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Tinsley Ellis Kicks off an Eclectic Music Day

Morning MusIc from Tinsley Ellis

The other day I was listening to Bluesville on Sirius-XM hoping to find some new blues music. Rather than finding new music I rediscovered an old favorite. Shemekia Copeland was the DJ and she played a track from Tinsley Ellis’s new album Ice Cream in Hell set to be released next month. From his website…

World-renowned Atlanta-based blues-rock guitar virtuoso, soulful singer and prolific songwriter Tinsley Ellis will release his highly-anticipated new Alligator Records album, Ice Cream In Hell, on Friday, January 31, 2020. read more

A Musical Visit to Cappadocia with Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy

Cappadocia - Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy
Cappadocia – Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy

Along with Timothy Wenzel’s Running Away, Cappadocia by Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy has been in my music rotation for several weeks now.

Cappadocia is the third recording as a duo for Jeff Johnson and Phil Keagqy. The inspiration for the album is Cappadocia, a visually spectacular area in central Turkey. Christians have regarded Cappadocia and the surrounding area, as a place of great spirituality for several thousand years.

About Cappadocia and It’s Impact on Jeff Johnson

The colorful soil of Cappadocia has eroded over the millennia leaving steep cliffs and tall rock spires known as fairy chimneys, and into that rock ancient inhabitants carved houses, churches and even entire communities sometimes partially exposed and other times entirely underground. read more

Run Away with Timothy Wenzel’s New Album – Running Away!

Running Away -Timothy Wenzel
Running Away – Timothy Wenzel

Over the last few years, Timothy Wenzel has become one of my favorite New Age Artists. His music is perfect for meditation or my morning or evening yoga. It also just great to have on when I’m reading.

The first of Timothy Wenzel’s albums that I listened to was Summon the Wind. You can read what I wrote a about that album here. Next came Distance Horseman,. For that album click here. Timothy’s  2017 was What We Hold Dear, and while I have listened to the album and enjoyed it, I have not written about it. read more

Meg Bowles – Evensong: Canticles for the Earth

Evensong - Meg Bowles
Meg Bowles – Evensong: Canticles for the Earth

I discovered an album the other night, when I was moving some CDs around. When I first looked at it I thought -what’s this?  Oh it’s probably an advanced copy of a CD that I got to review. I guess I’ll give it a listen. But I bet it’s a vocal album that I really won’t like that much.(I have a tendency to not like new Age female (vocalists sorry ladies)  So I put it in the CD player and then smacked myself up the side of my head when what came out was not vocal,at all, but wonderful ambient music! read more

Santa Fe Trail – New Native American Flute from Douglas Blue Feather

Hey All! I will try to post later in the day the list of the 13 albums that I will be trying to listen to this week. I made the list from my Release Radar on  Spotify. The list has a lot of new albums from musicians I like, so I can’t wait to listen to them.

First New Music from Douglas Blue Feather

This morning though I decided that the first album I was going to listen was going to be Santa Fe Trail. The latest release from Native American flute player Douglas Blue Feather and guitarist Danny Voris From Blue Feather’s website…. read more

New CDs From the Princeton Record Exchange – Yeah!

While we were raising four kids my wife and I rarely spent money on ourselves. So when it came time that two oldest boys started to buy CDs,  I was thrilled when we found Tunes Used CD store in Marlton,N.J. At the time they had bins and bins of  cheap used CDs. Thanks to the fact that my taste was slightly different than their typical clientele my CD collection skyrocketed. I found albums from a ton of Americana artists that I couldn’t find anywhere else, at prices I could afford!! Texas music artists like: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram and Pat Green along with Americana musicians like Jack Williams and Chris Knight. read more

Peaceful Being by Richard Noll leads to Being a Peaceful Being

Over the last month Peaceful Being the debut album from Richard Noll has been he soundtrack for many of my morning yoga routines and meditations. Overall, it has become one of my favorite albums. And listening to it has led to some of the most relaxing and calming meditations I have ever had.

About Richard Noll’s Music

Richard Noll is one of the few recording artists who plays primarily recorder and he is amazing! On Peaceful Being he plays both tenor and alto recorders. He also plays an electronic wind instrument, the EWI 4000s. But he doesn’t stop there. He also plays electronic keyboards. He uses the keyboards to create piano, percussion gamelan-like tones and other instrumental sounds. read more

The Cage by Bob Holroyd – Let’s Everything In!

The Cage – Bob Holroyd -U.K. Multinstrumentalist

Sometimes an album just strikes the right chord with you! Such is the case with The Cage the new release from U.K. master sound manipulator and musical space-shaper Bob Holroyd. The first time I listened to the album, I knew it was for me. Subsequently it has been the soundtrack for my morning yoga and meditations. And every time  I listen to it I hear something new!

Holroyd Explains The Cage

Holroyd states the premise behind The Cage is: “Freedom is a larger cage, a longer page, a wider stage. True freedom comes not from escape, but allowing everything in” read more

Azul from Johannes Linstead Reflects the Colors of the Tropics

Azul – Johannes Linstead

Azul, the latest release from World Fusion guitarist Johannes Linstead. It has also been in my music rotation for a month or two. I believe I like more and more every time I listen to it. And the New Age music world appears to agree. The album is now number two on the Zone Music Repoter’s Top 100 Radio AirPlay Chart.

The  Creation of Azul

When creating Azul Linstead wanted to create an album to, “whisk the listener away on a musical vacation to the sunny climes of the tropics.”  Azul an uptempo festive track starts the whisking. The remaining eleven tracks keep the positive vibes flowing. read more

A Fine Morning Meditation, A Good Run, Then the Fall….

And I Don’t Mean the Season…..

Morning Meditation Music

Yesterday morning I started my day with a 30-minute meditation. The soundtrack for the meditation was Weightless (Ambient Transmissions Vol 2) from the Ambient New Age band Marconi Union. According to their website Marconi Union….

…… were asked to write a piece of relaxing music in consultation with Lyz Cooper, the UK’s leading sound therapist and founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy. During the process of recording the track, a number of musical ideas captured their imagination. Unable to explore them all in a one piece but keen to work further on them, it soon became apparent that this was turning into an album-length work. Feeling like this was a natural follow-up to Beautifully Falling Apart (Ambient Transmissions Vol.1), it was decided that this album should become part of their Ambient Transmissions series. read more