THE PRZMATICS, Still Alive
Wow, talk about some unexpected, heavy duty musical shape-shifting! In 2017, the Chicago based band The Przmatics set the indie rock...
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Jonathan Widran
- Nov 22, 2022
ROB MULLINS, Holidays 2022
While for sheer contemporary jazz holiday cheer, no artist can quite match the prolific output of Dave Koz (now up to eight albums) and...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 22, 2022
ROBIN SPIELBERG, All The Best Returns, Pt. 1
With the release of her new EP All The Best Returns, Pt. 1, much ado will be made of Robin Spielberg’s return to composing and performing...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
LEO BROUWER/MARIEL MAYZ, Cuban Sketches for Piano
An exquisite, passionate and rhythmically eclectic on a deeply grounded yet truly celestial level, Cuban Sketches for Piano is a solo...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
AMJAD ALI KHAN/WU MAN, Music for Hope
Though credited as a cross-cultural duo project by Indian sarod master Amjad Ali Khan and Chinese pipa legend Wu Man, the provocatively...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
JASON KAO HWANG & J.A. DEANE, Uncharted Faith
Listening to any of the intricate, brilliantly crafted avant-garde recordings by violin master and sonic visionary Jason Kao Hwang poses...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
CHRISTMAS WITH CHRIS RUGGIERO
With the release of Christmas with Chris Ruggiero, the dynamic, soulfully and gracefully performed and gorgeously arranged debut holiday...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
LOREN DANIELS, Ticket To Ride
Not since the recently departed Ramsey Lewis has a pianist and keyboardist so impactfully, artfully and imaginatively captured the jazzy...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 16, 2022
YOLA NASH, Manhattan Whispers
Yola Nash gives us some fascinating and whimsical things to contemplate as we attune our ears to Manhattan Whispers, the latest sensual,...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 13, 2022
ANN LICATER, Whispers From Earth
Though the pandemic raised our collective anxiety to levels previously unheard of, it’s not solely to blame for the chaos within us and...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 12, 2022
NOAH HOFFELD, Mobile Home
In the sparse but on point promo materials for classically trained Julliard grad turned synth pop rocker Noah Hoffeld’s endlessly...
Jonathan Widran
- Nov 12, 2022
CHARLEY CARROZO, Blinded Times
After these hellish, anxiety filled past three years, hell yeah, it makes perfect sense that “Namaste” is the highlighted, most promoted...
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