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TIME magazine once said the music of Marconi Union was one of the best inventions of the year. With incredible albums such as WEIGHTLESS and GHOST STATIONS, this synthesizer trio has carved out a niche as one of the top ambient groups in the world. Now they are back with the album DEAD AIR...

Take a look at the Classical-Crossover Charts these days, and you will see a whole wide variety of recordings that mix-and-match styles, sounds and all kinds of instrumentation with classical music. Wow, a cornucopia of weirdness. Sure, there are a few classical musicians who take compositions...

VOXFIRE SETS MEDIEVAL MUSIC IN A MODERN SETTING MAKING A MILLENNIAL MASTERPIECE I did not really know what to expect when I decided to listen to the group Voxfire and their new album FONTIS. I read that they sing in ancient languages, but the music has modern instrumentation. Very true...

Alejandro Santoyo writes very pretty melodies and plays them with heartfelt feeling on his new instrumental album, Dreams For A Better Tomorrow. The recording, which has 18 compositions, is approximately divided between solo piano pieces and ensemble numbers. In both styles, Santoyo...

Want some contemporary instrumental music that is just simply lots of fun? Take a listen to the debut album by multi-instrumentalist Jarred Walker. The recording is called Becoming Tomorrow and it is so full of energy and great melodies and solid musical ideas, you will wonder, as I did, WHERE...

HUGGING, CUDDLING, RELAXING NEW AGE LULLABIES FROM KEYBOARDIST RICK SPARKS The thing about new age music, I guess like all genres, is that there are so many great artists working within the parameters of the form. Generally any gentle music fits into the category, but of course instrumental...

What a great year for debut albums. It seems some of the very best new age albums I have heard this year have been first recordings. And now here is another sensational one, Let Go, by a keyboardist from Germany named Christoph Berghorn. Where has this guy been hiding? He unleashes a...

Musician Mike Woodlark has lived in one house for quite a few years, from the time he was in college and for quite a few more years. The house has lots of memories for him, a place where he went through good and bad times, where he became a man. His music reflects that place and those years of...

Ciro Hurtado is a musician with a lovely style. Because he was born and raised in Peru (now living in California), his style still has lots of the Andes Mountains influences which he grew up on (tempered a bit with music he has heard from around the world ranging from rock’n’roll to jazz and...

MIKE WOODLARK MACKLAND AVE There are certain homes where we have lived that have special meaning to us, a place that has served as the backdrop to our growth and changes, full of memories, good and bad times, and many moments that shaped our lives. For musician Mike Woodlark, such a place is...

There is a new act that has entered the new age music recording scene and they have a great sound. They are Brooks & Day (Ben Brooks on flute, Peter Day on acoustic guitar, both on backing keyboards) and their debut album is called MYSTIC MESSAGES. Most of the music on the recording is soft...

Ann Sweeten is an outstanding new age musician who has given us 14 albums over a two-decade-plus career, and each one has been a treasure. Her newest outing is Before Today, Beyond Tomorrow, once again co-produced by noteworthy new age legend Will Ackerman, and featuring musical guests that...

It’s time for a fiesta! Go find the music on the new album by Incendio (Summoning The Muse), call some friends over, get the margaritas and sangria blended, throw a sombrero over one lamp and a red scarf over another, and get ready to party down. Incendio is known (on nine previous albums and...

Jeff Johnson is a new age and world-fusion keyboardist/synthesist and Phil Keaggy is a versatile guitarist (acoustic, electric and other assorted stringed instruments). Together they have created a soft, sublime new age music album, Cappadocia, their third recording together. The music was...

If you have followed the career of musician Timothy Wenzel, you see a bit of progression and development, but on the other hand, he has always been good from the beginning. He is a new age keyboardist who excels at creating thought-provoking and interesting arrangements featuring multiple...

Paz del Castillo is a female composer and pianist in Spain with an uncanny ability to both write wonderful piano melodies and also perform them with a touch and sensitivity that is delightful. Let’s face it. There is a lot of solo piano music in the world and it is often difficult to...

NEW KERANI ALBUMHIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR HER PIANO PLAYING AND PRODUCTION Kerani’s last threealbums -- STARDUST, ARCTIC SUNRISE and EQUILIBRIUM -- have been brilliant andrespectively went to #1, #2 and #3 on the international contemporaryinstrumental music chart (Zone Music Reporter) which proves...

Just when you think the contemporary instrumental music pendulum is swinging toward acoustic instrumentation, another new age keyboardist comes out with an all-synthesizer album that shows the versatility and creativity available in the field of electronic music. The latest to cross my desk is...

It soundslike a cliche to say that Deva Premal has spent her entire life andprofessional musical career preparing for her new album, which is appropriatelyjust called Deva. I guess youcould say that about every artist’s artistic endeavor in the world, but you getthe feeling from reading the...

Here is a fairly unique idea. Why not take musical inspiration from the ocean, the beach, swimming, surfing, just the whole “go down to the sea and get mellow and have fun” concept, not to mention Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, and then TURN IT INTO NEW AGE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC! Cool, dude...