2013 release from this side project of prolific producers David and Diane Arkenstone, who explore the sounds of the Native Southwest within the context of tribal atmospheres. Native Visions is a Native American music journey featuring 'Song of the River', 'Canyon Echoes', 'This Sacred Land' and many more.
Tracklist:
Song Of The River
Canyon Echoes
Stones Against The Sky
Rhythm Of The Heart
River Journey
This Sacred Land
Stormlight
Tower Of Stone
River Of Creation
Dream Catcher
Sacred Ground
Precious Waters
UPC: 792755587423Label: Green Hill Prod.Release Date: 2.26.13Format: CD
A gentle acoustic collection of peaceful guitar melodies.
Tracklist:
Tranquility
Willow Grove
Delicate Rain
Morning Calm
Serenity
Evening Prayers
Peaceful Memories
Spirits
Echo in the Forest
Peaceful Surrender
Window to the Soul
Prairie Calm
Fire and Ice
Mists of the Deep
Power in the Calm
Hope ; Healing
Sail Away
UPC: 792755635728Label: Green Hill MusicRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
A finger style acoustic guitar player using alternate tunings. The style is a bit new age, a bit ambient, and a bit just plain hard to describe. Somewhere back 2001 or 2002 he began to dabble with alternative tunings and quickly headed down the path that has resulted in the CD Borderline Normal. The tunes on this CD have evolved over the past few years and were recorded in various rooms of my home; A homegrown project all the way around with the exception of the mastering by Bill Wolf (Al Petteway, Jim Tozier, Brooks Williams, etc.) and art work by Glenn Wolff, a fellow Traverse City, Michigan resident and well known artist and bass player for the Neptune Quartet. New to the music scene and relatively new to finger style guitar, James' primary guitars are both hand built, one from Irish luthier Dermot McIlroy and the other from American Simon Fay. 'James Filkins's acoustic guitar CD derives it's title from the alternate tunings of it's 14 tracks. However, no ability to comprehend cryptic annotations like 'DGDGBD' and 'DADF#AD' is necessary: the clear, melodic instrumentals on Borderline Normal speak eloquently for themselves. If you like the sound of fingerpicked acoustic guitar, this CD is for you -- and if you don't, Borderline Normal may just succeed in converting you. Except for some silvery chimes and light percussion on a few of the tracks, it's pretty much just James Filkins and his acoustic guitars for the full 50 minutes of the CD. This turns out to be a very good thing. His compositions are crisp and confident, yet produce a relaxed, easygoing ambience. The CD opens with the well-titled piece, 'Round Lake Leelanau (A Biking Tune),' a track redolent with fresh air and open space. Like a musical game of Marco Polo, the clear, high refrain, slightly evocative of a bicycle bell, seems to call and answer the warmer underlying melody. The rest of the tracks can be divided into two basic camps: those with percussion and those without. The title cut and 'Possibilities' are upbeat and sunny, their sauntering pace accentuated by laidback conga and djembe rhythms. 'Early Morning Promises' and 'A Bleak December' are slower and more contemplative guitar solos. Because all 14 tracks are more or less mellow and cohesive in tone, it's difficult to pick out favourites. On the upside, there are definitely no clunkers. Filkins gets just about everything right with Borderline Normal. Part of the charm is the utter lack of pretension: the liner notes comment that the recording was 'engineered and produced by James Filkins, if at all.' There are no synthesisers or cheesy sound effects, just good, unadulterated guitar music and sound quality so sharp that it often seems like Filkins is playing in the same room. What is all the more surprising is that the tracks were recorded in his own home. Uncluttered and full of homegrown integrity, this CD is the perfect companion to a summer afternoon on the porch with a good book. Not that it should be relegated to background music; it's unobtrusive but fully worthy of your attention. I've never cared for the word 'borderline' with it's implications of being only-just-good-enough. Disregard the name: Borderline Normal is very good indeed. -Jennifer Mo, Rambles.NET "... a treat for the ears... very reflective ... His guitar music feels like a continuous flow of inspiration of the deeper layers of the soul." -Henk te Veldhuis, "Bridge Guitar Reviews" (Jan. 2007) Borderline Normal is an easy listen... soothing music that calms the spirit. The sound quality is top-notch, which really showcases Filkins' playing and the wonderful tone of the guitars.' - Jim Tozier, Solid Air Records Recording Artist (Feb 1, 2007)
