LARS TAYLOR, "Blue Sphere"
In 2019, I had the privilege of hearing and reviewing (actually, raving!) about “Sweet Onion,” the soulful and infectious debut single by...
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- May 26
KRISTINA MURRELL, Beautiful Disaster
Since 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 Widran
- Feb 15
TRITONE ASYLUM, The Hideaway Sessions
The Hideaway Sessions, the second album by the stylistically diverse and wildly adventurous L.A. based jazz fusion ensemble Tritone...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 26, 2021
UNPINNABLE BUTTERFLIES, Radio Ocean
Paul Simon announced his retirement from touring in 2018 and his last set of original material was five years ago. Should he decide,...
Jonathan Widran
- Sep 2, 2021
ANTONIO ADOLFO, Jobim Forever
An exquisitely and imaginatively arranged – not to mention high spirited and vibrantly swinging – tribute that could whimsically be...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 25, 2021
OJOYO, Ojoyo Plays Safrojazz
For contemporary jazz fans, among the many joyous (pun very much intended) reasons to revisit (via remaster and reissue) Ojoyo Plays...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 9, 2021
REZA KHAN, Imaginary Road
A socially conscious force in global jazz fusion, Reza Khan has a long-established history of blazing fresh trails, pushing limits and...
Jonathan Widran
- Mar 2, 2021
MATTHEW 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 Widran
- Feb 23, 2021
GREGG KARUKAS, Serenata
Gregg Karukas’ extraordinary success over the past 30-plus years as a #1 charting smooth jazz artist and one of the genre’s busiest...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 22, 2021
DIEGO 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 Widran
- Feb 22, 2021
JAMES ROBINSON, New Beginnings
The 12th of 13 children, Silicon Valley raised virtuoso James Robinson was blessed to have the guitarisma in his DNA, with six of his...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 9, 2021
NICHOLAS GUNN, Sound Condition
Closing in on three decades as one of contemporary instrumental and world music’s most prolific and stylistically expansive composers and...