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YACHTCLUB101
With no opportunity to perform and tour normally and restricted in the ways they can interact with fans, musicians have been taking the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 25, 2020


PS THE REBELS, "Bumaye"
Already on a prolific roll this fall with the releases of their deeply grooving and soul transportive singles “Long Live King T’challa”...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 23, 2020


MICHAELA STEINHAUER, Changes and Choices
Fusing a lyrical and melodic jazz-inflected showtune sensibility with whimsical free-form vocal and instrumental improvising, German...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 18, 2020


JULIAN GERSTIN, Littoral Zone
In his mainstream musical life, veteran percussionist and world rhythms expert Julian Gerstin has played everything from jazz (with...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 18, 2020


CARLA CAMPOPIANO, Chicago/Buenos Aires Connections, Vol. II
When you listen to Carla Campopiano’s whimsical, otherworldly lead melody and improvisational musings on the “El Portenito” and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 18, 2020


TODD MOSBY, Aerial Views
Considering that legendary new age guitarist and Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman and his production partner, keyboardist Tom...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


SIMONE KOPMAJER, Christmas
Renowned for putting sultry, lushly swinging spins on a wide array of jazz and Songbook standards and beloved pop hits, Austrian song...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


DAMIA TIMONER, Jerry's Smilin: A Guitar Tribute to the Grateful Dead
Besides the exquisite and intricate, richly melodic playing, one of the things that may strike the informed listener as they weave...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


CARLA MARCIANO QUARTET, Psychosis - Homage to Bernard Herrmann
Led by one of Europe’s most acclaimed, expressive and versatile saxophonists, the Carla Marciano Quartet celebrates 15 years of recording...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


NOAH BLESS, New York Strong - Latin Jazz!
With listeners in other genres increasingly discovering music on digital platforms, we can be grateful that jazz artists still put out...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


REBECCA ANGEL, For What It's Worth
Considering the way Rebecca Angel’s sultry vocals have till now wrapped themselves so beautifully around the melodies and grooves of...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 17, 2020


CAMILLE NELSON, Acoustic Christmas
With apologies to George Lucas, a long musical time ago in a galaxy seemingly far, far away from the present one we’re living in – August...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 15, 2020
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