Animal Tales
Artist: Bill Shontz

Cheers to Shontz's first solo effort. (He is half of the duo Rosenshontz.) Sure to have great audience appeal, there are no simplistic kiddie songs in this top-notch production. ~ Janet Schnol, All Music Guide Read More

It's About Time
Artist: Tademitsu Saito

Japanese artist Tadamitsu Saito has produced a monumental work of vocals and instrumentals on It's About Time. Saito adds his prodigious talent on the piano to the talent of some of the New Age world's superstars, including Jon Andersen from Yes on vocals, Paul McCandless on oboe, Michael Manring on bass, Steve Kindler on violin and Teja Bell on... Read More

Traveling On
Artist: Mike Strickland

Traveling On showcases Mike Strickland's intimate, sincere, warmhearted piano work. The original songs are inspired by his moods at sunrise, hot lazy days, his feelings for his mother and his young daughter. These color his music with affection, tenderness and deep emotion. Many of the titles have a soft Latin touch from Jerry Garcia's... Read More

Seven Gates: A Christmas Album
Artist: Ben Keith

Steel-guitar influences from New Orleans, Nashville, and Hawaii converge on a snowy December day for this Christmas album. Longtime Neil Young collaborator Keith convenes a cast of many to deliver a seasonal instrumental/vocal combo of "country-folk new age." The sound is pastoral and unassuming, but imbued with a rootsy serenity and stamped... Read More

Embryonic Journey
Artist: Jorma Kaukonen

This unusual release features 11 disparate renderings of "Embryonic Journey," recorded by Tom Constanten (piano/voice) and the song's author, Jorma Kaukonen (guitar/voice). The contents are certainly a fitting testimonial to both the music and musicians, as the former Grateful Dead keyboard player and Jefferson Airplane lead stringman present... Read More

Intuition
Artist: Pauline Wilson

If a rock and roll alien came upon the planet and wondered exactly what the NAC tag meant musically, Pauline Wilson's bright and snazzy vocals on Intuition might make a perfect example. The tunes, written by a variety of known names like Gregg Karukas and Brenda Russell, are not quite trendy enough to be Top 40 hits, but still stylish, hooky,... Read More