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JERRY BURTON, Great American Soul Book, Reimagined, Vol. 1
After your ears pop with grace, joy and gratitude, upon first listen to the alternately warm and inviting and boisterous and barn burning...
Jonathan Widran
May 25, 2025


JENNIFER HILL, Love Bomb
Though Jennifer Hill’s decision to title her exquisitely eclectic, highly anticipated debut album Love Bomb implies a sense of emotional...
Jonathan Widran
May 25, 2025


COLLABORATIONS, Songs from the Heart Vol. 1
Back in the 60’s and 70’s, a loose collective of highly respected, then-anonymous Los Angeles session musicians known as The Wrecking...
Jonathan Widran
May 25, 2025


JIM KIMO WEST & DAVID VITO GREGOLI, "Lake Crescent"
When it comes to artists creating purely instrumental music without vocals, titles are sometimes pretty or poetic afterthoughts rather...
Jonathan Widran
May 23, 2025


JIM KIMO WEST & DAVID VITO GREGOLI, "Islamadora Sunset"
If Jim Kimo West were not a Grammy winning slack key guitarist and David Vito Gregoli an acclaimed producer, multi-instrumentalist and...
Jonathan Widran
May 22, 2025


JIM KIMO WEST & DAVID VITO GREGOLI feat. MB GORDY, "Highland Life"
This past year, the lovely and intricate complementary strings of Grammy winning slack key guitarist Jim “Kimo” West and producer,...
Jonathan Widran
May 22, 2025


JIM KIMO WEST & DAVID VITO GREGOLI, "Friday Harbor"
Having followed their spectacular 2024 album Kimo Vito with a surreal, exotic re-imagining of Toto’s iconic “Africa,” the adventurous duo...
Jonathan Widran
May 22, 2025


SEAN IMBODEN, Communal Heart
After eight successful years touring with Broadway productions (including serving as a featured soloist with the Tony-winning brass and...
Jonathan Widran
May 19, 2025


ANN SWEETEN, Still
In 2023, I had the pleasure of taking to heart, being uplifted by and expressing my appreciation for Ann Sweeten’s album Love Walks...
Jonathan Widran
May 17, 2025


MELBA MOORE, "No Filter"
Continuing a resurgence of interest in all things Melba Moore, the iconic Grammy nominated R&B singer, Tony winning stage...
Jonathan Widran
May 13, 2025


AMANDA BARISE, "Cute and Deadly"
Amanda Barise’s time on Season 23 of American Idol was the stuff musical dreams are made of. On her way to an impressive Top 14 finish,...
Jonathan Widran
May 12, 2025


DR. DAVE, "Reserved for Abbie"
Years after his first extended run of radio hits and success on the contemporary jazz charts, SoCal based composer/guitarist Dr....
Jonathan Widran
May 10, 2025
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