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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
Mar 26, 2023
MIKE STINSON & JOHNNY IRION, Working My Way Down
The eleven instant classic barnburners and ballads on Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion’s album Working My Way Down are soulfully and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
SEAN WALSHE, American Son
In a musical age where streaming leads so many emerging artists to just drop singles in the hopes of getting playlist exposure, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
LEX GREY AND THE URBAN PIONEERS, How Many Roads?
Closing in on 20 years as a true cult rock diva in her home base of NYC, multi-faceted powerhouse vocalist, musical Renaissance woman and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
KINGSLEY DURANT, Convertible
In trying to grasp the multitude of creative and career transitions that have brought versatile guitarist to the equally simmering and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 2, 2023
PAUL JACKS, Amphibious
For a music journalist there’s a point of pride to be able to follow an indie artist’s creative development and career trajectory from...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 2, 2023
JENN HOWARD, Valiant Women
Trying to position Jenn Howard’s stellar, powerfully reflective and deeply cathartic new breakthrough album Valiant Women as a project...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2023
AMBER NICHOLSON, Far Away Dreaming
Conventional love song wisdom might tell us that the five gloriously relatable and soulful, pop, jazz, blues and country inflected tunes...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 15, 2023
MATTHEW J VAN HOWE, Cognitive Concrete
Whether he’s listening to Beethoven or Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, a musical compadre of mine always says, “To catchy every intricate...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 28, 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 26, 2023
NOLEN SELLWOOD, Otherwise
When an extraordinary, deeply soulful and dynamically versatile young talent like Minnesota based singer/songwriter Nolen Sellwood burst...
Jonathan Widran
Dec 27, 2022
PAUL WEST, Eight Palms Ranch
Emerging singer-songwriter Paul West’s earthy, down home storytelling skills, sometimes raucous, often heartfelt vocal delivery and...
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