JULIET LYONS, "Breathe III"
Like many spiritually impactful new age/ambient artists, Juliet Lyons has found great success using her talents as a melodically and...
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Jonathan Widran
Jul 29, 2023
EVAN CHARLES, Between Two Worlds
There’s always a bit of a risk when a member of a long-established, critically acclaimed band leaves and goes solo, but multi-talented...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 29, 2023
TIM RAY TRIO, Fire & Rain
In his illuminating liner notes to the Tim Ray Trio’s latest album Fire & Rain, Bob Blumenthal touches on jazz’s rich history of...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 26, 2023
JIM "KIMO" WEST, Of Wood and Spirit: American Guitar Stories
With a 25-year discography as one of the world’s foremost and influential “ki ho’ alu” or Hawaiian slack key guitarists, it’s easy to...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 26, 2023
KIRSTEN AGRESTA-COPELY, Aquamarine
While musical and spiritual inspiration can come from anywhere, in the new age/ambient realm, one of the most common touchstones is...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2023
THE SCOOCHES, Lift You Up
Every colorful word of praise I expressed about Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches’ rhythmically eclectic, dazzling and fun 2018...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 19, 2023
ANGIE WELLS, Truth Be Told
Though Angie Wells’ passion for music began at five when Count Basie played for her kindergarten class, she didn’t start coming into her...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 19, 2023
TED FALCON, Tô Chegando – Almost There
Even before we set sail on what is truly one of the most exotic, intoxicating and whimsically romantic albums of the year, there are...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 19, 2023
MICHAEL RAGONESE, Stracci
Aside from priming your passion for high energy, hard swinging and off the charts imaginative improvisational trad jazz to anticipate a...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 18, 2023
THE 14 JAZZ ORCHESTRA, Islands
While our modern ways of consuming music via streaming sometimes relegate cover art and liner notes to secondary considerations, for...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 15, 2023
UTE LEMPER, Time Traveler
On “Time Traveler,” the dreamy and deeply soulful, downtempo yet vocally dramatic title track from Ute Lemper’s eclectic new album, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 14, 2023
MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES: JOHN WILLIAMS WITH THE LA PHIL at the Hollywood Bowl
Every summer, it’s exclaimed and gushed about all over social media before and after it happens as if it’s the ultimate, highly...
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