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PALM READING, Joshua Tree
Many new age and ambient projects are based on impressions of a certain location, but not until musical veterans Scooby Laposky and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 19, 2022


Q&A with Rolland Jacks and Emilio Palame About Their New Film KNIGHTS OF SWING
Ignited by the powerful post WWI memories of veteran musician, composer and songwriter Rolland Jacks, the new independent feature length...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 19, 2022


AMBIENT SLEEP
If somehow you have never heard of the National Sleep Foundation or Sleep Awareness Week®, consider yourself enlightened about an...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 10, 2022


WILL ACKERMAN, Positano Songs
One of contemporary instrumental music’s greatest gifts has been the constant flow of artists offering their music in service of themes...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 5, 2022


WILL ACKERMAN Q&A on Positano Songs
Legendary Grammy winning guitarist and new age icon Will Ackerman makes a humble and fascinating confession in his insightful liner notes...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 5, 2022


CHAMPAIGN PAULI CARMAN, "When Your Heart Beats With Mine"
Back in 1981, when the pop/soul band Champaign first stole our hearts with their uber romantic genre crossing Billboard #1 AC, #4 R&B hit...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 24, 2022


SAMUEL MÖSCHING, Ethereal Kinks
The story goes that while Swiss born, longtime Chicago based guitarist/composer Samuel Mösching first started playing jazz at age 12, he...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2022


BLUE SHIFT, In Real Time
Aside from being a true master class in the art of piano trio driven free jazz and spontaneous improvisation, In Real Time, the debut...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2022


AMOS GILLESPIE'S UNSTRUCTURED TIME FOR JAZZ SEPTET
'In addition to being an influential educator at the University of Illinois, Chicago, saxophonist, composer, arranger and musical...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2022


COURTNEY FREED, Big Crazy Love
Anyone curious as to why the supremely versatile, sweet and sensual voiced Portland, OR based singer/songwriter Courtney Freed took over...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2022


DEE BELL, Love For Sailin' Over Seas: Then & Now
For veteran vocalist Dee Bell, it all began with a rendition of “Happy Birthday.” While singing it to a customer at the Sausalito, CA...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 22, 2022


MONSOON, Ghost Party
While every emerging indie band has or should have a detailed bio about where they and their musical intentions come from, few have a...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 20, 2022
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