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BARBARA CASSIDY BAND, Ford Hill Road
The Massachusetts based Barbara Cassidy Band is more than just another incredible traditional folk ensemble with a brilliant singer and...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 4, 2018


DIANA CHITTESTER, Paradox
As her triumphant origin story goes, once upon a musical time, folk-rocker (emphasis on the rocker) Diana Chittester had her heart set...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 4, 2018


SARAH MENDELSOHN, If
Nothing wrong with being blessed with a famous musical name, even if you’re missing one of the letters of one’s more renowned musical...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 4, 2018


LOWRAY, Friends and the Fakers
In their glowing intro to the premiere of the humorous video for “Friends and the Fakers,” the title track to emerging pop/rock duo...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 24, 2018

EMMA DECORSEY, The Dream EP
It’s unusual to say the least to have the lead singer of a band create a solo follow-up EP whose sound is so completely different in tone...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 24, 2018


KATIE MULLINS, Three Songs EP
If you listen to Brooklyn singer-songwriter Katie Mullins’ offbeat yet intimate and ultimately intoxicating new EP Three Songs without...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 24, 2018


ORIGINAL DEMOS FEATURING WARREN WIEBE
Known in his native San Diego as “The Velvet Throat,” the late Warren Wiebe sang at Carnegie Hall and at Sonny Bono’s funeral. Celine...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 22, 2018

KAZYAK, Reflection
Peter Frey, the sonic mastermind, singer and songwriter behind the wildly expansive, trippy and dreamlike but also gritty and grounded...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 15, 2018


JIM CLEMENTS, A Failure
There’s something wistfully ironic about checking out the Indiegogo page of a deeply poetic, remarkably insightful songwriter bold enough...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 15, 2018


MOSAIC MSC AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM'S CLIVE DAVIS THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES
Over the last ten years, The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live has worked towards fulfilling its mission to educate the public about the history...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 11, 2018


IN DREAMS: ROY ORBISON IN CONCERT: THE HOLOGRAM TOUR AT THE WILTERN
When Roy Orbison died at the age of 52 in December 1988, he was in the middle of an extraordinary comeback. The Traveling Wilburys, the...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 3, 2018


RADD ACOUSTIC AT MR. MUSICHEAD GALLERY
Five of Los Angeles’ most compelling singer/songwriters – some still up and coming, most well established veterans – gathered the evening...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 30, 2018
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