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Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020
THE COACHELLA VALLEY TRIO, Mid Century Modern
For the past two decades, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA has been a premiere annual showcase for what’s hip...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020
CALLE LOIZA JAZZ PROJECT, There Will Never Be Another You
Latin jazz fans who like wild and colorful melodic, harmonic and rhythmic surprises in their ensembles might not need to know the history...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 8, 2020
RJ & THE ASSIGNMENT, Hybrid Harmony
Back in the day, before market research created the smooth jazz format and radio began playing only the safest fare by its core artists,...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 7, 2020
SINNE EEG & THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND, We've Just Begun
Album titles can be so delightfully ironic sometimes. Seventeen years and nine celebrated albums into her highly celebrated career as one...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 6, 2020
KITT WAKELEY at Carnegie Hall (March 23)
A true visionary and fearlessly innovative force of musical nature, Kitt Wakeley has long believed that speaking his passion and purpose...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 6, 2020
MY LUV NOTES, "You Don't Own Me"
Born into an underprivileged family and abandoned by her father, Stephanie Hochman’s life played out in some unkind and challenging ways....
Jonathan Widran
Feb 5, 2020
DAVID HELPLING, RUNE
As we marvel at the nearly 25 years that multi-faceted musical visionary David Helpling has been gracing our hearts and spirits with his...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 5, 2020
TERRY OHMS, Cold Cold Shoulder
There’s something delightfully cryptic about Terry Ohms, and not simply because for the past 15 years, literally starting with his first...
Jonathan Widran
Feb 1, 2020
GEORGE WINSTON at The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
A national treasure and iconic figure on multiple levels, musical and otherwise, George Winston has for the past 40 years blessed...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 31, 2020
DARSHAN AMBIENT, A Day Like Any Other
The recent sudden passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other beautiful souls has been a powerful reminder to millions...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 31, 2020
MOUNT HUDSON, "Lakeside Water"
When I learned that Brooklyn based singer/songwriter Dave Yim – dba as Mount Hudson since his debut EP Sad & Silly in 2016 – started his...
Jonathan Widran
Jan 24, 2020
RUARK, When You Coming Home
If someone played tunes from Ruark’s debut album When You Coming Home for you without telling you they’re an emerging indie trio from...
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