JAKE AARON, Always Seeking
Perhaps not since Elton John’s 1970 classic Tumbleweed Connection has a British artist so artfully and dynamically embraced...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
- Jul 2
JUNE BISANTZ & GORDON MORRELL, It's Been A Long, Long Time
On a purely musical level, June Bisantz & Gordon Morrell’s dual album It’s Been a Long Long Time is a heartfelt, beautifully rendered...
Jonathan Widran
- Jul 2
TIM FOLEY GROUP, Stop Along The Way
On the fascinating website of Tim Foley, who uses the space to share the wealth of his expansive musical endeavors, the Cambridge, MA...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 29
CARLOS DENGLER, Private Earth
Back in the 90s, during that era’s heyday of new age and ambient music, the Higher Octave label released popular recordings from numerous...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 28
BORN TO FLY, Reach for the Sky
From a marketing and name recognition standpoint, it makes perfect sense to connect Born To Fly – the winsome emerging Portland OR alt...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
DAVID HELBOCK, Austrian Syndicate
Smack dab in the middle of Austrian Syndicate, a truly otherworldly aural experience conceived by keyboardist/composer David Helbock that...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
DOUG MACDONALD TRIO, Edwin Alley
Exactly six months after releasing the aptly titled Big Band Extravaganza, his most expansive and ambitious recording to date, the...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
ALEX COKE & CARL MICHEL SEXTET, Emergence
Saxophonist and multi-woodwind player Alex Coke and guitarist Carl Michel, leaders of the fascinating and passionately innovative - not...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
JASON KAO HWANG/CRITICAL RESPONSE, Book of Stories
Even in this day where streaming is dominant and packaging is slightly less valued, liner notes in the jazz realm play an important role...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 27
GABRIEL ESPINOSA, Bossas & Boleros
At the end of the liner notes on his latest Zoho Music collection, Gabriel Espinosa caps a rundown of the stylistically eclectic,...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 25
RAYMOND SCOTT REIMAGINED
Its musical excitement and transcendence aside, to fully understand the cultural value of a project like Raymond Scott Reimagined, you...
Jonathan Widran
- Jun 24
MATT SAVAGE, The Whole Package!
Musical evolution is a beautiful thing to experience, and it’s been nothing short of exhilarating vibing along with the way the...
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