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BALKUN BROTHERS, Here Comes The End of the World
If this is indeed, as the title of the Balkun Brothers’ scorched earth, guitar and drum intensive new album implies, the end of the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2020


DJ HELLO, Hello EP
Reflective of both his stage moniker and the title of his deeply intricate, sonically adventurous debut EP Hello , electronic...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2020


BO JOHNSON, Falling
Taking a deep dive into the bio of Swedish songwriter, producer, artist and Billboard charting remixer Bo Johnson, we learn that the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2020


PAUL JACKS, Black Jackal
With the release of his explosive, retro-synthy, sonically intricate and vocally hypnotic apocalypse/aftermath concept album Black...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 25, 2020


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
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