We chat with the Godfather of New Age Music, Steven Halpern.
Steven Halpern has been called the Godfather of New Age music and there’s a lot of evidence to validate that claim. He released his first album of electric piano modalities, called Spectrum Suite, in 1975. That makes 2015 his 40th anniversary as a recording artist. He recently released the album Among Friends: 1975-2015, a 40 year retrospective of works with collaborators, including the late flutist Paul Horn and reed player Paul McCandless, and a new recording called Ambient Alchemy with guitarist Michael Diamond and bassist Michael Manring. We talk to Halpern about the evolution of his music from the “anti-frantic alternative” to his concepts of sound healing.
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Paul Adams
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0:06:00
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Deborah Martin
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0:11:11
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Lana Del Rey
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0:15:34
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Bob Moses
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0:21:35
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Paul Ellis
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0:29:00
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break
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Second Half Hour |
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0:30:00
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Interview: Steven Halpern
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0:39:31
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break
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0:40:01
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Steven Halpern
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Oceans of Mindfulness
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Mindful Piano
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0:45:10
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Tei Shei
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0:49:36
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The Mynabirds
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0:53:23
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Kodomo
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0:59:00
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break
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Third Half Hour |
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0:01:00
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Tommy Emmanuel
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0:06:00
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California Guitar Trio
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0:08:48
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Fink
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0:14:40
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Stephan Duros
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0:19:28
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Mediaeval Baebes
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0:23:08
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Lawson Rollins
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0:29:00
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break
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Fourth Half Hour |
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0:30:00
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Sumner McKane
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The Friendly Explorer Who Had Many Native Friends
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0:36:31
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Silencio
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0:40:10
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The Little Unsaid
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Can We Hear It
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0:43:48
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break
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0:44:33
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Johan Agebjorn
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0:49:51
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The Nightjar Orchestra
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Love Song
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