FRANK PIOMBO, A Smooth Collection
Multi-talented guitarist Frank Piombo brings a fascinating cultural and musical history to his emergence in recent years as a popular...
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Jonathan Widran
Mar 26, 2023
LISA MICHELLE ANDERSON, "Joy Callin'"
It’s truly one of the darker features of the human condition that when the prospect of true inner happiness presents itself – or in the...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 26, 2023
MIKE STINSON & JOHNNY IRION, Working My Way Down
The eleven instant classic barnburners and ballads on Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion’s album Working My Way Down are soulfully and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
SEAN WALSHE, American Son
In a musical age where streaming leads so many emerging artists to just drop singles in the hopes of getting playlist exposure, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
LEX GREY AND THE URBAN PIONEERS, How Many Roads?
Closing in on 20 years as a true cult rock diva in her home base of NYC, multi-faceted powerhouse vocalist, musical Renaissance woman and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
NOCTURNAL ADORATION SOCIETY, All The Time In The World
A Google search for Nocturnal Adoration Society, the fascinating moniker pioneering alt-country mandolinist and singer Jimmy Ryan (Blood...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 23, 2023
KINGSLEY DURANT, Convertible
In trying to grasp the multitude of creative and career transitions that have brought versatile guitarist to the equally simmering and...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 19, 2023
CRAIG PADILLA & MARVIN ALLEN, Weathering the Storm
In 2019, when veteran electronic music veteran (and longtime Spotted Peccary artist) Craig Padilla joined forces with his longtime...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 7, 2023
BILLY DENK, In Praise of Shadows
In 2019, after several decades as one of Chicagoland’s most renowned and versatile jazz guitarists, Billy Denk made a radical creative...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 6, 2023
MONSTER TAXI, "A Walking Stranger"
When Jason Klein branded himself “Monster Taxi” to start licensing his own tracks, the veteran Miami based studio jack of all trades...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 2, 2023
PAUL JACKS, Amphibious
For a music journalist there’s a point of pride to be able to follow an indie artist’s creative development and career trajectory from...
Jonathan Widran
Mar 2, 2023
JENN HOWARD, Valiant Women
Trying to position Jenn Howard’s stellar, powerfully reflective and deeply cathartic new breakthrough album Valiant Women as a project...
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