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Jonathan Widran
Aug 20, 2023
SAINT PACIFIC, Blue
If you really dig on the raw, sometimes edgy hard rolling yet often sensitively soulful rock blues storyteller tunes on Saint Pacific’s...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 20, 2023
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, "My Ride or Die"
From the first bubbly bass rhythms and seductive wordless vocal introduction of “My Ride or Die” and on through one of the most...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 12, 2023
ROB MULLINS, "Riders on the Storm"
Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010, The Doors’ classic 1971 song “Riders on the Storm” is a psychedelic, gothic jazz rock/art...
Jonathan Widran
Aug 7, 2023
TOM CIURCZAK, I Ain't Ever Growing Up, Volume I
In The Who’s 1965 anthem “My Generation,” a then 21-year-old Roger Daltrey – obviously unaware that he and Pete Townshend would someday...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 24, 2023
THE SCOOCHES, Lift You Up
Every colorful word of praise I expressed about Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches’ rhythmically eclectic, dazzling and fun 2018...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 15, 2023
UTE LEMPER, Time Traveler
On “Time Traveler,” the dreamy and deeply soulful, downtempo yet vocally dramatic title track from Ute Lemper’s eclectic new album, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 8, 2023
MICHAEL PELOSO, Here From There
As Michael Peloso found out quite unexpectedly, that’s the way inspiration works sometimes. The versatile keyboardist, composer, arranger...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 8, 2023
MAINLAND BREAK, One Way Ticket To Midnight
Somewhere within the hard-hitting flow of One Way Ticket to Midnight, the brilliant, feisty and ultra-ambitious – not to mention, crisply...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 2, 2023
SUSAN WENDELKEN, Alayne's Echo
Considering that powerhouse veteran rocker, Irish music enthusiast and singer/songwriter Susan Wendelken makes no bones about the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 2, 2023
JAKE AARON, Always Seeking
Perhaps not since Elton John’s 1970 classic Tumbleweed Connection has a British artist so artfully and dynamically embraced...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 2, 2023
JUNE BISANTZ & GORDON MORRELL, It's Been A Long, Long Time
On a purely musical level, June Bisantz & Gordon Morrell’s dual album It’s Been a Long Long Time is a heartfelt, beautifully rendered...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 2, 2023
TIM FOLEY GROUP, Stop Along The Way
On the fascinating website of Tim Foley, who uses the space to share the wealth of his expansive musical endeavors, the Cambridge, MA...
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