David Arkenstone has crafted an album that captures the mysticism, weather and sound of the season with Winterlüde with all original tone poems. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.
We lost the great cellist & ambient chamber music pioneer David Darling last year. But fellow cellist Hans Christian resurrected him in an album of virtual duets called Ocean Dreaming Ocean.
The New Age Grammy award category has cratered again in 2013, nominating recordings of little impact and dubious creativity. Calling it New Age, Ambient or Chant has not helped.
Abbess Hildegard von Bingen composed some of the most serene and transcendent music ever. Kevin Keller adapts them on a new album called Evenson, Echoes November CD of the Month.