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HEART OF PINE, Southern Soul Revival
Something exciting is happening down South – Athens, GA to be exact – and we can’t say that Steven Bagwell and Travis Richardson, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2024


JASON MONTERO, Inside Out
Among the dynamic marketing hooks surrounding the engaging whirlwind of quirky, alternately sensitive and soulful and edgy, off kilter...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2024


TAYLOR KELLY, The Spins
In a perfect musical world, the utterance of the name “Taylor” would just as easily evoke the gloriously poppy, soulful, jazzy mélange,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 18, 2024


ALEX MARTIN, Appalachian Fall: The Song-Poems of Michael Martin
More than simply a hard-hitting emotional homage to the power of poetry via a fresh expression of acoustic folk-tinged music, veteran...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 17, 2024


SNATUM KAUR, Heartflow
There was once a time in American pop culture where a book or music endorsement from Oprah Winfrey was an express ticket to greater fame...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 17, 2024


TOM CIURCZAK, I Ain't Ever Growing Up, Vol. II
Both in terms of background and content of his lyrically witty and insightful, musically rollicking and infectiously eclectic songs, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2024


THE PAUL CARLON QUINTET, Blues For Vita
Ask most musicians about their influences and they’ll likely give you a lengthy list of greats in their chosen genre and/or their main...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


BILL BANFIELD'S JAZZ URBANE, Take Time To Listen
Though Bill Banfield has recorded two previous albums under the Jazz Urbane branding featuring a handful of young jazz greats, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


VERONICA THOMAS, They Say It's Wonderful
While the pandemic era presented difficult challenges to established artists who weren’t able to perform live gigs and tours, it also...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


NATALIE JACOB, Sooner or Later
There are many ways to develop a career as a jazz singer. The conventional route is to choose great classic material, work with a stellar...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


KAREN MACK, Catch & Keep
The unique and ever-twisting road to Karen Mack’s emergence as an indie jazz vocalist has been nothing short of fascination. Moving to...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


SAMIR BODHI PRESENTS “Anxiety’s Shadows” featuring Shannon K and Nathalie Bonin
Building off of millions of views for videos of her most popular hits over the past eight years, Indian pop sensation Shannon K strikes...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 10, 2024
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