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Alan Campbell's Choices:

I Must Be Dreaming
Guitarist, Tomas Michaud
“Perfect romantic mood music for a summer evening.” -Jennifer Layton, Indie-Music Review
EXOTIC RHYTHMS, SENSUOUS MELODIES, PASSIONATE SPANISH GUITAR, VIOLIN, SAX
Just the kind of relaxing music we like to present to LibraryPreviews.com readers. Tomas Michaud is a master guitarist, composer and producer who has been possessed by the muse of music since before he was ten years of age. With prodigious acumen, Tomas developed his musical technique with the trumpet, electric bass and mandolin before he discovered his first love, guitar, at the age of fourteen. Soon he was performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area developing a popular following which now numbers in the thousands. ~ rac

Pianissimo III continues the tradition of Suzanne Ciani's solo piano recordings, presenting both new compositions and earlier pieces in new piano arrangements.

"I invite you to sit right beside me as I play, rather than out in the concert hall."
Suzanne Ciani

Paradise Narada recording artists Tingstad & Rumbel are performer/composers who have been presenting their contemporary folk music throughout North America since the mid-'80s. Eric Tingstad, a classical guitarist, and Nancy Rumbel, who plays oboe, English horn, and ocarina, began their association after meeting at a music festival in the Pacific Northwest. They were drawn together by a shared interest in applying their instruments outside their traditional settings, integrating ethnic, jazz, rock, and other contemporary influences into their classical backgrounds. Their neo-classical instrumentals mixed with a warm folk treatment has been called "Northwestern Impressionism" and brought the attention of new age label Narada who released their holiday-themed album, The Gift, in 1985. Extensive touring throughout small towns in the U.S. and Canada built an avid fan base, expanding their exposure to new and more diverse audiences.