon, an intricate, hypnotic-exotic, soul-transportive collection...
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