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KAZYAK, Odyssey
In my October 2018 review of Reflection, the debut full length album by the uber inventive and adventurous prog-indie-psychedelic Twin...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 14, 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


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 6, 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
Aug 2, 2019


PAUL JACKS, In Other Words
In my November 2018 review of Defractor, the official solo debut of offbeat, iconoclastic indie-pop singer/songwriter Paul Jacks - after...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 28, 2019

NICHOLAS ALTOBELLI, Vertigo
Artfully blending gritty, heartfelt folk/Americana with a seductive, atmospheric dream pop vibe, Nicholas Altobelli launches his second...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 28, 2019


LOUDER THAN ROCK - THE CALEB QUAYE DOCUMENTARY
A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE AND REDEMPTION OF FAMED ELTON JOHN GUITARIST CALEB QUAYE, SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ‘ROCKETMAN’, FUSING...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 26, 2019


PATRICK BARNITT, Sway
Truly a local L.A. legend, Patrick Barnitt has been entertaining at the famed nightclub The Dresden for 25 years while also gigging with...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 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 22, 2019

KING ROPES, Gravity and Fiction
Full of impactful, insightful, image rich narratives reflecting the music and life journeys of lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2019


GOOD SERVICE, Please
On the Bandcamp pages for “Summer Muses” and “MaPaw,” the delightfully trippy, loudly distorted and atmospherically expansive lead...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2019
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