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Calabó, Mind Colors
Seriously blown away by the crackling energies, sonic innovations and dynamic jazz fusion innovations of Puerto Rican guitarist Jandro...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 11, 2021


PETER STERLING, The Winding Way
In my overwhelmingly positive review of Peter Sterling’s 2018 collection Magic Kingdom, I quickly dispensed the obvious top of mind...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 9, 2021


CHERYL B. ENGELHARDT, A Seeker's Slumber
Impressed at how deftly, effortlessly and gracefully Cheryl B. Engelhardt evolved from mainstream (and emotionally impactful) indie...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 6, 2021


ANTONIO ADOLFO, Jobim Forever
An exquisitely and imaginatively arranged – not to mention high spirited and vibrantly swinging – tribute that could whimsically be...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 2, 2021


Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Mythologies
At the tail end of her official bio which illuminates the breadth, depth and international reach of her extraordinary multi-award winning...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 31, 2021


HOLLAND PHILLIPS, Eleven After Midnight
It’s not one of the Biblical Beatitudes, but it may as well be, considering the impact creative manic expressives like Holland Phillips...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 31, 2021


JUAN SANCHEZ, Now the Silence
With composers and artists being particularly sensitive and empathetic to the goings on in the world around them in normal times, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 30, 2021


THE GROOVE PROJECT: Volume 2: The Winds of Change
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." --- Jimmy Dean At first blush, The...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 28, 2021


THE TRANSONICS, Tides
Mega kudos to The Transonics, the fun-loving six piece power poppers from Columbia, South Carolina who sport not only a sly, sultry, full...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 28, 2021


MICHAEL WHALEN, "Phonic"
In addition to being one new age music’s true superstars with a discography extending back to the mid-90s, Michael Whalen is a two time...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021


MICHELLE QURESHI, "Night of a Thousand Stars"
Closing in on a decade since she began bringing her timeless, melodic and hypnotic guitarisma to the public via her 2012 debut releases...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021


CHRIS HAUGEN, "Water to Land"
The title track to Bay Area acoustic slide guitarist Chris Haugen’s most recent album First Light – a work the artist called a “deep...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 27, 2021
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