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LYNN TREDEAU, Reflection
Considering the incredibly creative and prolific roll Lynn Tredeau has been on since releasing her popular and emotionally impactful...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 9, 2022


BEVERLEY CHURCH HOGAN, Sweet Invitation
In my rave review of Can’t Get Out of This Mood, Beverley Church Hogan’s delightful 2019 debut album which she recorded at the tender age...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 7, 2022


DAN OLIVO, Day By Day
For eminently versatile, warmly soulful veteran jazz singer Dan Olivo, a great advantage of being one of Southern California’s busiest...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 7, 2022


DANA FITZSIMONS WITH BILL GRAHAM AND BRANDON BOONE, Fault Lines
No doubt, every working jazz musician and fan sidelined from the music they love during the pandemic breathed great sighs of relief once...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 6, 2022


SIDNEY JACOBS, If I Were Your Woman
From his first pro gig at 18 as a principal vocalist with the internationally touring Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers through his recent...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 6, 2022


LELAND AND THE SILVER WELLS, Straight to Your Town
When I last had the pleasure of visiting the sonically, rhythmically, poetically and thematically eclectic musical headspace of Leland...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 4, 2022


ANAYA MUSIC: How a Woman With a Post-Doctorate in Technology Became An International New Age Icon
A timeless composer and ethereal vocalist passionate about elevating the human spirit through the power of music and universal vibration,...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 3, 2022


BILL ORTIZ, Points of View
While perhaps best known for his 16 years recording and touring with Santana (starting with the iconic Grammy winning album...
Jonathan Widran
May 31, 2022


JIMMY BRANLY TRIO, The Meeting
The dynamic, inspiring story of how drummer/percussionist Jimmy Branly went from a rock and roll and obsessive learning his craft on...
Jonathan Widran
May 31, 2022


ESTER WIESNEROVA, Blue Journal
In the era where CDs were the predominant form of music consumption, it was fairly common for artists to create artful, sometimes...
Jonathan Widran
May 31, 2022


LARS TAYLOR, "Blue Sphere"
In 2019, I had the privilege of hearing and reviewing (actually, raving!) about “Sweet Onion,” the soulful and infectious debut single by...
Jonathan Widran
May 30, 2022


KRISTINA MURRELL, Beautiful Disaster
Since Rihanna burst into pop consciousness in the mid-2000s, she’s been such a pervasive force not only in music but in our culture in...
Jonathan Widran
May 26, 2022
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