MAUREEN TOTH, Chiaroscuro
In my enthusiastic review of veteran singer/songwriter Maureen Toth’s 2019 EP Blur, I pointed out one of the trademark truths inherent in...
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Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2023
BLUEBURST, Significance
Let’s start with a pun: Significantly, there’s no actual song on the hard-rocking Atlanta indie band Blueburst’s debut album Significance...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2023
SUSAN CRAIG WINSBERG, "Strange Times"
One of the silver linings of the pandemic, at least creatively, was the opportunity it afforded musicians sidelined from their regular...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2023
LARS TAYLOR, "Carioca"
Since dropping his debut single “Smile” in 2019, multi-faceted Swiss born guitarist Lars Taylor has been a prolific, non-stop presence in...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2023
SHAMBHU, Acoustic Oasis
Given the privilege to review Lilac Skies (2019) and Life Passage (2022), the most recent highly acclaimed soothing/relaxing guitar...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 27, 2023
LYNN TREDEAU, Many Branches
In my earlier reviews of Lynn Tredeau’s beautiful works Fellowship of Solitude (2018) and Reflection (2022), I chronicled in depth...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 22, 2023
KIMBERLY MORGAN YORK, Devil Songs and Other Such Nonsense
To quote a classic early Elton John album cut, the delightfully insightful, world wise, and crystal voiced straighter shooter...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 20, 2023
SONNY & THE7EVENTHTIME
It’s one of the greatest dilemmas a wildly creative musician can have, when the brilliance they bring to legendary artists as a touring...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 19, 2023
WASTELANDER, What Is Left of Me
As he segues from years as a bustling sideman in Americana bar bands and numerous NYC groups – most notably, post-punk art-rock...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 19, 2023
CLASSIC TWIST (KEVIN FLOURNOY & GENE-O), "Time For Change"
Gearing up for the release of “Time for Change,” the infectious, insightful and timely debut single from Classic Twist - the fresh,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2023
SOPHIA AGRANOVICH/RUPAM SARMAH, "Love Serenade"
Based on the passionate and romantic Schubert piece “Serenade” (composed in 1826), Ukranian born classical pianist Sophia Agranovich and...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 9, 2023
ADAM PALMA, Second Life
Though it’s not exactly what the title of Adam Palma’s brilliantly conceived and vibrantly expressed fourth album Second Life refers to,...
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