Known to many as a "new age" artist because of his association with the Windham Hill label, Michael Hedges could be more accurately described as a progressive guitarist in the tradition of Leo Kottke or even Jimi Hendrix. Revered for his virtuoso pla…

Pianist/composer George Winston was one of the flagship artists on the pioneering new age label Windham Hill, and his pastoral sound helped define the genre. He received much notice in the 1980s for a series of works that evoke the spirit of (and are…

One of modern instrumental music's most distinctive and popular composers, Yanni popularized the combination of synthesizers and full-scale symphony orchestra. The Greek performer combined his musical abilities with a flair for flamboyant visuals, co…

David Arkenstone is a visionary keyboardist and composer who creates bold, symphonic programs endowed with historical and literary themes. His music has a heroic quality that lends itself to movie scores and soundtracks (ROBOT WARS, MANDROID) and con…

Douglas Spotted Eagle is a Native American flute virtuoso and composer who in addition to recording his own albums has been involved in a variety of film and television projects Raised in Valley Junction Iowa Spotted Eagle began playing the Native Am…

Music has long been a family affair for Alex de Grassi Though hes primarily self-taught as a guitarist his grandfather played violin with The San Francisco Symphony and his father was a classical pianist Even more significant are de Grassis ties to o…

This Montana-born keyboardist and composer studied music at Harvard on a Leonard Bernstein scholarship before paying his dues on the San Francisco blues scene Aabergs wide range of abilities led to guest appearances on over 80 albums He also toured w…

A prolific and self-taught flautist, percussionist, and composer, Terry Oldfield looms as large in the world of New Age music as his younger brother Mike looms in prog-rock. Formerly a sideman for his brother, the elder Oldfield stepped into his own …

b. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Brickman is a pianist who has surprised many during his increasingly successful career, and the basis for any understanding of him is a recognition of the simplicity of his ideas and execution. His reinstatement of a classic …

b. 3 July 1943, Utah, USA. One of the most prominent and influential of the new age musicians of the 80s, Lynch's initial training was on piano, before he switched to classical guitar at age 12 after hearing Andrés Segovia's work. Later he moved to B…

Formed in the mid-80s, Acoustic Alchemy was originally the vehicle for Greg Carmichael (b. 1953, London, England; nylon string guitar) and Nick Webb (b. 1954, Manchester, England, d. 5 February 1998; steel string guitar). Their blend of instrumental …

In the 70s Evenson and his wife Dudley traveled across the country with early portable video equipment to document the awakening consciousness as it was manifesting in peoples lives The couple eventually settled in Tucson AZ and built a small empire …

Celtic vocalist Enya first gained notoriety as a member of the group Clannad in the 1980s, but became a superstar as a solo artist by fusing traditional music from the British Isles with dreamy new-age textures. Enya is a true crossover artist: her m…

A new age duo of Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian composer/keyboard player Rolf Lovland, Secret Garden shot to fame in 1995 when their song, "Nocturne", won the Eurovision Song Contest. Many cynics, noted, however, that it was not the s…

Steven Halpern has been producing and recording music since the 1970s, and pioneered the study and use of sound for healing. His first big release, 1975's SPECTRUM SUITE, helped launch New Age music. Halpern creates music that taps into the body's o…

b. 1950, USA. This hugely popular new age artist has been at the forefront of instrumental piano music since the breakthrough success of 1988's Cristofori's Dream. The Seattle-based Lanz grew up playing boogie-woogie style piano, but switched to rock…

Though he also recorded for Windham Hill at one time this Ohio-based keyboardist is not related to Liz Story His intimate style thrives on cavernous spaces an element that eventually caught the attention of Hearts of Space Records which released what…