SAMER FANEK, Guide Me
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but the release of emerging symphonic pianist/composer Samer Fanek’s emotionally impactful full length...
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Jonathan Widran
Dec 9, 2018
VALERIE ROMANOFF, Healing Music, Vol. 2
Most of the critical praise thus far and deservedly heaped on composer, multi-instrumentalist, and musical visionary Valerie Romanoff’s...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 28, 2018
TED PILTZECKER, Brindica
On his wondrously adventurous new album Brindica (a clever portmanteau of “Brazil, India, Africa”), jazz trumpeter turned world class...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 26, 2018
BLUESILHOUETTES, Looking for Utopia
First used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More, the term “utopia” refers to an imagined state of things in which everything is...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 26, 2018
MARY LYDIA RYAN, Little Red Boat
Both musical artists and fans have been lamenting the minimization of album art in this digital age, when covers are often reduced to...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 15, 2018
Rigzin, PROTECTION
A powerful and expansive music and vibration driven expression of her many years of devoted practice to Tibetan Buddhism, Rigzin launched...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 31, 2018
BRIAN HAGEN, You're The One
The stunning, ultra-romantic artwork adoring Brian Hagen’s gorgeous, multi-faceted new solo piano collection You’re The One shows an...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 22, 2018
ANN LICATER, Quiet Spaces: Flute Meditations for Mindfulness and Relaxation
Long before I had met Ann Licater and seen her transform a meditation service at the Agape International Spiritual Center into a full...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 9, 2018
PETER STERLING, Magic Kingdom
As a culture, we have been ultra-Disneyfied for so many years and via so many media that when we see an album called Magic Kingdom, our...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 6, 2018
JEFF OSTER, Reach
For more than a decade now, Jeff Oster has been one of new age music’s most transcendent anomalies, carving out a major, multiple-award...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 2, 2018
ERIK SCOTT, A Trick of the Wind
Celebrating a prolific decade as one of new age music’s most acclaimed and innovative artists and performers, Erik Scott follows his...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 1, 2018
2002, A WORLD AWAY
To appropriate the title of 2002’s sweeping, soul enveloping latest full length album, that year seemed A World Away when...
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