Yanni-Wake Entertainment has a very special event just beginning, with a live video chat between Yanni and fans to climax this extraordinary event taking place in an aired-live forum on March 16th. The folks at yanni.com are currently collecting questions, and then posting them in new videos every day until the open forum on March 16th.

Wouldn’t you like to have the opportunity to ask your favorite music celebrity a personal question related to their music? According to yanni.com, people from across the globe are turning in their questions for Yanni’s personal reply at this very minute. In fact, there are still several days for you to send in your questions early before the main event is broadcast live!

This live video chat event from Yanni-Wake Entertainment will be hosted by the award-winning, American news anchor and media personality Lauren Sanchez. In addition to answering many fan questions, Yanni also plans to share details on his upcoming concert tour and new album, “Truth of Touch.” Here are the specific details;

Visit yanni.com or go directly to their news page for complete live chat details, and to see videos of questions in the days before March 16th.

On March 16 you can access the Live Video Chat webcast by clicking on this link; LiveStream.com/OfficialYanni or by clicking on our banner above. You can submit your questions early to: Ask@Yanni.com. The Live Video Chat will air at 1:00 pm (EDT) Eastern Daylight Time.

Banner courtesy yanni.com.

Life is never boring when you are a Tangerine Dream fan that is not stuck in the 1970s – but trying to catch up and get to know every new release. Now in March we have not one but TWO new albums to check out!

They are The Island of the Fay – Edgar Allan Poe and Booster IV. The last one continues in the good tradition from Booster I-3 with some old and many new songs too. And the Edgar Allan Poe-album seems very interesting indeed!

This work is the beginning of a new series by Tangerine Dream: EASTGATE’S SONIC POEM SERIES. EDGAR ALLAN POE definitely is worth a start, a novelist who long enough has been labelled as dark, mysterious and gloomy only – Poe was more than that – a true visionary. Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The ISLAND OF THE FAY’ has been set to music by Edgar and Thorsten in a very exciting, dynamic and partly experimental way – a new violinist sets her maverick accents with electric sounds. It’s the art of breathing life into a tale through strong music. Enjoy this true masterpiece of finest Tangerine Dream music – we don’t promise too much….PS: You will find the whole but short tale of THE ISLAND OF THE FAY within the booklet! Enjoy reading but above all: enjoy listening!!

See the track list here.

BOOSTER IV:

The BOOSTER series goes on! BOOSTER IV is in the same tradition as you already know from Booster I+II+III – a compilation of former cupdisc tracks, many new tracks and some older tracks with a new livery. Some tracks you will definitely be familiar with, others are completely fresh and surprising. BOOSTER IV will be especially for those a delicacy who missed out the PURPLE DILUVIAL cupdisc which ran out of stock rather quickly in 2008, all three tracks ‘Babylon the great has Fallen’, ‘Armageddon in the Rose Garden Part II’ and ‘Purple Diluvial 2010′ (re-recorded version) are on this compilation. Enjoy another acoustic highlight maybe in your car, on your mp3 player, in your bath tub or wherever you prefer listening to a genuine and timeless piece of music from Tangerine Dream.

See the track list here.

Note that the first 100 incoming orders will be participating at a TOMBOLA WITH THREE SURPRISE PRIZES!!! DRAWING RESULTS: 20 MARCH 2011. Shipping starts on this date too.

We will of course return with reviews and comments as soon as the albums are out. It is always great to be a TD fan!!

It is always exciting when new information is available about how true classics in the world art was made. So is also the case in new age music. In connection with Enigma’s 20 year anniversary, Enigmamusic.com sheds new light on the making of the Sadness Part I video – which perhaps is the most famous of all the great Enigma music videos.

