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CLOUDLAND, Where We Meet
Sometimes the most crucial and telling praise for an incredibly compelling pop/rock band finally emerging with a debut album after...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2021


WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, TOM EATON, Brothers
In this age of streaming and digital music consumption, where album art is perhaps at less of a premium than in earlier generations, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 5, 2021


Matias Bacoñsky, Epochal
In decades of reviewing instrumental music, no album until Matias Bacoñsky’s sweeping, literally breathtaking (and perfectly titled)...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2021


DAWGGONEDAVIS ft. Dorian Paul, "Boulders Weeping (Cry No More)"
Teaming up for the first time with former Gap Band member and gospel/R&B artist Dorian Paul, Rebecca “DawgGoneDavis” delivers another...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2021


PAUL ROCHA, Apophenia
The first thing you’ll wonder as you glide through Paul Rocha's quirky, eclectic but deeply heartfelt and emotional roll through...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2021


ROB C, "Celestite Blue"
With his transcendent new instrumental track “Celestite Blue,” Rob C offers us the perfect trippy, inventive and propulsive soundtrack to...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 30, 2021


PAUL NATURAL feat. Dominic Augustin, "On The Rise"
An extraordinary, infectious and transcendent dance-pop/electronica collaboration by Paul Natural (aka Brooklyn based composer, artist...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 27, 2021


OJOYO, Ojoyo Plays Safrojazz
For contemporary jazz fans, among the many joyous (pun very much intended) reasons to revisit (via remaster and reissue) Ojoyo Plays...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2021


AMBER WEEKES, 'Round Midnight Re-Imagined
The provocative title of Amber Weekes’ ‘Round Midnight Re-Imagined may have you thinking that the sensual voiced veteran L.A. jazz...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2021


ANDRE FERRERI QUINTETTO, Numero Uno
Launching his career after a year at Berklee College of Music touring with Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, New York born, Charlotte NC...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2021


DOUG MacDONALD, Live in Hawaii
Aside from being wildly prolific as a recording artist, one thing’s for sure about internationally acclaimed veteran Philly bred, Los...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2021


LORRAINA MARRO, Love is For All Time
A whimsical comment from a prominent jazz critic says it all about Lorraina Marro, a stylish and sophisticated jazz singer, standards...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 25, 2021
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