Tracklist:
Round Lake Leelanau (A Biking Tune)
Front Porch Serenade
Ambient Noise
Borderline Normal
Autrain River
Early Morning Promises
Tears for a Princess
Passing
Oreo 1
Possibilities 1
Compatibility 1
Ducks Float 1
Bleak December 1
Holding Back the Dawn
UPC: 700261209456Label: Raighes FactoryRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
A collection of organic instrumentals that blend New Age, chamber jazz, Spanish Guitar, and avant garde experimentalism that feature renowned world class musicians on violin, cello, viola, flute, saxophone, accordion and stand-up bass. "A wine on the porch at the end of the day kind of album" according to John Shanahan of the Hypnagogue Podcast. "Patrick Ragains of The Minor 7th calls North Manitou Trail "A creative triumph." ORIGINALLY RELEASED JUNE 27, 2025"
Tracklist:
Walking Mojo
Ashes to Ashes
Keweenaw
Raft of Loons
Tunnel of Trees
Wisteria in Bloom
Winter Vine
Sunny Park in Harbor Springs
North Manitou Trail
Regrets
Redheads on the Wing
Tending the Garden
Squall Line
UPC: 663918053751Label: Raighes FactoryRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
On his second album Summer Sands & Sleeping Bears, fingerstyle acoustic guitarist and composer James Filkins creates acoustic instrumental music that is a bit new age, a bit Celtic, acoustically melodic, moody and sonically textured. Inspired by the landscape and locations around Northwestern Lower Michigan, both title tracks were inspired by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Leland Harbor. According to Patrick Ragains of The Minor 7th, The music on Summer Sands & Sleeping Bears is "reflective and never hurried... A musical departure that expresses the peace and joy of having been here, and the hope to return." ORIGIINAL RELEASE DATE JUNE 12, 2012
Tracklist:
Summer Sands
Chickadees Dancing
Pondering Poe (Cognac Dreams)
The Five Alls
Tintagel
Minding the Gap
Sleeping Bears (Winter Solstice)
Pu'honua (Place of Refuge)
Hallway Whispers
A Loon's Lament
Autumnal Equinox
Foamfollower
Farethewell/Casting Off
UPC: 700261358352Label: Raighes FactoryRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
Following the success of Prayers on the Wind, created in their Pacific Northwest home, Peter Ali, Dean Evenson, and Scott Huckabay weave meditative soundscapes that rise from the depths of the earth and soar into open skies. Ali channels his Mayo, Pima, and Moroccan roots, Huckabay his Chiricahua-Apache roots, and Evenson-meditation music innovator for over 50 yrs-adds a legacy of Peace Through Music to this deeply spiritual release that invites contemplation, renewal, & inner flight
Tracklist:
River Ancestors
Soaring Within
Braiding Intention
Before the First Flight
Journey on the Breeze
Voice of the Dawn
Born of Red Earth
Coyote Full Moon
Breath of the Rainforest
Heart Offerings
Woven in Quills
Into Essence
Rain on Cedar
Earth Medicine
Hawk Dreaming
Sweetgrass Offering
Sacred Homecoming
UPC: 096507723825Label: Soundings Of PlanetRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
DARLENE KOLDENHOVEN, GRAND MEMOIR - A Grand Memoir is Grammy-winning vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven's third solo piano album and fourteenth on her TimeArtr Recordings label. Ten original Contemporary Instrumental Solo Piano compositions, including one improvisation, range from relaxing to rousing. Her sonic palette reveals a variety of meters and modes, expressed with sweeping emotions, ethereal spaces, some pensive, and others pure joy. Darlene's love for the piano shines through these heartfelt live performances. All piano pieces came to Darlene in awakening dreams, during the writing of her memoir, Put Your Dress Down and Sing (Sibylline Press) (book, ebook, and audiobook also drop 8/7/26). On January 22, 2026, Darlene recorded live in her living room on a 1926 Golden Era Steinway Model L grand piano with original strings and ivory keys. The century-old piano was entrusted to Darlene's care by a family whose concert pianist mother was the original owner. Sheet music is available at Darlene's website. Music from A Grand Memoir appears in the audiobook version of Darlene's memoir.