French Director & Producer Michel Guimbard was kind enough to share some production details with us. He says: ”I made Sadeness video clip in 1991. The girl I found for the video was very young (17 years old, way back in then) Her name is Cathy Tastet. (Also known as Kati Tastet, born in Toulouse France on January 01, 1973) After the video, she became an Elite Model in the USA. Director of Photography of the film was Jérôme Robert. I wrote the story of the film. Shooting Ratio of the music video of Sadeness was 1.33 (4:3) “”The gate in the video was inspired by Auguste Rodin’s ”La Porte de l’Enfer” (The Gates of Hell).

Read the whole article here. And below you can enjoy the classical Enigma video.

In connection with the release of the new MG Music website design, Chris Green (Runestone) has done a very nice interview with Medwyn Goodall. Here Medwyn talks about the plans and ambitions for the label, and quite a bit about his own music too. He even reveals which of his own albums he likes the most! He also talks about the process behind an album:

Chris Green: You have produced more than 120 (?) albums, an enviable catalogue of different writing styles ranging from upbeat to meditational, South American, Pagan, Celtic, Mystical and electronic. Do you have any warm-up routines or rituals to create the right mood before you start writing?

Medwyn Goodall: I let an idea sit with me for a long time, up to 2 years sometimes. I research the concept and find out about it. I consider how a project might flow, what the choice of instruments would be and do I have such sounds available. If I don’t then I have to go on a search for the right sounds. When I feel everything is in place and the timing simply feels right, an album usually happens instinctively.

Read the complete interview here

Enjoy the below video of Kitaro live from Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in December last year, uploaded by Domo Music. Yes, new age music is live music! And it can be very dramatic too.

Herald Tribune has posted an interview with Peter Buffett, who has an upcoming concert in the area.

Peter Buffett, who will appear Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota as part of a Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice lecture series, does not stand to inherit any of the $37 billion his famous father has made as the head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

And that, the younger Buffett maintains, is a priceless gift, one that has pushed him to become an Emmy-award-winning musician and composer of film scores, commercial jingles and songs. “I’ve lived an extraordinary life, not because of my father’s money but because of the exemplary life he’s lived as an example to me,” Buffett said during a recent telephone interview from New York.

Read the complete interview here.

Matthew Schoening is a professional cellist who caught my attention recently. I primarily became interested since his current release Elements (Live and Uncut) is presented as a solo concert recorded in front of a live audience. As it turned out the initial reason I became curious was less important to me after I listened to his Avant-Garde electric cello concert in front of a rather enthusiastic audience.

During his live concerts Matthew apparently does a touch of magic too since this one man cello concert ended up sounding more like a full orchestra of string instruments. In addition to cello, fine resonances of acoustic guitar, violin, double bass, and a variety of percussion rhythms are expertly produced. I also found his tenacity for perfecting his sounds on electric cello are equal to his fine technical skills of live looping and layering in real time. Because no other musicians are present during concerts, and his current release Elements was live and uncut, it greatly increased my admiration for Matthew Schoening.

Matthew is from a family of music professionals and enjoys free reign to pursue his music career, which has led to performance opportunities of several prestigious fundraising events. One significant fundraiser with Mark Steines of Entertainment Tonight was a charitable benefit designed to raise money for relief work in Sierra Leon, West Africa.

Elements by Matthew Schoening is his third Solo Cello release, and the earlier first and second albums; Solo Electric Cello & The Art of Live Looping are like Elements by the Avant-Garde style of cello Instrumentals. In fact, there is also a Cinematic influence in his work I feel shouldn’t be overlooked. Leap of Faith from The Art of Live Looping and then songs Air & Fire from Elements gave me this impression the most.

Elements (Live and Uncut) is a stage session before a live audience of 75 people, and it does create interest by an inherent uncut and recorded in one session format. The original electric cello innovations on Elements are 5 songs titled Water, Air, Fire, Earth, and Spirit, with clapping only at the beginning and end of the 45 minute session.

