The classic new age holiday album Winter Solstice, Vol. 1: Silver Anniversary Edition collects smooth,
gentle versions of holiday favorites and original pieces by leading lights of the genre, including Jim Brickman, Barbara Higbie, Will Ackerman, and Philip Aaberg. Steve ...
Ana relies more on classical music than Ralph Towner's previous albums. While Towner isn't entirely
successful in melding classical, jazz and new age -- he frequently meanders -- several sections of Ana are as lovely and hypnotic as anything else ...
Body and Shadow marks only the fifth album in Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band's
20-year history. They have pursued an ensemble-based sound over their entire tenure with remarkable consistency and a dedication to a musical aesthetic whose roots lie ...
The album may have an awkward title, but the music it contains is both touching
and generally quite graceful. It's an appropriate juxtaposition, since the album celebrates the life and music of guitarist John Fahey, who was himself the same ...
Two of vibraphonist Gary Burton's albums from 1969-1970 are reissued in full on this single
CD. Burton teams up with pianist Keith Jarrett for five numbers (including four of Jarrett's originals) in 1970, using a quintet that also features guitarist ...
Honeyman is a previously unreleased live 1973 radio broadcast in excellent sound, that offers a
valuable supplement to Tim Buckley's often disappointing final albums. Buckley's last LPs were marred by unsympathetic L.A. production, and this presents the material with much ...
While it was perhaps inevitable that LifeTime would fail to recapture the cathartic intensity of
Terry Callier's comeback effort TimePeace -- a remarkably pure expression of a soul and spirit finally granted freedom after years trapped in limbo -- it's ...