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Description of Contemporary Instrumental

 
Contemporary Instrumental New Age music is broadly defined as soothing, often meditative music without vocal accompaniment. Instrumentation ranges from the sounds of the Modern Mandolin Quartet to John Tesh's sweeping pop keyboards, to Mannheim Steamroller's orchestral synths.
 

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Acoustic Alchemy

After the death of founding
member Nick Webb in 1998,
this group's mellow jazz
sounds drifted closer to
new age. After recording...

David Arkenstone

Inspired by the musical uses
of computers in the late
'80s, he composes
acoustic/electronic hybrids
for TV and stereo. Arkens...

James Galway

A world-reknowned flautist
from Ireland, James Galway
has been recording
easy-on-the-ears Celtic
instrumentals since 1974. I...

Jim Brickman

Brickman's grasp of tidy pop
songcraft makes his new
age piano pieces heard
everywhere from "Sesame
Street" to Windham Hill. A...

John Tesh

New Age composer John
Tesh (better known as the
host of Entertainment
Tonight) got his start writing
TV themes. Tesh won an...

Liz Story

Classically trained, Story
changed her focus after
hearing Bill Evans one night
in New York City. Her
simple, direct piano playi...

Mark Isham

Isham has scored over fifty
films, including A River Runs
Through It, Quiz Show, and
Never Cry Wolf. The
American Film Institute na...

Sacred Spirits

Minimal, percussion led
synth arrangements serve
as pulse for these Native
American chants. "Sacred
Spirit: Chants and Dances"...

Stevan Pasero

With his first recordings in
1986, Pasero launched his
career as both guitarist and
Contemporary Instrumental
producer. Pasero served...

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