MEG BOWLES, Voices from the Ethereal Forest
As veteran composer-synthesist Meg Bowles boldly ventures from her early 2022 epic album Pilgrimage to explore, on her latest recording,...
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Jonathan Widran
- Dec 27, 2022
PAUL WEST, Eight Palms Ranch
Emerging singer-songwriter Paul West’s earthy, down home storytelling skills, sometimes raucous, often heartfelt vocal delivery and...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 19, 2022
CURTIS NOWOSAD, CNRMXD
Though Curtis Nowosad has been a major force in The Harlem Sessions local arts collective for about a decade and released two previous...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 1, 2022
STEVE TINTWEISS SPACELIGHT BAND, Live at NYU: 1980
A still active figure specializing in super-galactic, ever-evolving and super inventive free jazz for over five decades, five string...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 1, 2022
KIRSTEN LAMBERT, From A Window To A Screen
Though From a Window to a Screen is billed as the debut album by the exquisite and sensual North Carolina based vocalist Kirsten Lambert,...
Jonathan Widran
- Dec 1, 2022
MARCO PIGNATARO, Chant For Our Planet
The experience of listening to jazz is so stimulating and engaging on purely sonic and rhythmic levels, so it’s easy to overlook the...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
MATHIEU SOUCY, Recollecting
Two years after launching his recording career with two indie singles as head of a trio, multi-talented Montreal based composer/guitarist...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
AKIKO AOKI, Pure Imagination
Aside from her soulful, sultry voice and unique phrasing, the most salient feature of Pure Imagination, song stylist Akiko’s Aoki’s long...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUARTETO UNIVERSAL, Yes!
The magic of serendipitous chemistry with the right compadres sometimes opens the door for a veteran, highly decorated musician to take...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
JOHN PAUL MCGEE, Gospejazzical
For multi-talented musical hyphenate (musician, preacher, producer, author, educator) John Paul McGee, the release of his extraordinary...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 30, 2022
MICHAEL KAESHAMMER, Warehouse Sessions
Long renowned for his freewheeling stylistic approach that alternates between and weaves together elements of classical, jazz, blues,...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 28, 2022
DAVID BLOOM/CLIFF COLNOT, Shadow of a Soul
Though we can surely find our own interpretations of the meaning of the title Shadow of A Soul, the fourth sonically and lyrically...
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