Matthew performs live concerts and he tours upon request, so if you have a group function or get-together coming up, find out the details at his website. The warm tonal setting and enhanced rhythms of his solo electric cello music is perfect for a wide variety of festive social occasions. In fact I would be interested to hear your group as the next enthusiastic attendees during a live concert venue with Matthew Schoening.

Visit soloelectriccello.com to sample / purchase or by going to his Amazon.com page.

Portrait & cover photos courtesy Greg Gorman.

2011 is well underway, and the many fans of MG Music can start to enjoy this year’s first few releases.We will retur with reviews of all these albums.

With Every Breath – Medwyn Goodall & Aroshanti, with Runestone

Medwyn Goodall master of the panpipes performs alongside Aroshanti master of the Shaku flute, as they duel and share soaring, haunting solo’s to a mystical backdrop created and produced by Runestone. This is a rare opportunity to hear expressive performances of these wonderful wind instruments.

Sample the album here.

Elysian Fields – Jon Richards

Jon Richards is a debut artist. The CD is fresh, inspiring, filled with magic, clever rhythms and exciting layers. Eleysian Fields draws you in and takes you on a journey of relaxing wonder, like a daydream you hope never ends.

“Elysian Fields” weaves a unique musical tapestry which binds all our ancient beliefs together. An escape to your own paradise lies within…

Sample the album here.

TAO – Aroshanti

Yet another beautiful album from Aroshanti. In this performance you can lose yourself in its stillness and absolute grace.

Zen Buddhism, Tao is ‘The Way’ with Buddha-nature and Buddha-mind. Tao, or Dao,
is the sense and expression of the natural balance between opposites. It is soft and quiet
but immensely powerful. It is the Tao that keeps the universe balanced and ordered.

Translated literally as ‘The Way’ or ‘The Path’, Tao is a name for the eternally nameless,
for the fabric out of which all things in the universe are made and from which all universal
energies flow. Like a river that never runs dry, the Tao endlessly replenishes itself.

Sample the album here.

Sleepy Time – Midori

Specially created for children and babies. The music is wonderfully melodic, serene and gentle using soft tones and sounds that harmonically induce and encorage sleep and a peacful state of being. There are two tracks of continuous music so that the there is no break or pause in the atmosphere created. A perfect solution to entertain an infant and help a hard working mum or dad.

Yes, 2011 has had a good start on MG Music! Sample the album here.

Kathryn Kaye is a talented pianist releasing her first piano and instrumental album. After learning every detail like her lifetime of music experience, the collaborating artists and production credits, I had a feeling her new release was going to be great. In fact Kathryn Kaye’s new release greatly exceeded my expectations since this album really goes the distance.

Dreaming Still is an Acoustic, Contemporary Instrumental, New Age release having many integral advantages, one being the importance of music in Kathryn Kaye’s life, which began with playing the piano at age four.  She later attended college and began working toward a major in music, earning a performance degree with a double major in voice and keyboard.  In addition to her strong educational background she pursued classical training while living in Germany, appearing on television in both the U.S. and Germany as a vocalist during concerts, recitals and operas.

Kathryn Kaye is a musician and songwriter presently residing in Colorado. The beautiful Rocky Mountains region and Appalachian mountain territories in Kentucky recalled from childhood are in part a focal point for this contemporary nature inspired release. Dreaming Still contains 14 songs she composed, half of which are Solo Piano, with the balance in piano and instrumental harmony support by violin, cello, bass and English horn.

The world-class musicians providing instrumentals with piano are commendable, and they are: Charlie Bisharat (violin) Eugene Friesen (cello) Dan Greenspan (bass) Jill Haley (English horn) Derrik Jordan (percussion) and Noah Wilding (vocal). Dreaming Still is a Will Ackerman production, with recording, mixing, and mastering by Corin Nelsen at Imaginary Road Studios. The assistance from these two Grammy Winning talents is a fine enhancement to her proficiency as a composing pianist.

