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Jonathan Widran
Jan 10, 2022
GREG BUCKING, Greg Bucking
In this digital era where indie artists seek inclusion on playlists and a handful of tracks on an EP, for both budgetary and practical...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 3, 2021
ALBERTA and THE DEAD EYES, You Said Something
Usually when a review attempts to sum up the kind of coolness, otherworldliness and raw, jamming but slyly languid garage-rock cool we...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 1, 2021
JEREMY MONTEIRO & ALBERTO MARSICO, Jazz-Blues Brothers
Such is the timelessness, sensuality, burning swing-ability and vast energy exchange of Jazz-Blues Brothers, the perfectly titled, hard...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 26, 2021
UNPINNABLE BUTTERFLIES, Radio Ocean
Paul Simon announced his retirement from touring in 2018 and his last set of original material was five years ago. Should he decide,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 20, 2021
JON PATRICK WALKER, The Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs
So if you’re a fan of musicals and their touring companies and want to know how the casts spend their down time on tour busses, look no...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 20, 2021
MARK ROGERS, Rhythm of the Roads
In her review of Mark Rogers’ 2019 album Laying it Down for the Roots Music journal No Depression, Mindy McCall writes that with that...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 21, 2021
GAETANO LETIZIA, Chartreuse
Perhaps the word “eclectic” is a bit overused in attempting to describe an artist who takes a loose, freewheeling stylistic approach to...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 18, 2021
THE GREG SHERROD MUSIC COMPANY, Do You Feel It?
Nearly 15 years after receiving national recognition as part of Michael Bolton’s New Haven Choir and shared the stage with Patti Labelle,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 21, 2021
THE CHRIS SAUNDERS BAND, Dancing With The Widow St. James
Even if you’ve never previously gotten wind of Bay Area soul-jazz-blues bandleader and mainstay Chris Saunders or the previous three...
Jonathan Widran
May 9, 2021
Q&A with Afton Wolfe
Tell me about your new album Kings for Sale. What does the title refer to and how does the music reflect that theme? Afton Wolfe: It’s a...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 19, 2021
MIKE SCOTT, Collecting Things
Collecting Things, the title of Mike Scott’s engaging, multi-faceted third album, taps into the heart of the compositional process where...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 30, 2020
COSMOS SUNSHINE, The Way is Clear
If you ever wondered what the coolest advantages of being born and raised on a commune-like hippie settlement, let multi-faceted (pop,...
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