LIQUID MIND, Liquid Mind: Musical Healthcare®
For those who are fresh to the soulful and ambient soothing sonic energies of Chuck Wild’s Liquid Mind album series, it seems like...
top of page
THE JW VIBE
Music That Sticks To My Soul
Home: Blog
Jonathan Widran
Jul 28, 2021
DAVE BASS, The Trio, Vol. 1
Perhaps the tale of Dave Bass’ extraordinary comeback and second musical act is old hat now for the jazz gurus and enthusiasts hip to the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 26, 2021
ROB MULLINS, This Way Up!
As much as we cringe at the thought of cliches, they exist pretty much because they speak to universal truths about the human – and by...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 23, 2021
THE COLOR FORTY NINE, String Ladders
For many less bold, adventurous bands, it might seem a risk to follow a debut that received two San Diego Music Award nominations –...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 21, 2021
THE CHRIS SAUNDERS BAND, Dancing With The Widow St. James
Even if you’ve never previously gotten wind of Bay Area soul-jazz-blues bandleader and mainstay Chris Saunders or the previous three...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 21, 2021
DEDICATIONS: Jazz from Planet Flippo
If the struggles of earth seem to be too much, maybe it’s time to take a jaunt to the wild, eclectic side of the musical universe...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 21, 2021
CHRIS STANDRING, Wonderful World
With great reason and enthusiasm, much ado will be made of contemporary urban jazz guitarist and hitmaker extraordinaire Chris Standring...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 18, 2021
UMA, Wishing Well
Longtime fans of the brilliant, critically acclaimed Estonian duo of guitarist Robert Jürjendal and trumpet/corno da caccia player...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2021
CLOUDLAND, Where We Meet
Sometimes the most crucial and telling praise for an incredibly compelling pop/rock band finally emerging with a debut album after...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 5, 2021
WILL ACKERMAN, JEFF OSTER, TOM EATON, Brothers
In this age of streaming and digital music consumption, where album art is perhaps at less of a premium than in earlier generations, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2021
Matias Bacoñsky, Epochal
In decades of reviewing instrumental music, no album until Matias Bacoñsky’s sweeping, literally breathtaking (and perfectly titled)...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 1, 2021
DAWGGONEDAVIS ft. Dorian Paul, "Boulders Weeping (Cry No More)"
Teaming up for the first time with former Gap Band member and gospel/R&B artist Dorian Paul, Rebecca “DawgGoneDavis” delivers another...
bottom of page