LOREN EVARTS, Home Again
In 2015, 23 years after the last release from his popular new/age jazz group Confluence, pianist Loren Evarts made a triumphant return to...
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
PROJECT GRAND SLAM, Trippin'
We all know the sports metaphors associated with the term “Grand Slam” – and both the baseball and tennis connections would be perfect...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
KAT EDMONSON, Old Fashioned Gal
Usually it’s the pain of a broken heart that inspires artists to plumb their emotional depths. On Old Fashioned Gal, songwriter and...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 28, 2018
NICK COLIONNE, Just Being Me
Creating provocative album titles that give insight into his current musical state of mind, Nick Colionne has done it all in his...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 25, 2018
ANDREW DISTEL, It Only Takes Time
A mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene, trumpeter and vocalist Andrew Distel is one of those indie regional treasures whose multitude of...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 25, 2018
MYSTIC BOWIE, Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads
On “Life During Wartime,” the first single from Talking Heads’ 1979 album Fear of Music, David Byrne famously sang the immortal lyrics,...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 24, 2018
HEIDI BREYER, Moonlight in Empty Rooms
In an overwhelmingly positive review I wrote about Heidi Breyer’s Beyond The Turning – rightfully chosen ZMR’s Best Instrumental Piano...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 21, 2018
JOSEPH L. YOUNG, Every Moment
Keeping the joyous momentum flowing following his designation as a Triple Silver Medal Winner for Outstanding Achievement at the Global...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 18, 2018
FIONA JOY, Story of Ghosts
The great Bob Marley once famously said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Maybe to most meaningfully...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 18, 2018
NILS, Play
Walk into the studio of most famous guitarists and you’ll feel like you’re at Guitar Center, spotting a massive collection of axes, each...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 18, 2018
HALF MILE HOME, "I Won't Judge"
On an inspiring roll in the wake of three consecutive Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart, Akron, OH based R&B/Hip Hop...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 18, 2018
JAMES TORME, "Strange Little Planet"
With the April 20 release of his highly anticipated new single “Strange Little Planet,” vocalist and songwriter extraordinaire James...