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Jonathan Widran
Aug 7, 2019
LIONEL RICHIE at the Hollywood Bowl
Lionel Richie’s career renaissance as enthusiastic, encouraging judge on ABC’s reboot of American Idol may be earning him a fresh legion...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 7, 2019
PAUL BROWN, "Some of This"
Bringing a much-appreciated powerful infusion of raw, rootsy bona fide blues to smooth jazz, Paul Brown - one of the genre’s biggest...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 6, 2019
MIKE PACHELLI, High Standards
Usually the term “happy jazz” is used by folks who want to knock the mostly peppy and lighthearted smooth jazz vibe, but that phrase also...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 2, 2019
MICHAEL MCDONALD & CHAKA KHAN at the Hollywood Bowl
Combining the best in 70’s/80’s funk and sensual R&B with the era’s coolest and grooviest (literally and figuratively) blue-eyed soul,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 22, 2019
WILLIE J ft. Various Artists
Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and other surrounding islands, the news crews have...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 22, 2019
DAWGGONEDAVIS, Hot Dawgest Night
With an ever-expanding global fan base of fans from 16 to 80 hinging on her every rhyme and clever twist of phrase, Rebecca...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2019
DR. DAVE, Midnight Daydream
Back in 2000, in a clever extension of his professional moniker, Dr. Dave called one of his early solo albums The House Call Band. Nearly...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 8, 2019
JON PATRICK WALKER, "Luv U Girl"
Having played stage versions of everyone from his rock heroes Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon to King George III on a current tour of...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 6, 2019
GIADORA, "Twisted"
In the second verse of “Twisted,” the sparkling, sensual and dreamy but delightfully danceable breakthrough single from Giadora, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 29, 2019
MARK DOYLE, Watching The Detectives: Guitar Noir III
Packed into an extraordinary, multi-decade career that includes everything from world tours with Meat Loaf to arranging strings for The...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 27, 2019
SANTANA/THE DOOBIE BROTHERS at The Hollywood Bowl
Bowie. Prince. Petty. Cornell. Frey. Aretha. Chuck. Fats. Dr. John….To counter and ease our mourning over the musical legends that have...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 11, 2019
41ST PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL at the Hollywood Bowl
It’s one of Southern California’s great jazz traditions. Whatever’s going on in the world, the Playboy Jazz Festival, in all its glorious...
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