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Jonathan Widran
Dec 17, 2023
SOFIA RUBINA, I Am Soul
Now celebrating 10 years since the release of her acclaimed debut album Dreams of Tomorrow, multi-faceted Estonian vocalist and...
Jonathan Widran
Oct 15, 2023
KENNY MCNEIL & MATTHEW SHELL, "My Ride or Die (Rock Remix)"
Some tracks are so exciting, inspiring and soul-provocative, they seriously just scream out for a boatload of remixes presenting them in...
Jonathan Widran
Sep 10, 2023
SOPHIA AGRANOVICH/RUPAM SARMAH, "Love Serenade"
Based on the passionate and romantic Schubert piece “Serenade” (composed in 1826), Ukranian born classical pianist Sophia Agranovich and...
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
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
Jun 27, 2023
DAVID HELBOCK, Austrian Syndicate
Smack dab in the middle of Austrian Syndicate, a truly otherworldly aural experience conceived by keyboardist/composer David Helbock that...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 14, 2023
CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY MEETS THE GRIOTS SPEAK, Destiny Calling
Voted onto the 84th and 86th annual Downbeat Readers Poll for Guitar, Charlie Apicella takes a fascinating career turn on the...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 1, 2023
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, We'll Find A Way II
After having the privilege of writing about and of course praising the stellar, hypnotic, nonstop and infectiously grooving “Jazzy Lil...
Jonathan Widran
May 15, 2023
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY McNEIL, "I Want to Be Rich II"
In previous writings about the extraordinarily multi-faceted Matthew Shell’s work as an artist, composer, engineer, producer and...
Jonathan Widran
Apr 20, 2023
MATTHEW SHELL & KENNY MCNEIL, "Jazzy Lil Jane II (Chill Afrobeat)"
In my review of Contemplation, the beautifully expressive, new age album Matthew Shell created in 2021 with pianist Vahagn Stepanyan, I...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 16, 2022
AMJAD ALI KHAN/WU MAN, Music for Hope
Though credited as a cross-cultural duo project by Indian sarod master Amjad Ali Khan and Chinese pipa legend Wu Man, the provocatively...
Jonathan Widran
Nov 13, 2022
ANN LICATER, Whispers From Earth
Though the pandemic raised our collective anxiety to levels previously unheard of, it’s not solely to blame for the chaos within us and...
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