Dreaming Still is a delightful album, and I was pleased to hear a wonderful cinematic touch at times. Waiting For The Rain with piano and cello, then a Solo Piano song August Light were my favorites, but this album is consistent and enjoyable throughout.

I believe Kathryn’s commitment and expertise in music has been vital to the level of quality on her first album, and her choice of music artists was first-class. In contrast to the vast expanse of the Appalachian territory, I expect the appreciation for this beautiful album will go the distance and travel far.  Note: Dreaming Still by Kathryn Kaye is listed at #1 in the ZMR top 100 Radio Chart for January 2011. Congradulations Kathryn!

Visit kathrynkaye-music.com to sample. Purchase at her CDBaby.com page & Amazon.com page.

Photo courtesy Delanda Licata. Cover art courtesy Robert Kooken.

Peter Buffett’s new album Running Blind is released as a 2 GB USB stick. The USB stick does not only houses 15 new songs, but also 7 live recordings and 11 videos!

This is a good example of how new storage media can be used to give us, the fans, even more interesting material. It is the music business’ equivalent of extra material on DVDs – which is always welcome for the true fan.

Members of Peter Buffett’s Ning forum have already had the chance to listen to the 15 songs as they were produced and uploaded by the artist. The music Peter creates today is more in the pop genre than in new age music, but I’m sure old fans too will enjoy his new vocal style. Peter is, as always, an artist with a message. He is not afraid to sing about injustice and social problems.

You can see the USB track listing here – and be sure to check out the Ning forum too! And while talking about Peter, we must recommend his recent book Life is what you make it. A very inspiring read!

Yes, they do - and it is just as great as it was back in 1987…

When you unite the Cinematic Piano talents of award winning Marc Enfroy with the production abilities of Billboard-charting musicians 2002, the conclusive result is a work of music bound to be a success. Arriving with this creative transformation in contemporary instrumental music is the impression a new and innovative sound entity has just been born.

Marc Enfroy has released his third Cinematic Piano album Unconditional, and the newly formed alliance with Randy and Pamela Copus of 2002 certainly does deliver a rather unique chord in piano and Contemporary Instrumental fanfare. Already admired for their singular inspiring melodies, the union of their two unique styles into one creation of beauty is exemplary.

Marc Enfroy’s music career had first emerged after the death of his sister Suzanne Whiting to cancer, but it was from this profound loss his progressive music legacy arose. Finding his inspiration in memory of Suzanne, Marc proceeded to compose music for the senses just like a painter would use brushstrokes to fill in the empty spaces on white canvas, and as it turned out, Marc indeed has the gift of a true artisan.

His Solo Piano debut Unbounded acquired Best Neo-Classical award in the ZMR Lifestyle Music Awards in 2008, and Best New Artist nomination. Awakening was the second colorful music portraiture, with classic orchestrations by Janet Sullins on violin, Jack Chen on flute, and vocals by Jillian Aversa. Awakening was also an award finalist which aired on many popular Internet radio stations worldwide.

Unconditional will be unveiled to the public when released on March 1 2011. The 10 song classics display Contemporary Instrumental orchestrations and fine piano detailing expertly blended with flute, strings, bell tones and chorales, with admirable performances by Jack Chen on flute and Pamela Copus on vocals.

If you are familiar with both Marc Enfroy and 2002, then you can imagine this new arrival in Cinematic Piano, Instrumental and celestial soundscapes is the ultimate music experience. While I can only speculate on the success of this, or any album, I can give you the assurance Unconditional is a passionate creation and absolute beauty that was empowered by design to take flight, in uplifting music made to celebrate life.

Visit marcenfroy.com to sample / purchase or Amazon.com page. Visit Randy & Pamela Copus at 2002music.com.

Cover art courtesy Marc Enfroy.

Steve Orchard is a New Age musician from the UK releasing the third album from his Dancer Trilogy Series. With this sequential album, a bold and thoughtful design in dancing rhythms, along with lively choreographed melodies entice ones imagination exactly like the first and second in series were envisioned.

