Swap a CD: 15 Recently Posted CDs in New Age

Epiphany Project John Hodian Bet Williams - Epiphany Project

Epiphany Project (John Hodian & Bet Williams) — 2013-05-21T13:46:52-05:00

As Epiphany Project, composer, John Hodian and songwriter, Bet Williams continue to turn the art song upside down in their dynamic performances. Their compositions are a unique hybrid of modern classical art song, world music, Americana and folk. Epiphany Project combines voice, piano, exotic hand percussion and electric cello for a totally ?entrancing and otherworldly? sound which The Washington Post called ?a kinetic and contemporary blend of poetic word play and contagious rhythms?. The New York-based ensemble has been praised for its ?evocative dreamlike tone poems? full of ?soulful melodies and poignant lyrics.? With Williams? striking four-octave range and compelling visual style and Hodian?s deeply expressive improvisational piano, their performances are highly charged, theatrical events. In concert, the music moves from delicate and intimate whispers to thundering, ecstatic climaxes.

Tangerine Dream - Lily on the Beach

Tangerine Dream — 2013-05-20T17:12:13-05:00

CD reissue of this title from the innovative German Electronica outfit, one of the most influential instrumental outfits of the 20th century. Tangerine Dream has never produced anything calculated to make the masses jump off their chairs and start screaming Top 40 tunes, but they have managed to have an immense impact in the world of Electronic and soundtrack music. Their 107 (and counting) studio, live and soundtrack releases have their own driving hypnotic pieces that might differ from release to release, but they are all uniquely Tangerine Dream. Document. 2009.

Various Artists - Narada Wilderness

Various Artists — 2013-05-20T15:10:01-05:00

Various Artists - Danny Boy

Various Artists — 2013-05-20T00:38:41-05:00

Jazz Mandolin Project - Xenoblast

Jazz Mandolin Project — 2013-05-19T22:38:43-05:00

This oddball power trio's third album is also their major-label debut. It blasts into jazz consciousness with a jungle-meets-fusion title track that sounds like Flatt & Scruggs jamming with Phish. Xenoblast flies high from the get-go, but you can tell JMP are just warming up. With Jamie Masefield on mandolin and mandola, Chris Dahlgren on bass, and Ari Hoenig on drums, JMP incorporates dazzlingly unusual melodic fare with hardy improvisations that gallivant with all the promise of mad youth on a swinging bender. They sail through subtle hard bop in "Double Agent," do a country-reggae march on "The Milliken Way," caress Celtic funk with "Dromedary," romp through the American heartland in "Shaker Hill," and pay tribute to Stravinsky with the complex arrangement of "Igor." JMP's cleverness sometimes mires their rambunctious improvs, and band loses the plot while building mindless climaxes. Xenoblast is feast and famine, a blend of innovative ideas and musicianship occasionally sabotaged by JMP's enthusiasm and whirlpool of ideas. --Ken Micallef

Laurence Olivier - Xmas Carol

Laurence Olivier — 2013-05-19T15:40:12-05:00

David Arkenstone - Citizen of Time

David Arkenstone — 2013-05-19T15:23:30-05:00

Halo - Angelic Light: Angelic Embrace

Halo — 2013-05-19T15:12:40-05:00

Tommy Eyre - Celectial Harp

Tommy Eyre — 2013-05-19T15:10:11-05:00

Halo - Angelic Light: Celestial Song

Halo — 2013-05-19T14:44:48-05:00

Halo - Angelic Light: Cherub Divine

Halo — 2013-05-19T14:43:22-05:00

Halo - Angelic Light: Heavenly Presence

Halo — 2013-05-19T14:42:00-05:00

Delerium - Chimera

Delerium — 2013-05-19T04:53:29-05:00

The aggregate responsible for inspiring Sarah McLachlan to enter the dance music realm is back with a fresh set of beauties for 2003, including guest appearances by Leigh Nash (Sixpence None The Richer) and they also managed to get Julee Cruise (Twin Peaks, Angelo Badalamenti) to record once more. This special edition of the album comes with a bonus disc of a track that didn't make the regular album and a remix of "After All", along with three enhanced videos of previous hits!

Tia Knight - Smoke & Mirrors

Tia Knight — 2013-05-18T23:49:05-05:00

New cd from Tia Knight 1 amazing 2 smoke & mirrors 3 tesstone 4 freedom 5 away 6 glove box 7 the window 8 derived from latin 9 I 10 Illusions remix

Mickey Hart - Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (Reis)

Mickey Hart — 2013-05-18T12:21:30-05:00

Moving beyond the worldbeat percussion of Planet Drum and At the Edge, the Grateful Dead percussionist makes a pop crossover move in partnership with Sade producer Robin Millar and the English vocal sextet The Juleps. An automatic buy for Deadheads. --Jeff Bateman