Jonathan Widran17 hours agoKRISTINA MURRELL, Beautiful DisasterSince Rihanna burst into pop consciousness in the mid-2000s, she’s been such a pervasive force not only in music but in our culture in...
Jonathan WidranFeb 15TRITONE ASYLUM, The Hideaway SessionsThe Hideaway Sessions, the second album by the stylistically diverse and wildly adventurous L.A. based jazz fusion ensemble Tritone...
Jonathan WidranSep 26, 2021UNPINNABLE BUTTERFLIES, Radio OceanPaul Simon announced his retirement from touring in 2018 and his last set of original material was five years ago. Should he decide,...
Jonathan WidranSep 2, 2021ANTONIO ADOLFO, Jobim ForeverAn exquisitely and imaginatively arranged – not to mention high spirited and vibrantly swinging – tribute that could whimsically be...
Jonathan WidranJun 25, 2021OJOYO, Ojoyo Plays SafrojazzFor contemporary jazz fans, among the many joyous (pun very much intended) reasons to revisit (via remaster and reissue) Ojoyo Plays...
Jonathan WidranMar 9, 2021REZA KHAN, Imaginary RoadA socially conscious force in global jazz fusion, Reza Khan has a long-established history of blazing fresh trails, pushing limits and...
Jonathan WidranMar 2, 2021MATTHEW SHELL, Towards New Beginnings II - Songs of Healing Perfectly meeting our anxious collective moment and desire to move past the struggles and sorrows of a year like no other, visionary...
Jonathan WidranFeb 23, 2021GREGG KARUKAS, SerenataGregg Karukas’ extraordinary success over the past 30-plus years as a #1 charting smooth jazz artist and one of the genre’s busiest...
Jonathan WidranFeb 22, 2021DIEGO BALIARDO and The Gypsy Evolution, Este Ritmo One of the world’s most acclaimed and best loved global music groups for over 30 years, The Gipsy Kings introduced millions of fans to an...
Jonathan WidranFeb 22, 2021JAMES ROBINSON, New BeginningsThe 12th of 13 children, Silicon Valley raised virtuoso James Robinson was blessed to have the guitarisma in his DNA, with six of his...
Jonathan WidranJan 9, 2021NICHOLAS GUNN, Sound ConditionClosing in on three decades as one of contemporary instrumental and world music’s most prolific and stylistically expansive composers and...
Jonathan WidranDec 30, 2020GITIT SHOVAL, ConnectedReleased late in a year in which our individual and collective feeling of connection to other people and especially loved ones has been...