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This is a list of new-age music artists with articles on Wikipedia. New-age music is broadly defined as relaxing, even "meditative", music that is primarily instrumental. Unlike relaxing forms of classical music, new-age music makes greater use of electronica and non-Western instrumentation.
New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, [1] and reading as a method of stress management [2] to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than trance, [3] [4] or to create a peaceful atmosphere in homes or other environments.
Paul Simpson of AllMusic viewed the album positively, calling it an "incredibly beautiful, immersive listening experience". He felt that the tracks were easy to "get lost in, or maybe succumb to, as it feels like there's no way out", while working "magnificently" as sleeping or relaxing music to calm listeners down. [3]
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking composition, beat, and/or structured melody, [5] ambient music uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening, [6] and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.
Brian Peter George Eno (/ ˈ iː n oʊ /, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambient music and electronica, and for producing, recording, and writing works in rock and pop music. [1]
Beautiful music initially offered soft and unobtrusive instrumental selections on a very structured schedule with limited commercial interruptions. It often functioned as a free background music service for stores, with commercial breaks consisting only of announcements aimed at shoppers already in the stores.
The Beautiful Guitar is a compilation album released by instrumental rock artist Joe Satriani in 1993. It was only released in Europe, and contained various softer, ballad-like songs (As opposed to more rock-oriented hits such as "Surfing with the Alien") from his six previous albums.
In 2010, her album Essential Snatam Kaur: Sacred Chants for Healing peaked at number nine on the Billboard listing of Top New Age Music Albums. [9] Snatam Kaur's career also received a boost when it became known that her music was a favorite of Oprah Winfrey. [10] Kaur was nominated for a 2019 Grammy for her album Beloved.