NY'A, "Waiting"
An unstoppable force in indie R&B music since her re-emergence in 2015, Ny’a has topped the World Indie and Euro Indie Charts countless...
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Jonathan Widran
Apr 17, 2021
ZARBO, "Get Up and Dance - Electro Remix"
Sometimes after a long, difficult and anxiety ridden year – which seems a lot more like ten to most stressed out people – a visionary...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 8, 2021
THE DEATHRAY DAVIES, Time Well Wasted
Back in ’04, at the height of their 5-6 year whirlwind of indie success, wildly quirky and deeply beloved Dallas based garage rockers The...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2021
STEVE GADD BAND At Blue Note Tokyo
December 18, 2019. There’s something surreal about looking at the date of the recording on the back cover of Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 22, 2021
ERIC GOLETZ, Into the Night...
For a guy who admits he dislikes the chaotic connotations of the term “fusion,” veteran East Coast trombonist and keyboardist Eric Goletz...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 18, 2021
ATRIA, Moonbrain
Speaking candidly about the pointed messaging in many of his most enduring, influential songs, Curtis Mayfield once said, “Painless...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 13, 2021
DEPARTURE LOUNGE, Transmeridian
Like a warm and comforting, dreamily sensual yet wildly exhilarating visit from some cherished old friends, famed, quirky, trippy and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 12, 2021
SARAH MENDELSOHN, "Lifeline"
In my (naturally!) glowing review of Sarah Mendelsohn’s 2018 debut album If, I praised the diversity of the eclectic singer/songwriter’s...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 11, 2021
MICHAEL LINGTON, Alone Together: The Duets
Unable to hit the road over the past year due to pandemic-related lockdowns, over the past year, many smooth jazz artists have taken...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 5, 2021
PHANTOM WAVE, Wilds
When it comes to reflecting on the high octane, shoegaze dreamy meets blistering/relentlessly cool electric guitar fired Brooklyn based...
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...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 2, 2021
skinsNbones, 'There's Reason"
The question mark (?) logo that Brisbane, Australia husband and wife rockers skinsNbones use in all their promotional materials in lieu...
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