top of page
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Home: Blog



ANN LICATER, Echoes from the Forest
Over the course of eight albums since the release of her auspiciously titled debut Following the Call (2007) , the grand swirl of joy...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 3, 2025


HENHOUSE PROWLERS, Unravel
Even two decades and 10 studio albums into the Henhouse Prowlers’s extraordinary, internationally celebrated career, it’s hard to believe...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2025


BRIELLE BROWN, In Art & Soil The Same
The term “Renaissance woman” is a convenient phrase, probably bandied about too much, to describe someone who’s pretty much done it all,...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 30, 2025


ANTONIA BENNETT, Expressions
It will always be challenging to be fully objective about jazz singer Antonia Bennett – not only because anything she’s recorded...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


UNITY QUARTET, Samba of Sorts
Though the four Brazilian born musicians comprising the Unity Quartet migrated – or more accurately, musically gravitated – towards NYC...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


KRIS ADAMS & PETER PERFIDO, Away
A truly exquisite quartet album led by veteran jazz vocalist Kris Adams and storied, well- traveled international drummer Peter Perfido,...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


LOS ANGELES IMPROVISATIONAL ENSEMBLE, Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions
It’s quite the challenge to find descriptive words to top those used in the marketing materials to promote the provocatively/trippily...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


JAKE HERTZOG, Ozark Concerto
While made possible by a generous grant from the South Arts Organization, funded by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


DANIEL GARBIN, Rising
By boldly launching his perfectly titled debut album Rising switching out his trademark electric guitar for a barn-burning title track...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 28, 2025


JEFF EISENBERG, Castle of the Golden Sun
Listening to veteran composer/producer Jeff Eisenberg’s epic, inspirational and empowering, richly orchestrated and metaphor powered...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 26, 2025


TOM CIURCZAK, Yorick
In my super-gushy, wow, I can’t believe there’s actually an emerging (but wonderfully seasoned) indie rocker worth praising writeups of...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2025


ZACH SWEENEY, "Age Gracefully"
distracted decades in the making, Zach Sweeney’s debut single, the wryly sung, retro-flavored mid-tempo pop-rocker “Age Gracefully,”...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2025
bottom of page