Tracklist:
Love and Devotion
Impressions
Lilac Tears
Wright's Romanza
Caprice
Jacaranda Joy
Le Petit Carrousel
Winter in Vienna
Gentle Song
Flying with Kites
UPC: 765181109408Label: Time ArtRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
David Arkenstone invites listeners beyond the physical realm with Astral Journeys: A Window To The Soul. A true pioneer of ambient, new age, and neo-classical soundscapes, Arkenstone crafts a deeply intentional album designed for sleep, meditation, and astral exploration. Signature melodies and celestial textures open the mind to new universes. Beautifully immersive and soul-expanding-prepare to be transported.
Tracklist:
Pathways of Luminescence
Soft Echoes
Infinite Dreaming
Consciousness Dissolving
Floating Between Dreams
Silk Veils of Cosmic Consciousness
An Unbound Soul
Iridescent Corridors of Spiritual Flight
Stardust of Uncharted Realms
Luminous Realms of Consciousness
Gossamer Threads Between Dimensions
Flying Without Wind
UPC: 792755667927Label: Green Hill MusicRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
We live in a world where we are bombarded by information-often contradictory and rarely neutral- causing our sense of stability to shift. We seldom afford ourselves the luxury of peace of mind. Mist of Belonging composed and produced by Grammy nominated Peter Gordon, creates a space that reaches us with calm, hope and well-being. The album serves as an audio off-ramp from the high stress, high anxiety lives we lead, allowing us to pause and step outside the echo chamber surrounding us. Gordon's flute seems to breathe alongside us, guiding a meditative pathway. Emmy award winner, Daniel Bernard Roumain's violin, masterfully weaves between the notes adding expressive gestures that speak all languages and crystal bowl practitioner, Rebecca Carroll, provides a sustained sense of warmth and cohesion. Native flute and tongue drums serve to center us as a grounding force. With gentle guidance, this music cradles us, inviting us into a quiet shared space-a mist of belonging.
Tracklist:
Bloom
Solace
Slow Breath
Still Point
Woven Whispers
Native Calling
Ember
UPC: 700435721524Label: Thirsty EarRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Hausu Mountain co-founder Maxwell Allison returns to the label under his moniker Mukqs with an hour-long progressive ambient statement entitled Juckport. Performed live on a solitary sampler in a single take, the album shifts from warp-speed blasts of glitch to iridescent jazz fusion piano sketches to expanses of ecstatic synthesis. Allison's improvised approach to live sound collage blends innumerable layers of texture and oblique harmony into a continually thrilling electro-acoustic mosaic. Each track begins as a bank of samples sourced from Allison's collection of synthesizers, drum machines, and field recordings, arrows pointing in a direction but without established counterpoint. Spontaneity, and the sometimes chaotic juxtapositions it engenders, undercut any traces of machine logic in the music as it expands and contracts organically. It is the product of hands moving in real space, in real time, for an extended period. Juckport is animated by a duality of glitched-out abstraction and intangible bliss. Synthesizer pads stretch beyond the imagination's horizon line, counterbalanced by a churn of clipped samples that scatter across the stereo field like rapidfire psychedelic flashbacks. Cohesion emerges through textural continuity and development rather than repetition or pattern-making. Blink and innumerable details might slip by unnoticed, and the landscape might have shifted entirely. Still, as more viscous sounds enfold the listener, they communicate a calm, settled mindset, reflecting the motion of a creative mental state; large amounts of information are synthesized into a focused stream that reacts intuitively with the introduction of each new complicating element.
Tracklist:
Bucket Rolling Festa
The Inconvenience of Being Known
Surrender Etiquette
Octopascal
Regolith
Breeding Ground for Edge Vertices
Immortality (Types 1, 5, and 9)
Years Too Soon
Abyss Baby
UPC: 634457262409Label: Hausu MountainRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
Every season has it's own flavor and when we have had the opportunity to live enough of Life's Seasons, something can develop in a person. A greater willingness to listen both to one's inner wisdom as well as to people in our lives can develop. A greater appreciation of love and beauty can blossom. Original release date June 8, 2020.
