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Jonathan Widran
Jul 17, 2024
SNATUM KAUR, Heartflow
There was once a time in American pop culture where a book or music endorsement from Oprah Winfrey was an express ticket to greater fame...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2024
TOM CIURCZAK, I Ain't Ever Growing Up, Vol. II
Both in terms of background and content of his lyrically witty and insightful, musically rollicking and infectiously eclectic songs, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024
THE PAUL CARLON QUINTET, Blues For Vita
Ask most musicians about their influences and they’ll likely give you a lengthy list of greats in their chosen genre and/or their main...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024
BILL BANFIELD'S JAZZ URBANE, Take Time To Listen
Though Bill Banfield has recorded two previous albums under the Jazz Urbane branding featuring a handful of young jazz greats, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024
VERONICA THOMAS, They Say It's Wonderful
While the pandemic era presented difficult challenges to established artists who weren’t able to perform live gigs and tours, it also...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024
NATALIE JACOB, Sooner or Later
There are many ways to develop a career as a jazz singer. The conventional route is to choose great classic material, work with a stellar...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024
KAREN MACK, Catch & Keep
The unique and ever-twisting road to Karen Mack’s emergence as an indie jazz vocalist has been nothing short of fascination. Moving to...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 10, 2024
SAMIR BODHI PRESENTS “Anxiety’s Shadows” featuring Shannon K and Nathalie Bonin
Building off of millions of views for videos of her most popular hits over the past eight years, Indian pop sensation Shannon K strikes...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 6, 2024
2002, Time Traveler
Affectionately dubbed the “first family of new age music” by Michael Diamond of Music and Media Focus, the multi-instrumentalist trio of...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 6, 2024
HOLLAND PHILLIPS, A Sense of Distance
With the release of his lush, hypnotic and decidedly whimsical, romantic and optimistic new album A Sense of Distance, Holland Phillips...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2024
KEEGAN McINROE, Dusty Passports and Empty Beds
The promo material for long celebrated Ft, Worth based troubadour Keegan McInroe’s long awaited, cleverly titled sixth album Dusty...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2024
GORDON THOMAS WARD, Walking on the Wire
Still mourning the loss of the great Gordon Lightfoot, I felt blessed to discover another musical storyteller named Gordon, whose musical...
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