Jonathan WidranJun 18, 2019MAUREEN TOTH, BlurWhen singer/songwriter Maureen Toth isn’t lighting up hot spots in and around the L.A. area with her warm, soulful voice, witty and...
Jonathan WidranJun 11, 2019WILD WING, New FuturesWhen you’re listening to music and writing a review on a swelteringly obnoxious 100-degree day in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, you kind of...
Jonathan WidranJun 11, 2019HOLY BEACH, All That Matters Is This MatterAtlanta being smack dab in the heart of the Bible belt, we should expect that there would be some sort of spiritual oasis there to chill,...
Jonathan WidranJun 11, 201941ST PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL at the Hollywood BowlIt’s one of Southern California’s great jazz traditions. Whatever’s going on in the world, the Playboy Jazz Festival, in all its glorious...
Jonathan WidranJun 1, 2019THE CERNY BROTHERS, Looking for the Good LandForty- two years after Meat Loaf’s epic, multi-platinum global smash Bat out of Hell put Cleveland International Records in our...
Jonathan WidranJun 1, 2019BIGLEMOI, Permanent VacationInfluenced by a wild expanse of influences from Radiohead and Argentina’s Soda Stereo to Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene and...
Jonathan WidranMay 27, 2019OLIVER RAY, Out Passed NowhereBest known as legendary punk/art rocker Patti Smith’s longtime guitarist, Oliver Ray has been, according to his bio, “writing songs for...