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ROB MORROW BAND at Bogie's
Whether it’s Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, Zooey Deschanel, Jack Black or Kevin Bacon, there’s always a healthy skepticism surrounding...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 27, 2018


AJ JANSEN, Bourbon & Roses
Five releases into her extraordinary career, New England based indie singer-songwriter AJ Jansen gives us a bold, brash and...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 26, 2018


LOUISE GOFFIN at McCabe's Guitar Shop
The daughter of legendary songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Goffin has exquisitely carried on their legacy while establishing...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 22, 2018


SEAL, CORINNE BAILEY RAE at the Hollywood Bowl
Just a few years ago, scheduling 90’s pop, rock and soul hit maker Seal on the slate of Wednesday jazz-oriented nights at the Hollywood...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 20, 2018

BROTHER REVEREND, The Tables Turn Too Often
Like a lot of young bands trying to make their mark, the Atlanta conceived, NYC executed band Brother Reverend – founded by Keith Xenos...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 20, 2018

LELAND AND THE SILVER WELLS
If it’s possible to create the musical equivalent of a literary masterpiece, or one deserving of this sort of high minded consideration,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 20, 2018


COUCH JACKETS, Go To Bed
For the Couch Jackets, there’s really nothing wrong with being strange, off the wall, out there, off the beaten path (insert “outside the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 20, 2018


MIA AND JONAH, Spin As One
The question that hits me about midway through Spin as One, the latest exercise in transcendent Americana folk-rock by the beautifully...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 19, 2018


CHRISTOPHER CROSS, KENNY LOGGINS, MICHAEL McDONALD at the Hollywood Bowl
The two-and-a-half hour midsummer night soft rock summit of pop legends and decades-long pals and collaborators Christopher Cross, Kenny...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2018


J.C. HOPKINS, It's a Sad and Beautiful World
When it comes to describing songs and music, the term “timeless” is sometimes bandied about a little too liberally – but every so often,...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 12, 2018


VINYL HAMPDIN, Red
The first thing that makes you smile is their clever name – which makes you think of a jazz legend and an era when wax and grooves were...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 10, 2018


XAVIER TOSCANO, Feels So Good
When Xavier Toscano arrived at indie producer Gawain Matthews’ Bay Area studio to start working on initial tracks for his debut full...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 3, 2018
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