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CLASSIC TWIST, "Just Like Christmas Before"
Even as he’s now recording under his freshly minted moniker and multi-genre fusion concept Classic Twist, there’s no mistaking the...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 29, 2023

KEVIN FLOURNOY, Vers•a•tility
An unstoppable behind the scenes force of musical nature since his 1994 breakthrough as a producer with “Sweet Sensual Love,” Big...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2023


THISTLE, Mysterious Star: A Tribute to Poe
Nearly 175 years since his mysterious death, the life and mysterious, macabre works of Edgar Allan Poe remain a source of fascination in...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 21, 2023


THE HEALERS featuring PETER HUTCHISON
There’s some delightful and diverse geography lessons to be gleaned from a mighty pleasing spin through the down home, laid back, easy...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 19, 2023


THE COMPLAINTS,
With the release of their sublime, world-wise, edgy yet dreamy, percussive and fiery yet tenderhearted album Chasing Light, The...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 19, 2023


DIANNE FRASER Sings The Leslie Bricusse Songbook at Catalina Jazz Club
Early on in Dianne Fraser’s set celebrating the release of her debut album You and I: The Words and Music of Leslie Bricusse, the singer...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 18, 2023


JOSIE FALBO, "Each Other"
Though multi-talented veteran Chicago based vocalist Josie Falbo released a standards album (Taylor St.) in 2010 and a holiday EP in...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 18, 2023


DIANNE FRASER, You and I: The Words and Music of Leslie Bricusse
Dianne Fraser may not have become the Broadway star she dreamed of being from the age of five, but The Great White Way’s loss is the gain...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 15, 2023


ANGELA DeNIRO WITH THE RON APREA BIG BAND, Swingin' With Legends 2
There are probably not enough adjectives in the English language to describe the exciting, loving and musically intuitive chemistry...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 15, 2023


MALENA CADIZ, Hellbent & Moonbound
Having released her debut album Rattle The Windows in 2010, surreal gossamer voiced poet, impressionistic word painter and offbeat yet...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 11, 2023


NINA ASSIMAKOPOLOUS, The Legend of SkyWoman
The latest intricate and fascinating, soul and sensory transportive work by internationally renowned flutist and integrative performing...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 8, 2023


ANN LICATER, Between the Stars
Perhaps we thought once the pandemic era passed, at least officially, the world would be a less, collectively fraught and anxious place....
Jonathan Widran
Nov 7, 2023
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