SY SMITH, Sometimes a Rose Will Grow in Concrete
Long renowned as the “Queen of Underground Soul” for her edgy, progressive mix of funk, neo-soul and R&B, Sy Smith launches a fresh new...
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THE JW VIBE
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Jonathan Widran
- Apr 15, 2018
JEFF OSTER, True
While his ambient electronic approach to the trumpet and flügelhorn are perhaps not as commercial and in the pocket as 2000s hitmakers...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 15, 2018
ANN LICATER, Beyond the Waves
Nine years after her breakthrough debut solo flute recording Following the Call made her an internationally acclaimed artist, award...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 15, 2018
THE RED BUTTON, As Far As Yesterday Goes
Typically, artists pay homage to their pop/rock heroes or an era that is special to them by creating collections of crafty covers. This...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 15, 2018
ERIC ESSIX, Eric Essix
An extraordinarily diverse guitarist, Eric Essix may be the only recording artist in history to wait 19 albums (since 1988) before...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 15, 2018
NEIL TATAR, After The Rain
Over the past few decades, the new age genre has seen its share of brilliant pianists and acoustic guitar artists, but none have combined...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 14, 2018
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, The Junction
Reaching the infectious chorus of the deep bass driven title track from The Junction, their first album in nearly a decade, The Manhattan...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2018
BYRON METCALF & JENNIFER GRAIS, They Were Here
In what has evolved as a divinely timed collaboration of transcendent musical energies, shamanic practitioners and multi-talented artists...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2018
JACKIE ALLEN, Rose Fingered Dawn
While so many jazz vocalists with her range of gifts and stylistic leanings hone in on a single trademark vibe, veteran Chicagoan Jackie...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2018
EZRA VANCIL, You
Though this era of streaming and downloading has relegated the notion of analyzing album covers to something of an afterthought, Ezra...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 13, 2018
JEFF RYAN, Embrace
Among the many iconic saxophone players Jeff Ryan lists as influences in his development as a top flight player and performer, he can...
Jonathan Widran
- Apr 12, 2018
JESSE COOK Live at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills
Moments after launching his high powered, dynamics-filled world music extravaganza before a nearly sold-out crowd at The Saban Theatre...
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