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Wa producer production during covid 19 will as producer demomusic submissions production credits imaginary road studios the gathering compilations bio bio discography tunings concerts new events house concerts william ackerman. Windham hill records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. Perfect crime windham hill jazz, 1989 iguana windham hill jazz, 1990 u. This record is notable in that it started a new tr. Download windham hill a winters solstice 3 mp3 album.
Windham hill sampler 96 by various artists on amazon. On this release he sheds the windham hill chains although it was released on windham hill s subsidiary label, high street, and plays some heavy jazz rock fusion. The first single, nineteen eighty, is available now on all streaming platforms and at rock radio stations nationwide. In time the genre associated with windham hill was called newage music. The winter solstice concerts bring the music of windham hill full circle, 40 years after it.
A year passes by everything and nothing goes straight to memory with a full year since. Windham hill records was founded in 1976 by will ackerman as a distribution channel to selfrelease his acoustic guitar music, and within a span of 45 years the label became a giant in the making for new age music a term ackerman and most artists on the windham hill label absolutely detestedread the delightful liner notes on this issue as found in the windham hill. Buy mp3 music online windham hill a winters solstice 4. Listen free to various artists windham hill sampler 96. These listings are for the disc only and do not come with the case, album art, or inserts. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for windham hill music releases. Music profile for mark isham, born 7 september 1951. Windham hill a winters solstice 4 mp3 album download. An allinstrumental, all relaxing soundtrack to your life. A winters solstice ii wh1077 the second holidaythemed album from the windham hill label, the 77th cataloged, features completely original tracks recorded specifically for the album. And to be completely honest, this band, aside from their first album, were just about the opposite of progressive. Here on our soundcloud you get to listen to the top albums, for free. Between 1985 and 2005 windham hill released a total of 24 winter holiday compilation albums. Shadowfax ended their recording career with an album slightly better than the previous esperanto.
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Bernardo rubaja biography argentinian keyboardist bernardo rubaja combined forces with fellow keyboardist cesar hernandez mexico in 1987 for one of the better releases on the windham hill records label specializing in new age music. Windham hill records is a record company, founded in the 1976 by guitarist and carpenter william ackerman and his thenwife anne robinson. The label was selling millions of albums, and ackerman became a wealthy man. By 1984, ackerman no longer wanted to run a large corporation. August 29, 2005 artists, i am told, are always searching for a new medium to explore.
It should only contain pages that are windham hill records albums or lists of windham hill records albums, as well as subcategories containing those things. This is not really an artist, but was used by windham hill records for some of their labelcompilations. Flagship artist for the pioneering new age label windham hill, a pianist whose style combines impressionistic melodies with american folk influences. Windham hill records was originally an independent label founded in 1976 by william. Windham hill fans will know emil richards from his work with shadowfax on their early albums on the label, especially the selftitled label debut shadowfax and the follow up shadowdance. The first ten years is a retrospective celebrating the artists and artistry of the pioneering new age labels first full decade. Carol of the bells arranged and produced by phil aaberg and dawn atkinson.
Browse through the gallery of windham hill inn, our awardwinning new england country getaway, and imagine relaxing in the rolling hills of southern vermonts green mountains. Man konnte jetzt hier eine ganze menge uber phanomenale kunstler wie z. Windham hill inn gallery vermont green mountain hotel. It blended overt latin folk influences with the new age aesthetic and benefited from production by mark isham. If youre a jazz, new age or acoustic instrumental music fan, youve come to the right place to learn more about artists like william ackerman, george winston. Windham hill records download and listen to albums. Rem genre new age modern classical folk contemporary jazz rem date 1985 rem discid 8f094e0a rem comment exactaudiocopy v0. In 1998, russ freeman took a break from the rippingtons to team up with fellow guitarist craig chaquico to produce musical journeyfrom the redwoods to the rockies. Check out windham hill records sampler series on amazon music. Find nightnoise discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Windham hill records, his iconoclastic record production company, was to be merely a lark. Though hes primarily selftaught as a guitarist, his grandfather played violin with the san francisco symphony and his father was a classical pianist.
I designed this website to catalog windham hill s holiday collection pre and postbmg ownership. Windham hill piano sampler ii playground henry adam. The first holidaythemed album from the windham hill label, the 45th cataloged, featuring both original tracks as well as tracks lifted from albums previously recorded shadowfaxs petite aubade originally featured on watercourse way and marshallangers bach bouree originally featured on chiaroscuro. Please dont use the name windham hill artists if it is not used on the release. Find windham hill artists song information on allmusic. Explore releases from the windham hill music label.
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Across america, and life in the tropics both in 2000. Few windham hill artists cared for the term new age company founder william ackerman genuinely hated it, as none of them ever wrote songs about. Albums include reflective depths imbibe, south facing epitaph, and window of souls. Despite outward signs of success, he was diagnosed with depression. You will get 2 track for free after confirming your account. No need, it seems, to use words like folksy, melodic and moody. A winters solstice 3 high quality complete mp3 album. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program. It was originally known for folk and acoustic music but became associated with new age music after the success of george winstons autumn in 1980. Windham hill records although some of its artists also used electronics, the american label windham hill pioneered new acoustic music to such an extent that during its peak years the label became a. Only a few years earlier, in an attempt to lighten the workload at their palo alto offices, anne robinson and william ackerman, owners of windham hill records, decided to create a sampler of annual catalog offerings in one compilation album, featuring their artists and their albums from over the past year. Windhaming windham hill records community home facebook.
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