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DANGERMAKER, Run
Sent for refined taste, synth rock fanatics straight from retro-80s pop heaven (or, as we folks still on earth call it, the...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 25, 2018

NATE SMITH, Some Kind of Dancing
On his 2016 debut album Around and Around, the bitingly insightful, socially and politically astute Los Angeles based singer songwriter...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 25, 2018


PLAYING FOR CHANGE: THE ROB MORROW BAND and MIA AND JONAH AT MOLLY MALONE'S
The edgy, rousing and playfully rockin’ double bill of the Rob Morrow Band and Mia and Jonah at Molly Malone’s on Saturday, September 15...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 20, 2018


PAUL BROWN, Uptown Blues
When you listen to Paul Brown’s all at once cool and heartfelt, guttural and plaintive vocals on his latest masterwork Uptown Blues, it...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2018


HARRY CONNICK, JR. 300th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF NEW ORLEANS AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
When we think of New Orleans, certain images, phrases and life-changing events come to mind: Mardi Gras, Creole Cuisine, Second Lind,...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2018


ALBERTA, MMMMM
Gritty and raw, making music cheaply but as if his heart, soul and his front porch indie rock blues life were on the line, David Boone –...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2018

THE FIBS, The Fibs
The genre terms “dark wave” applies to bands from the new wave and post punk era whose compositions are largely based on minor key...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2018


BROKEN BABY, Broken Baby
One woman’s tears is a hipster generation’s retro-exuberant joy, if the official story of how the LA duo Broken Baby – wunderkind...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2018


ARUN SHENOY & THE MAVERICK EXPRESS, The Unplugged Songwriter Sessions
Singapore based composer, producer and guitarist Arun Shenoy is one of those multi-faceted, creatively restless artists that makes me...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 31, 2018


ELSEWHERE, Multi-Man
OK, you mega-fans of The Police fans! Quickly name for me your top five all-time tracks by Sting, Andy and Stewart. Would you include...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 31, 2018


BETTY MOON, "Parachute"
You can probably count on a single hand artists that were making waves in the early ‘90s and are not only still making insightful,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 19, 2018

LAUREN DAIGLE, Look Up Child (Article)
Daunted by the prospect of following the platinum selling, multiple award winning phenomenon of her 2015 debut How Can It Be,...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 19, 2018
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