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GLORIA REUBEN & MARTY ASHBY, For All We Know
Timed perfectly for a Valentine’s Day release, For All We Know is an exquisite, gentle, heartfelt and deeply emotional guitar-vocal duo...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 25, 2020


BADBADNOT GOOD and The Future of Neo Jazz
Modern music has had a resurgence in the last decade. Leading the charge is a slew of new artists that are shifting the landscape of the...
Brix Jennings
Feb 22, 2020


KREE HARRISON at The Hotel Cafe
Long before she won the hearts of millions on American Idol in her early 20s, Kree Harrison was immersed in the musical aesthetic of...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 19, 2020


SHOSHANA MICHEL, Impressions
Starting with the moment she fell in love with new age piano music circa 1990 via influences and heroes like David Lanz, Suzanne Ciani...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2020


DR. DAVE AND THE HOUSECALL BAND, "Hey Hey Hey Hey"
Since “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” debuted in February 2014, the opening “Hey Hey Hey Hey” riff by house band The Roots has...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 17, 2020


ROB MULLINS, 2 of Hearts: Music For Lovers II
The romantic title, soft focus, glass heart filled cover and Valentine’s week release of Rob Mullins’ latest album 2 of Hearts: Music for...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 14, 2020


ANDRE CAVOR, "Wind Beneath My Wings"
It’s always fascinating when an artist you know and love in an established vibe shifts creative gears and takes flight in a whole new way...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


AL GOLD'S PARADISE
Take note! When you enter Al Gold’s Paradise, leave your regional musical stereotypes at the door and keep an open mind. As you’re...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


THE COACHELLA VALLEY TRIO, Mid Century Modern
For the past two decades, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA has been a premiere annual showcase for what’s hip...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


CALLE LOIZA JAZZ PROJECT, There Will Never Be Another You
Latin jazz fans who like wild and colorful melodic, harmonic and rhythmic surprises in their ensembles might not need to know the history...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


RJ & THE ASSIGNMENT, Hybrid Harmony
Back in the day, before market research created the smooth jazz format and radio began playing only the safest fare by its core artists,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020


SINNE EEG & THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND, We've Just Begun
Album titles can be so delightfully ironic sometimes. Seventeen years and nine celebrated albums into her highly celebrated career as one...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 7, 2020
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