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TOM CIURCZAK, I Ain't Ever Growing Up, Vol. II
Both in terms of background and content of his lyrically witty and insightful, musically rollicking and infectiously eclectic songs, it’s...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 16, 2024


THE PAUL CARLON QUINTET, Blues For Vita
Ask most musicians about their influences and they’ll likely give you a lengthy list of greats in their chosen genre and/or their main...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


BILL BANFIELD'S JAZZ URBANE, Take Time To Listen
Though Bill Banfield has recorded two previous albums under the Jazz Urbane branding featuring a handful of young jazz greats, the...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


VERONICA THOMAS, They Say It's Wonderful
While the pandemic era presented difficult challenges to established artists who weren’t able to perform live gigs and tours, it also...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


NATALIE JACOB, Sooner or Later
There are many ways to develop a career as a jazz singer. The conventional route is to choose great classic material, work with a stellar...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


KAREN MACK, Catch & Keep
The unique and ever-twisting road to Karen Mack’s emergence as an indie jazz vocalist has been nothing short of fascination. Moving to...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 11, 2024


SAMIR BODHI PRESENTS “Anxiety’s Shadows” featuring Shannon K and Nathalie Bonin
Building off of millions of views for videos of her most popular hits over the past eight years, Indian pop sensation Shannon K strikes...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 10, 2024


2002, Time Traveler
Affectionately dubbed the “first family of new age music” by Michael Diamond of Music and Media Focus, the multi-instrumentalist trio of...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 6, 2024


HOLLAND PHILLIPS, A Sense of Distance
With the release of his lush, hypnotic and decidedly whimsical, romantic and optimistic new album A Sense of Distance, Holland Phillips...
Jonathan Widran
Jul 6, 2024


KEEGAN McINROE, Dusty Passports and Empty Beds
The promo material for long celebrated Ft, Worth based troubadour Keegan McInroe’s long awaited, cleverly titled sixth album Dusty...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2024


GORDON THOMAS WARD, Walking on the Wire
Still mourning the loss of the great Gordon Lightfoot, I felt blessed to discover another musical storyteller named Gordon, whose musical...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2024


ATOM STONE, Take Me To the Fire
It has to be said – if Atom Stone were alive in the 70s and 80s, writing, recording and performing the amazingly insightful, often...
Jonathan Widran
Jun 20, 2024
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