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Jonathan Widran
Nov 11, 2019
THE GARY DOUGLAS BAND, "Deep in the Water (Redeux)"
Whatever level of success they are at, indie rockers trying to make headway in the music industry tend to downplay their “day jobs” – or...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 10, 2019
RACHEL LAFOND, The 52
While some old school artists find reasons to lament the shift from the tactile joys of CD sales and ownership to the digital, streaming...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 10, 2019
JUAN SANCHEZ, Rebirth
As someone who writes artist bios as part of my living, I am privy to the general intent of the endeavor. It’s supposed to entice press...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 9, 2019
DAVE KOZ, Gifts of the Season
Legendary lyricist Sammy Cahn once wrote about the holiday season, “It’s that time of year when the world falls in love…” Blessedly for...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 9, 2019
THE CRITICALS, Mimosa Hygiene
Guess it’s just a tool of the marketing machines trying to help emerging indies stand out, but sometimes the overflow of comparisons and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 9, 2019
SARAH LEE LANGFORD, Two Hearted Rounder
It’s not often that a debut album not only introduces us to a fab new emerging vocal and songwriting talent, but also the crackling,...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 9, 2019
LORENA LEIGH, Water Theory
There’s something about the uke, isn’t there? Somehow, this tiny stringed instrument we fondly associate with Hawaii found its way to...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 9, 2019
JACKIE ALLEN, A Romantic Evening With Jackie Allen
With a versatile, wanderlust driven stylistic palette that’s long taken her beyond her jazz foundations to explore everything from New...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 7, 2019
SUZANNE TENG & GILBERT LEVY, Autumn Monsoon
Two intriguing questions occur to me when listening Autumn Monsoon, an intricate, hypnotic-exotic, soul-transportive collection...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 7, 2019
DAN CHADBURN, Love Themes for Solo Piano
One of the great joys of a life and career spent listening to music is discovering new artists – and it often happens that those grand...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 3, 2019
IAN MAKSIN, Sempre: A New Dimension
True to the title of his remarkable, genre-transcendent collection Sempre: A New Dimension, Ian Maksin’s approach to the cello is...
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