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Listen to Christmas solo piano music by Louis Landon on new new album Calm and Peaceful Christmas Piano. I did a post about his first 2011 Christmas album many years ago, but also thought it might be appropriate to include that along with a more recent one.
Photo credit: Amazon album cover
Listen to instrumental piano music from Laura Sullivan on her new album Pieces of Forever. Read a great review by Kathy Parsons at mainlypiano.com.
It has been nominated as Best New Age Album for the 2022 Grammy Awards to be held Jan 22, 2022; she previously won Best New Age Album for her album Love’s River in 2014. You can read more about the album, stories behind the songs, and her parents in the press kit available at her web site.
I also included her 2018 album A Magical Christmas, her Grammy-winning Love’s River album from 2014, and my custom playlist of her other music.
The illusion of time is our obstacle. Life is like a river. The beginning, the middle, and the end are always present, and are in all things, at every moment. We cannot understand the light, without knowing the darkness. In knowing this, may we find comfort, and rest for our sorrow.
My mother was a classically trained pianist, and my father played country guitar and harmonica. In their honor I’ve created this album, delicately intertwining classical piano with Americana ambiance.
Blue Tent Creek was written in memory of my mom reflecting memories of walks behind my parent’s property. Rest Your Sorrow in 3 movements is part of an album titled Pieces of Forever inspired by the lives of both my parents, and to honor them. Creating this has been a journey of great love for me.
We all carry moments we treasure, people in our lives that have passed on but will always be so dear us, and irreplaceable precious memories. These are all eternal. They are pieces of our forever. Please enjoy this relaxing piano guitar and cello music.
YouTube – Laura Sullivan
See my music post on Laura Sullivan for more albums, videos, and links.
Photo credit: Pieces of Forever @ Amazon (album cover).
Listen to Christmas music by Ingrid Michaelson on her new album Songs For The Season Deluxe Edition. This is a new version of her earlier 2018 album with 5 additional songs.
Enjoy more music from Ingrid Michaelson.
Photo credit: Songs for the Season Deluxe Edition @ Amazon (album cover)
Listen to solo piano music by Stephan Moccio on his new album Lionheart. I also included several albums from last year with Tales of Solace and a Christmas album Winter Poems. Read the nice reviews by Kathy Parsons at mainlypiano.com for both Tales of Solace and Winter Poems.
I also included several single variations including his solo piano version of the mega-hit Wrecking Ball that he wrote for Miley Cyrus. He has collaborated with Celine Dion (“A New Day Has Come”), Sarah Brightman (“What You Never Know”), and Josh Groban (“My Heart Was Home Again”) to name only a very few, and he also composed “I Believe,” the theme of the 2010 Canadian Winter Olympics.
There are also 7 EP volumes that he releases this year, along with several other individual singles, as well as some videos. Enjoy this amazing talent!
Photo credit: Lionheart @ Amazon (album cover)
Listen to solo piano Christmas music by Joe Bongiorno on his new album A Candlelight Christmas 2. I also included the first A Candlelight Christmas album from 2010, and created a custom playlist so you play them both together as background music during your Christmas holiday, as well as another playlist of his other music.
You can purchase full album sheet music song books in either spriral-bound printed or PDF download (which is also included with the printed versions). I have included those links below so you can learn to play them all yourself, or just download specific individual songs if you don’t want the full album.
Read the reviews by Kathy Parsons at mainly.piano.com of both the albums and their printed songbooks.
This is fantastic (like all of Joe’s music), and will certainly get you in the holiday mood. Here are a few quotes that describe this new album.
more holiday solo piano in Joe’s peaceful, flowing, signature style including 3 tracks by his wife/pianist Amy Janelle”.
joebongiorno.com (web site)
A little more Christmas music to unwind to…” so that gives you an idea of the spirit and style of the music. Most of the pieces have flowing broken chords on the left hand rather than the more blocked chords found in hymnals and many “sing-along” books. Intended to be played as piano solos, not accompaniments, some liberty has been taken with the traditional timing of a few pieces, but all of them are very easily recognizable and the arrangements are expressive and very beautiful.
A Candlight Christmas 2 CD (on the back)
You will love these even if you don’t celebrate Christmas. Enjoy this gift.
Listen to more of his music at Joe Bongiorno with additional albums, videos, and links.
Photo credit: A Candlelight Christmas 2 @ Amazon (album cover)
Listen to a recent solo piano concert by Joe Borngiorno and Brad Jacobsen. It was performed live for a Facebook audience above Sedona, Arizona, and features the Kawai ES-920 digital piano. I included the song list from the concert, as well as all the albums that contain them. I love their music and the setting, and thought you might enjoy more of their music too.
These are the albums that include the songs from this concert.
Listen to more music by Joe Bongiorno or Brad Jacobsen.
Listen to solo piano music by Louis Landon on his new album It’s a Good Life. I also included several other albums released earlier this year, as well as my playlist of his songs. Read this interesting interview by Kathy Parsons at MainlyPiano.com from the beginning of the year.
Listen to his music at Louis Landon for more of his albums, videos, and links.
Photo credit: It’s a Good Life @ Amazon (album cover)
Listen to this favorite music playlist that I wanted to share. It’s quite a variety and I think you will enjoy it too. I thought it would good to select tracks that I have liked in this new series of posts.
If you like this, you might try my earlier posts in this series of my favorites.
Also you might like to listen to my other Discovery Mix playlists that highlight new music that I have discovered.
Photo credit: Spotify playlist
Listen to guitar music by Ulli Boegershausen on his most recent album In the Center of the Action. I have also included other albums, singles, links, and his playlist.
These are links to his website, social media, and general information.
These are links to artist pages at popular music players and music stores.
Photo credit: In the Center of the Action @ Amazon (album cover).