Moondancer is the conclusive result in his highly imaginative Dancer Trilogy Series, reaching a point where it couldn’t get any better than what I have heard so far with the first two. Then again, it becomes clear Steve reaches for the stars on the rhythmic dancer series featuring earthly qualities of rain, sun and moon elements.

Steve Orchard from Bristol, England is quite masterful at producing electronic instrumental music composed with improvised mood sensations and a progressive repertoire of lively rhythms. If you have read our interview or earlier album reviews you know that Steve Orchard is a prolific singer songwriter having composed and performed original music for many years on guitar, mandolin, and harmonica, various skin drums, piano and keyboards. His music was featured on BBC Radio, film scores, local radio jingles, plus Steve was a band member in 100’s of concert venues and a recognized soloist in South West & London England during the 1990′s.

Drawing inspiration from the natural environment, Steve’s first in series Raindancer is based in a tropical soundscape where beautiful South American rhythms are explored with flutes, panpipes, acoustic guitars, keyboards percussion, and a wonderful array of elements by synthesizer.

Sundancer is an emblematic second album in Steve Orchard’s Trilogy Series, and like the first album, the second reflects rare qualities of relaxing yet energetic melodies that I felt achieve universal appeal. In fact the energetic symmetry, illuminating atmosphere and Island music impression did help propel Sundancer to the eighth award winning position in our NewAgeMusic.nu Best Albums Awards for 2010.

Moondancer is the twilight and glowing counterpoint keeping well in contrast to the first two albums, but I do want to point out that Moondancer is far from being a boring or lull you to sleep album. Here again you will find radiant melodic imagery right beside a natural and reposeful atmosphere, and this is where an emphasis on the dancer suffix comes into play.

Counting Stars begins the twilight sequence of the series with a light keyboard melody set in a deeper background and like Apollo’s Return, mysterious imagery is not the prevalent consequence with this first song, or the entire album as a whole. Moondancer is carried out with a deeper contrast in style as the moon prefix implies, yet is very complimentary to the first two albums sunnier atmosphere so you will find this album preserves many of the same rhythmic qualities which are an integral part of the entire dancer series.

The three songs Phases & Tides, Nebula and Grimaldis Comet help make the distinction clear since bongo drums and other percussion enhancements gently counterbalance deeper keyboard tones, infusing shades of light which in turn introduce a more illuminating atmosphere. The soft flute melody in moderately timed Nocturne creates an interesting contrast when combined with the twinkling effect by keyboard. Lost Contact has a deep futuristic feel by the dreamy keyboard and synthesizer tones while Earth Glue adheres to the counterbalance theme by a wood flute melody with percussion woodblock, but intermittent chanting does convey a strong tribal influence too.

NewAgeMusic.nu & NewAgeMusicWorld.com feature many outstanding musicians who are all are capable of producing mood elevating music to either help you relax and unwind, brighten your day or even inspire you by notes that seem to dance. The Dancer Trilogy Series from Steve Orchard is an all-inclusive colorful kaleidoscope of vibrant melodies, and this latest is no exception. It is lively music rhythms in step with a wonderful radiant design.

Visit steveorchardmusic.co.uk to sample / purchase the album or visit MG Music to sample / purchase and then read our interview and album reviews on our pages dedicated to Steve Orchard.

Moondancer cover design copyright David Orchard. Big Stock Photo – mpemberton.

Paul Winter Consort has won the 2010 Grammy in the New Age Music category – with the album Miho: Journey To The Mountain. Other nominees were Michael Brant DeMaria with Ocean, Kitaro with Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 4, R.Carlos Nakai and friends with Dancing Into Silence and Zamora with Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 4. Congratulations to all of you!

See the video from the ceremony here;

You can read our full review of the album here - and below you can stream and buy the complete album.

