Description of New Age
Top New Age Tracks
New Age Key Albums
New Age Key Artists
With "Voyage" (1994) White
and Grill established their
exotic, signature palette of
panpipes, flutes, recorders
and keyboard.
Spheeris applies the folk
guitar music of his Greek
heritage toward popular,
keyboard-based New Age
compositions. Being of rel...
She is one of New Age's
most innovative
instrumentalists, and her
1986 album is considered
the most important in the...
Inspired by the musical uses
of computers in the late
'80s, he composes
acoustic/electronic hybrids
for TV and stereo. Arkens...
Lanz is celebrated for New
Age solo piano works like
1988's "Cristofori's Dream,"
full of lucid, reflective
melodies. "Cristofori's Dre...
They scored their first
commercial success in 1993
with a fusion of indigenous
chants with Dance Pop
electronics. True appreci...
Launched by the early
Ambient House crossover
hit "Sadeness" (1990),
Enigma turned to slick, New
Age-flavored Dance Pop....
A former member of
Clannad, Ireland's Eithne Ni
Bhraonain is the voice
behind Enya's angelic new
age/Celtic sound. Enya, th...
Lamb's R&B influences lend a
warm, energetic, childlike
feel to the sophistication of
his later (1990-) piano
compositions. After growi...
Winston's "rural folk piano"
excursions made him one of
the earliest (1982) icons of
Contemporary
Instrumental/New Age. Wi...
Debuting in 1976 with
Oxygene, Jarre
revolutionized electronic
music, becoming the first
popular artist in the genre...
Brickman's grasp of tidy pop
songcraft makes his new
age piano pieces heard
everywhere from "Sesame
Street" to Windham Hill. A...
Fahey's versatile sound
draws on everything from
Indian ragas and Native
American melodies to folk
and blues. On his first alb...
Inspired by Klaus Schulze in
1972, this Japanese
composer focused on lush,
gentle electronics that
paved the way for New A...
Isham has scored over fifty
films, including A River Runs
Through It, Quiz Show, and
Never Cry Wolf. The
American Film Institute na...
Liebert's fluid Flamenco
guitar lines are often
backed by tasteful tropical
rhythms. This reclusive but
accessible '90s guitarist p...
Though a top pop/jazz
bassist, it was O'Hearn's
sonically innovative solo
synthwork (1985-) that
made his name. Early in hi...
Lynch's classical guitar
training made his '80s trilogy
of contemporary electronic
LPs uncommonly resonant
and influential. Inspired b...
With his first recordings in
1986, Pasero launched his
career as both guitarist and
Contemporary Instrumental
producer. Pasero served...
Halpern and his Sound Rx
releases (1975-) explore
"anti-frantic alternatives"
and definitive New Age
keyboard styles. Halpern...
Haslem's exquisite dulcimer
performances also
incorporate his craft as a
twenty-first century
troubadour and storytelle...
Already a most
accomplished
new-electronic composer,
Vangelis won an Oscar in
1982 for his "Chariots of Fi...
As a best-selling guitarist,
producer for George
Winston, and president of
Windham Hill, Ackerman is a
new age paragon. "Windh...
This self-taught but
sensational '90s keyboardist
infuses florid passion into a
hybrid of popular and
classical styles. Despite n...
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