Daydream Alley by Holland Phillips — Phillips, an excellent electronic keyboardist, creates a pop, New Age instrumental sound with touches of classical and jazz. He is also a synthesizer wizard, and collects old models made from 1970 through 1990 because of their different sounds. On this fourth album, he uses the synthesizers to not only […]
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Renewal
November 10, 2015
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Renewal by Kyle Pederson — Pederson has put together an instrumental collection of music that he has taken from hymns that are more than 150 years old. He emphasizes the melodies as he enhances the songs, making them more accessible for today’s listener. The music is uplifting, tranquil and relaxing, as it emphasizes the melodies […]
Vacuuming the Forest
November 7, 2015
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Vacuuming the Forest by Amilcar — Amilcar presents meditative New Age music with a hint of enchanting nature sounds and indigenous sounds subtly mixed into instrumental melodies for truly exquisite natural music. These natural sounds accent his music — including piano, harp and the mystic flute — and take the listener on a journey into […]
Shambhala Dance
November 4, 2015
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Shambhala Dance by Barbara Markay — Markay offers world-beat-pop music (through both instrumental and vocal tunes) to make your body groove, while also nurturing your spiritual side. It is meditation through movement: an exotic voyage of mysterious flamenco, Asian and Middle Eastern melodies. It is full of powerful world-beat grooves beautifully blended together to create […]
Beyond Borders
October 28, 2015
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Beyond Borders by Randy Armstong & Volker Nahrmann — This is a world-fusion CD with Armstrong primarily on guitar and sitar, and Nahrmann on acoustic and electric bass, who are joined by talented musicians from all over the world — Spain, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, India, the Lakota Nation, Europe, and Ghana and other […]
Sacred Alliance
October 22, 2015
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Sacred Alliance by Anima — This New Age recording blends Western, Eastern and Mid-Eastern instruments for a subtle world-fusion mix. This is enchanting, healing, spiritual, New Age music blending electronic soundscapes with acoustic instrumentations that are delicately crafted to transport you to the deep inner realms of the spirit, and carry you into states of […]
Ancient Ceremonies
October 14, 2015
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Ancient Ceremonies by Gerald Jay Markoe — The cover of this CD shows Stonehenge as it may have appeared in about 2,300 BC, at the peak of its biggest expansion phase. The meditative music, inspired by Stonehenge and the Druids, creates a sonic portal to all things marvelous and magical. The music is a musical […]
Beyond Black & White
October 11, 2015
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Beyond Black & White by Thomas Barth — This double-CD of contemporary solo piano compositions was recorded in a room filled with 30 other pianos, introducing a sound concept called holistic resonance — music so pure and transformative that it teaches you to hear piano in a whole new way, especially when played through headphones. […]
Light Bodies
October 9, 2015
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Light Bodies by Jonathan Wilk — Wilk takes you on a journey through the elements, providing a three-step process: relaxation, healing and being, for a deeper acceptance of love and self. The CD contains channeled music and knowledge from some of these layers of reality. The music informs as it heals and opens you to […]
Return To Peace: A Celtic Journey Through Central America
October 8, 2015
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Return To Peace: A Celtic Journey Through Central America by Mark Dunn — Dunn’s journey to Latin America inspired the tunes on this instrumental album, but his family’s Irish heritage (and the practicality of composing on a pennywhistle while traveling) gives the recording a Celtic sound. He performs on piano and pennywhistle, backed by some […]
Our Love Will Never Die: Round Dance Songs
October 6, 2015
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Our Love Will Never Die: Round Dance Songs by Randy Wood — Wood, of the Cree people of Canada, weaves intimate vocals over the steady pulse of the native drum. His original romantic lullabies and songs of everlasting love blend with the playful and heartfelt humor of his own unique version of the Plains Cree […]
Piano Meditations: Music for Relaxation and Well-Being
September 11, 2015
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Piano Meditations: Music for Relaxation and Well-Being by Tron Syversen — This improvised music was written for therapists to use while reading meditations. One piece was originally improvised on the piano, but Syversen later added a full symphonic orchestra and voice. Other compositions use piano, voices, keyboards, violin, cello, flute, English horn, oboe, French horn, […]
Desert Dawn Song
September 9, 2015
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Desert Dawn Song by Dean and Dudley Evenson with Jonathan Kramer — This music was originally recorded in 1979, the first on the Soundings of the Planet label. It was also one of the first to include the sounds of nature combined with peaceful music. On the CD, the haunting vocals and harp merge with […]
November 12, 2015
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