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SWINGADELIC, Bluesville
If you’re a blues buff and feel like you need a refresher/primer on the genre’s rich 150 year history in America, you could thumb through...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


JULIO BOTTI, Pure Tango
Argentine born saxophone maestro Julio Botti has been delighting in the fruitful rhythmic and romantic exultations of his country’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


ROUND EYE, Culture Shock Treatment
Were a sane review with reasonably working ears to write a spot-on review of the wild, percussive guitar, sax and vocal blasts and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 15, 2020


RICHES OF THE POOR, The Long Way Down
If it’s true what the proverbial “they” say, that misery indeed loves company, then a helluva lot of folks stuck in the hurting and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 13, 2020


THE GROOVE PROJECT, Volume 1: Flights of Fantasy
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible – Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Fighter Ace and Medal of...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 12, 2020


LISA SWERDLOW, Lasting Impressions
Considering how her previous album Voyager resonated with me long after I had listened to and written about it, I find it intriguing and...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2020


CHRIS HAUGEN, First Light
Back in the 90s, there was a unique phenomenon happening in the realm of new age and contemporary instrumental music. As they approached...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2020


TANIA GRUBBS QUINTET, Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar
Maureen’s Jazz Cellar is a popular multi-faceted club (jazz, classical, cabaret, piano bar, acoustic music and comedy) located in Nyack...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 10, 2020


MADRE VACA, Winterreise
Considering that we’re still about eight years away from the 200th anniversary of Franz Schubert’s late in life song cycle Winterreise,...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 10, 2020


JOHN FINBURY, Quatro
Composed by John Finbury, the seven poignant, rhythmically diverse and thematically connected pieces that comprise his concept album...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 10, 2020


TOM RANIER, This Way
From his work on the Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and “Dancing with the Stars” through stints recording with pop, jazz and opera...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 9, 2020


ANTONIO ADOLFO, BruMa
Brazilian born pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo has been one of his country’s most prolific and influential artists and performers since...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 9, 2020
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