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PETER XIFARAS, Adagio Grooves
Truly one of the most innovative and thematically, sonically and rhythmically eclectic musicians and composers of his generation, Peter...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 19, 2025


CHUCK LEAH, Road to Medicine Bow
You don’t have to be an Americana music aficionado to find your soul all aglow, equally charmed and intoxicated the minute singer,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 15, 2025


DAVID FRANKLIN, Music For Ketamine
In my glowing review of Passings , the highly personal and deeply insightful 2022 album composer and multi-instrumentalist David Franklin...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 14, 2025


KEVIN KELLER, Arcadia
An inspiring and full throttle adventurous force in the hybrid new age niche of ambient chamber music since the mid-90s, Kevin Keller’s...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 13, 2025


ALLISON CHARNEY, ALIKE - My Mother's Dream
It happens in all genres of music. When a highly respected, visionary artist creates a majestic, multi-faceted work of great social...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 12, 2025


W.C. BECK, A Mostly Quiet Life
And the winner for the most slyly ironic album title by an indie artist in 2025 goes with ultimate praise and respect to A Mostly Quiet...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 7, 2025


PETER KATER, Untethered Heart
Considering that Peter Kater is one of the most gifted, insightful and visionary – not to mention prolific - pianist/composers in new age...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 5, 2025


CATINA DELUNA & OTMARO RUIZ, Lado B Brazilian Project 2
Nine years after Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz regaled listeners with their Lado B Brazilian Project – an album that took a fresh...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 3, 2025


SINNE EEG & JACOB CHRISTOFFERSON, Shikiori
The release of Shikiori, the sparsely and exquisitely arranged, uniquely titled first ever duo album by Sinne Eeg and her longtime...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 3, 2025


ANTONIO ADOLFO, Carnaval (The Songs Were So Beautiful)
The subtitle of Carnaval , legendary Brazilian pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo’s tribute to of the rhythmically eclectic, festive and...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 3, 2025


MARK WINKLER, Hold On
Having enthusiastically reviewed every Mark Winkler album since the late 80s, from his poppy contemporary jazz days to his quarter...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2, 2025


JIM SELF, My America 3: My Country
America sure felt like a different place back in the post 9/11 era when tuba maestro, “fluba” inventor and legendary Hollywood film score...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2, 2025
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