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Jonathan Widran
Aug 30, 2022
DAN CHADBURN, Always
While mentions of specific tracks are generally best done later in a review, one special thing has to be mentioned about a track right in...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 30, 2022
JILL HALEY, The Forests and Shores of Acadia
From her 2010 release Glacier Soundscapes through The Winds of Badlands (2019) and The Canyons and Mesas of Bandelier (2021), no...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 30, 2022
WENDY MOTEN, "As"
Flush with the groundbreaking journey and incredible, impactful success she had as runner up on Season 21 of “The Voice,” Wendy Moten –...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 30, 2022
DIANA ROSS at the Hollywood Bowl
“Coming Out” just a few weeks after the passing of Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross’ first of two late August full scale extravaganzas at...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022
ALLEN AUSTIN-BISHOP, Why Go?
From Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the late Eva Cassidy, there are some artists who create such a strong, distinctive impression...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022
ALBARE & CO, Freedom
In my write up on Albare Plays Jobim, Vol. 2, the versatile jazz guitarist’s second exquisite, sonically expansive tribute to the...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022
CHRIS TORKEWITZ, NY Ensembles
To fully grasp the momentous achievement of German born, NYC based composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist (saxophonist, flutist,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022
THE MARGARET SLOVAK TRIO, Ballad For Brad
If you approach The Margaret Slovak Trio’s intricate, soulfully exquisite collection Ballad For Brad from a purely musical perspective,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 26, 2022
KATRIONA TAYLOR, Blind Passion
The title of veteran UK jazz/soul singer Katriotna Taylor’s highly awaiting, lushly scintillating and stylistically eclectic first album...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 21, 2022
EVAN CARYDAKIS, "Movin' On"
The smooth jazz world got its first taste of the cool, soulful cosmopolitan saxophonist Evan Carydakis in 2021, when the Australian born,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 19, 2022
CAROL ALBERT, Magic Mirror
When Carol Albert released her debut vocal and instrumental album Love in Your Eyes back in 1992, there’s no way the multi-talented...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 16, 2022
TRACYE EILEEN, You Hit The Spot
In what should be thought of as a beautiful dilemma, a multi-talented vocalist like Tracye Eileen is so passionate about several genres –...
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