Tracklist:
Life Seasons - Vocal Featuring Paula Hanke
Summer Solstice - Trio
Summer Night - Trio
Bohemian Summer - Vocal Quartet
Pre-Autumn - Trio
Sweet Autumn - Trio
Spinning Into Winter - Vocal Featuring Wendy Jones
Winter Solstice - Solo Piano
Velvet Shoes - Vocal Quartet
Winter Solstice Dream - Spoken Word Featuring Wendy Jones
Hope for Spring - Trio
Early Spring - Trio
The Fairy of Mystery Blue (3:14) - Vocal Quartet
UPC: 723867202829Label: Richheart MusicRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
The Richard Shulman Group with: Richard Shulman.
Tracklist:
Cool Breeze
For Lydia
Aaron Jacob Gold, Nearly Six Weeks Old
Open Spaces
Fanfare
Mom
Messenger
Compassion
UPC: 723867870523Label: Richheart MusicRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Spirals of Yearning [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Born of Darkness [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Desert Solitude [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Prometheus Returns/The Continent [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Songlines/Otherworld [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Magnificent Gallery/Circular Ceremony [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Bliss Currents [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
This Moment of Today [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
Structures from Silence [Live at la Rosa, Tucson Az, 12/6/2025]
UPC: 617026043821Label: Projekt RecordsRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
A must-have for long time fans and new listeners, this is Steven's definitive playlist. Each track is a unique jewel tuned to 432 Hz that combines stellar musicianship with the intention to create beautiful music that nourishes our soul. Steven's recordings resonate and activate our DNA and innate healing intelligence, and deepens your connection with Source. Within seconds, your brainwaves shift into the alpha and theta states, which enhance healing, meditation and spiritual practice of all kinds. Halpern's recordings are #1 worldwide bestsellers helping millions relieve stress, support optimal well-being, and solve chronic sleep deficiencies. Discover the music's many benefits from Steven's video "Scalus Interruptus" https://youtu. Be/-Ml8KiWH_1E Keyboard magazine honored Steven as "One of the 12 most influential artists of the past 20 years. " (1995 profile). He is a master at orchestrating tone, time, silence and brainwave entrainment to create timeless soundscapes that gently guide you into a relaxed state of mindful awareness. Featuring his iconic Fender Rhodes electric piano-highest rated keyboard for healing-Steven also plays grand piano and ethereal keyboards. Track 1 features the soulful oboe of Grammy winner Paul McCandless lyrically soaring over lush sonic atmospheres; Track 3 features Grammy winner David Darling's melodic, mellow cello, which resonates deeply throughout your body. Other outstanding tracks add bamboo flute, fretless bass and harp, weaving a tonal tapestry you'll enjoy for years to come.
Tracklist:
In The Realms Of Healing 432 Hz
Deep Theta (Part 1) 432 Hz
Heartnotes 2.0 432 Hz
1st Chakra_ Keynote C 432 Hz
Deep Theta 2.1 432 Hz
Deep Alpha (Part 3) 432 Hz
Awakening 432 Hz
Chakra Healing 432 Hz
Apollo's Lyre 2.0 432 Hz
Comfort Zone 432 Hz
Angels Of Grace 432 Hz
Eastern Peace 432 Hz
Presence Of Mind 432 Hz
Eventide 432 Hz
UPC: 093791843222Label: Steven Halpern's InnRelease Date: 11.9.18Format: CD
Tracklist:
Galadriel's Mirror - David Arkenstone
Dawn / Rising Sun - Kitaro
Song of Birds - Mari Fujiwara
Rosy Sky in Winter, The - Toshiyuki Watanabe
Wind on the Coastline, The - Manabu Ohishi
See, My Love - Andreas Vollenweider
Pavane For a Dead Princess - Kifu Mitsuhashi
Labelle Pomme - Makoto Hirahara
Time Stops - Suzanne Ciani
Poet in the Afternoon, A - Keiichi Uko
Parting Paths - John Kaizan Neptune
Deja Blues - Steven Halpern
Stella - Andreas Vollenweider
Filipa - Aftertouch
Heart - Makoto Hirahara
Full Moon Sonata - Suzanne Ciani
Falling Snow - Toshiyuki Watanabe
Lothlorien - David Arkenstone
Inner Peace - Steven Halpern
Ritual Dance - Kitaro
Sky & Sand Way - John Kaizan Neptune
Awakened Breezes - Manabu Ohishi
Andante - Shin-Ichi Fukuda
Silver Spring Rain - Hideo Shimazu
UPC: 795041761125Label: Kin KouRelease Date: 6.27.06Format: CD
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