Even if the holiday celebrations of Christmas and New Years are behind us now, one contemporary composing pianist has an important message to share having equal relevance to the honorable offerings of peace and harmony we celebrate during the close of one year and the hopeful new beginning of another, arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Evan Wish is a classical trained concert pianist from Encino California with a new release titled; Forget-me-not, blue. Incorporating the spoken words of honorable Nobel Peace Prize recipients, and like their principled humanitarian message of peace and hope, Evan Wish gives a heartfelt message of peace and hope, told by his beautiful design in inspiring contemporary instrumental music having a classic touch.

Evan’s contemporary classic Solo Piano debut album titled Lullaby Of Love acquired the number 3 position in global charts, and remained in the Top 10 position for three months and the Top 100 for 6 months, earning a NARAS consideration for a Grammy Nomination for 2005 in the Best New Age Album of the Year category on his original composition. Evan travels and performs concerts in Europe, and does television, film, and theatre production writing, and is an active ASCAP & ACF member, plus you can find his music on Syndicated, Public, and College Radio Stations, along with AOL, Music Choice, Live 365 and numerous others.

Forget-me-not, blue has 10 songs of Contemporary Instrumental bliss with 5 Solo Piano pieces and 5 piano with string ensemble of violin, viola and cello. Together in unison Evan Wish delivers gently contemplative and some inspirational songs while sharing the message of peace and hope in a positive upbeat manner. Recent recognition for Forget-me-not, blue is the # 3 chart success for December 2010, in ZMR’s Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart listings.

In a universal message of harmony in tune with a multitude of people who share the same beliefs and ideals, the song What will man’s legacy be is the heart of the humanitarian side of this project. Here you will find past Nobel Peace Prize recipients incorporated spoken words of Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and Martin Luther King are included, along with Native American reciting, an Israeli singer and ethnic percussions.

Forget-me-not, blue is a true achievement after many years as a Canadian born and educated pianist, beginning his first music instructions at age 7, where his gift as a pianist became apparent as a young adult which then led to formal studies at the Conservatory of Music institute in Canada where he won first class honors among many talented competitors.

In addition Evan attended the prestigious Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles and received tutoring from top composers in the entertainment industry. His unique gift at an early age was discovered thankfully, and those early formative years were the strong foundation for his composing skills. Today Evan has achieved international recognition while performing worldwide for the past 25 years.

The Solo Piano and strings ensemble songs each retain their individual merits of quality, and Evan performs on a Bosendorfer Grand Piano, widely accepted as a fine tonal instrument which transfers a pianist musical arrangement with warmth and clarity. When touring the Provence region of France, Paris, or the French Riviera, Evan Wish is often publicized as “The Passion of a Romantic” and you will find his Solo Piano and Instrumental release with ensemble allows one to hear his passionate work as others have discovered for themselves. In recent news, Evan has just returned from Cannes, France while attending the Midem 2011 Music Conference, meeting with music companies and industry leaders, in addition to performing an exclusive solo concert.

While peaceful ambassadors of our past have arrived to us in the form of an ideological leader, an advocate for the poor and a nonviolent civil rights crusade of another, the beautiful Solo Piano and strings instrumental expressions from the heart of Evan Wish constitute a gallant and notable gesture too, arriving in a truly inspiring manner sure to be embraced by all.

String orchestration by Marcy Vaj (violin) Robin Ross (viola) Vahe Hayrikyan (cello).  Engineer/Co-produced by Peter Granet.

Visit evanwish.com to sample / purchase or visit his CDBaby.com page & Amazon.com page.

