Spirit Touch "New Album for 2009 from Joseph Akins"

Following the success of Masterpeace, Spirit Touch continues the heartfelt piano artistry of Joseph Akins. Eleven tracks include ten new originals and one arrangement of an old classic. Joseph's performance on a superior Steinway grand is featured throughout this album as piano solos and accompaniment on selected tracks. Amazon.com: Tender, creative and beautiful are just some of the adjectives that describe Spirit Touch, the third solo album from Joseph Akins, which continues his heartfelt piano artistry with eleven fresh tracks: ten new originals and one modern arrangement of on old classic. Joseph s performance on a Steinway D grand is featured throughout this album with intimate piano solos for several tracks and accompaniment from cello and percussion on others. Spirit Touch will surely touch the spirit of any listener.

All tracks were recorded at the beautiful Middle Tennessee State University recording studios. Both Joseph Akins and the engineer, Bill Crabtree, are professors in the Department of Recording Industry in the College of Mass Communication at MTSU. The world-class facilities of these studios can be heard throughout the high quality sound from this album.

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OCEAN by Michael Brant DeMaria

Michael is a psychologist, composer, musician and author with 25 years of experience in the work of guiding others on their life journeys. Michael has shared the stage as the featured musician with world renowned poets – Robert Bly and David Whyte. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, and a wide range of contemporary and indigenous percussion and aerophones. His art, music and poetry have been shown or heard throughout the US as well as receiving air time in Australia, Europe and Russia. He has played with such national and international musicians as Grammy winner Mary Youngblood, Bill Miller and Grammy nominee’s David Darling and Carlos Nakai, not to mention, Coyote Oldman, Peter Phippen, Jeff Ball, and Ash Dargan. His first CD The River was released in fall of 2003 which was voted a staff favorite on Growth House Radio in San Francisco.
Listening to Ocean is a deeply beautiful experience. This is my absolute favorite cd for meditative movement and personal recharge/renewal time. Lovely & well-crafted with a flow that seems to naturally evolve, \"Ocean\" is great for massage, acupuncture, Zero Balancing, or any therapeutic modality that enhances expanded states of consciousness/Being. This wonderfully rich ambient soundscape helps to both float and ground you; perfect for relaxation, renewal of the indigenous mind and opening inner channels to Soul-Source. - - Mary

Marc Béziat's Consolation

Marc Béziat is a composer of classical music who discovered his passion at the age of 28. Béziat taught himself at first, eventually realizing he needed more formal training if he was to progress. Enrolling in Polyphonies, Béziat studied for two years to learn compositional technique and technical skill necessary to express the music he carried inside. In 2007, Béziat felt he'd come far enough to be able to share the music he heard in his mind; Béziat took a sabbatical from his professional life and began writing Victory Of Spirit, which was released in 2008. Béziat is back with a new album for 2009 in Consolation. As with Victory Of Spirit, the music is created digitally, but it appears that Béziat has grown technically in the year between albums. Where Victory Of Spirit was clearly electronic, Consolation sounds much more like a live orchestra.

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PAUL AVGERINOS - LOVE

By the time Paul Avgerinos graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1980, he had already performed as a bassist with The Beaux Arts Trio, Baryshnikov, Isaac Stern, Jean Pierre Rampal, and many other world renowned classical artists. After graduation, Paul served as principal bass of several major symphony orchestras around the world, and also performed solo at festivals in Tanglewood, Aspen, Grand Teton, Taos, and Spoleto (Italy). As always Paul Avgerinos delivers an album of astounding beauty. LOVE is a record of gorgeous sound-scapes that only a refined ear and clear mind, like Mr. Avgerinos', could have created. If you are an avid listener of New Age or Mood musics or if you are interested in this genre but have not yet entered in, this is a great record and I highly recommend it....(amazon)

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A STILL MOTION by michael samson

Michael Samson writes music to express the inexpressible.” Embodying raw emotion and passion, his music communicates thoughts, feelings and stories that delve deep into the soul of each listener. Michael’s music is truly an expression of his inner self, but it remains remarkably accessible to each individual listener. His music is emotive; drawing forth a myriad of ideas, feelings and imagery. Michael’s Piano playing style can best be described as “Neo-Classical” or “Contemporary Piano”. His music is highly melodic, creating beautiful themes, haunting melodies and memorable passages. In many ways his music is cinematic, at times soft, at others loud; creating a dynamic and powerful listening experience.

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new album from Matthew Labarge

october starts with the first light of day and moves gradually through the day to sunset. This particular day starts clear and bright, as October mornings are wont to do. As the day progresses, heavy clouds roll in bringing colder winds and the slightest flurries of snow. At another level, we begin early in October and progress slowly close to the end of the month. Early in the month this particular October, there is a wedding. A solemn waltz marks the ceremony, and a festive dance the subsequent celebration. As October wears on, the world prepares for winter. The breaking of the clouds in the late afternoon reveals a quiet and enveloping display in the sky. It is just in time for the sun to set, and soon November will be upon us.
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Christopher Boscole, piano

Original piano solos combining elements of folk, new age, jazz and meditative music in a relaxing, lyrical style.
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TRILLIUM a new CD by Kori Linae Carothers

Kori moves between the worlds of achingly beautiful acoustic piano composition and lavish keyboard production with remarkable ease. The result is Trillium, a cohesive collection of compositions of stunning breadth and dynamic range, confidently held together by her singular musical voice- Will Ackerman.
Kori was born in Cedar City, Utah. She grew up in Minnesota listening to many varied artists ranging from Rock and Roll to Jazz. When she turned 8, she decided she wanted to learn to play the piano. Her parents encouraged her interest by having her take lessons. Many musical artists influenced Kori's music including: Yanni, Vangelis, Enya, Tangerine Dream, Mannheim Steamroller, Shadowfax, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, to name a few. In May of 2003, Kori's husband took her to see a Yanni concert in the hopes that it would fuel the desire to return to music writing after a 12 year period of off and on writing. It worked!! After a 12 year break, she is back to composing and is performing live locally.

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SKY presents a new age album

Love in Grace, is a serious new work by New Age artist Sky. As a blueprint the classical format was used. Sky abandoned the strict form however, keeping fundamentals. Besides the symphonic instrumentation Sky added piano, harpsichord, bouzouki and synthesizer. A symphonic/electronic work.
Love in Grace is not a light work, leaning towards the B flat minor key, which traditionally is a 'dark' key; 'the feeling that you get when you are all alone' , in Tchaikovsky's words.

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Vic Damone loved the art, not the biz

As a general rule, it’s wise not to expect modesty from a celebrity autobiography, but there it is, right up front in Vic Damone’s book Singing Was the Easy Part. MORE

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