SKIP GRASSO, Becoming
There comes a time in every local jazz legend’s career when the long-held confines can no longer hold his or her burgeoning creative...
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Jonathan Widran
- Feb 12
MICHAEL RABINOWITZ, Next Chapter
While even Wikipedia notes that “the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature” before all...
Jonathan Widran
- Feb 12
ROY McGRATH, Menjunje
Though Roy McGrath has been living, performing and serving in all sorts of behind-the-scenes capacities in Chicago for nearly a decade,...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 30
CARLOS JIMENEZ, Woods
With the release of his dynamics-filled, alternately fiery and sensual/soulful, stylistically eclectic album Woods, Carlos Jimenez marks...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 28
PETER DAY, Live in the Peace
Listening to the fascinating eclectic mix of dreamy, ambient spiritual minded new age instrumentals and romantic, anthemic indie pop...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 28
MAGGIE HERRON, My Story in Song
The fact that Maggie Herron opens her musically eclectic and adventurous, lyrically poignant, insightful and cathartic album My Story in...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 26
NOLEN SELLWOOD, Otherwise
When an extraordinary, deeply soulful and dynamically versatile young talent like Minnesota based singer/songwriter Nolen Sellwood burst...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 26
CHRISTINA PEPPER, Dawn of the Century
Better have Wikipedia handy for this one. As its epic title Dawn of the Century suggests, versatile pianist and ultra-prolific YouTuber...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 24
LARS TAYLOR, "Electric Night"
In a genre where explosive emerging talents have to compete for chart positions and airplay with the veteran we’ve loved for years, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 22
MARINA PACOWSKI, Inner Urge
It’s testament to the overwhelming impact the multi-talented and vocally supple French born singer Marina Pacowski has had on the L.A....
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 22
LIBBY YORK, DreamLand
Though life circumstances and immersion in another business led to somewhat of a late start in launching her singing career Libby York...
Jonathan Widran
- Jan 21
ERIC GOLETZ, STANDARD-IZED!
How can the same musician be a NYC studio legend and first call horn player, yet also be hailed by Jazziz magazine as one of the Top 10...
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