Photo courtesy John DeCindis

Paul Winter Consort‘s new album Miho: Journey to the Mountain has the following tagline: A celebration of I. M. Pei’s Miho Museum and the Shigaraki Mountains in Japan. Given this I think it would be wise to let Paul Winter give a small presentation his relationship with this museum and what made him dedicate this album to it before commenting the actual music. The story is very interesting:

During the many times I have visited and performed in Japan since the Consort’s first tour in 1987, I dreamed of making an album inspired by the culture and natural beauty of Japan. On each visit I made a trip to a different natural site among the many islands of the archipelago: from Hokkaido in the north, where I saw the tanchos (red-crowned cranes) in Kushiro; to the blue-coral reefs of Ishigaki in the south; the giant Yaku Sugi trees on the island of Yakushima; and the forests of the southernmost island, Iriomote, home to the rare and fabled Iriomote wildcat. I could not have imagined that it would be a museum that enabled me to realize this dream.

Paul Winter

Paul Winter tells about how he in 2000 on a trip to Japan got to visit Miho Museum. It was a visit he would never forget. He writes:

The Miho is like no other museum on the planet. It is an extraordinary marriage of architecture and nature, totally integrated with the landscape. In every corner of it, every cell of the architecture, and every view from its windows out to the surrounding valleys and mountains, there is sublime beauty. I have never before fallen in love with a building. The antiquities of the museum’s collection come from ancient cultures throughout Asia and represent a kind of chronicle of the human journey of the past several thousand years.

Paul Winter

Miho: Journey to the Mountain contains a massie 22 tracks. Some of them are very short though, from 43 seconds to just about 2 minutes. Here we get to hear interesting instruments (like the bendir, the Heckelphone and many others) combined with the sounds of nature. The songs all have the trademark of Paul Winter Consort, which shifts from lonely sounding saxophones to the warmest, most passionate vocals. The album contains one song that hit me immediately ; Arto (Before It´s Too Late). Arto Tuncboyaciyan´s vocal and Jordan Rudess´ keyboard sound totally divine. And there is more, songs like Yangjin (Words Of Wish Fulfillment) and Remembering are carefully crafted masterworks.

Miho: Journey to the Mountain is simply an amazing album. It is interesting, melodic and very creative. It makes you want to visit this special Japanese museum. Paul Winter ends the cover notes with this comment:

No record album production in history has ever had more support than that we received from the staff of the Miho Museum and from the members of the Shumei community. On behalf of all my musical colleagues, I want to convey our great thanks to all of you.

Paul Winter

We here at .nu give our thanks too; you made this wonderful album possible!

Sample the album at Bandcamp. Also take a look at the homepage of the Miho Museum.

Picture Copyright Paul Winter

The Charleston Gazette brings us this fascination story:

Everyone’s a critic.

Take, for instance, the bear that decided to hibernate in the crawl space of a cabin located on the grounds of Boulder Community Hospital. After the bear was discovered by a maintenance worker, hospital officials decided the potential liability was so great they couldn’t let the bruin remain on the property.

So they scared it off. They put a boom box in the crawl space, tuned it to a country music station and cranked up the volume. The next day, the bear was gone.

And ending with:

Maybe the bear found New Age music more restful. Or maybe it just got tired of hearing about drinkin’, cheatin’ and pickup trucks.

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We love books about new age music here at .nu. One of the best is without a doubt Medwyn Goodall’s autobiography from 2000 called No Strings Attached. This book – or ebook is the right word here – has been gone from the selection at the MG Music website for a few years. But now it is back!

For £3.99 you get the ebook and the album “Ocean Waves” – The sounds of Cornwall. So download the file, load up your iPad and start reading this interesting and funny book! You´ll find it here (scroll down)

Here is a presentation of the book:

Medwyn has become a legend in the world of new age and instrumental music with nearly four million album sales to his credit. He has gained an international reputation for composing and recording quite stunning music. He is regarded as being amongst the finest multi-instrumentalist in the music industry. Inspired by nature, ancient mysteries and cultures, his music magically blends many acoustic instruments. Medwyn writes and records his music in his private studio in rural Cornwall. He plays over a dozen instruments and has evolved unique styles of instrumental music, which are highly melodic, deeply expressive and very inspiring. His music connects to your soul and his melodies can haunt you for days.