Listen to this instrumental playlist created by Spotify with minimalism, electronica and modern classical to concentrate to.
Music for Concentration (Playlist) – 90 songs, 4 hr
Photo credit: Spotify Playlist Image.
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Jill Andrews: Thirties
Listen to indie folk music by singer/songwriter Jill Andrews on her latest album Thirties. I also included another earlier album The Mirror that was not included in my previous post.
Albums
Thirties (2020) – 12 songs, 43 min
The Mirror (2011) – 10 songs, 35 min
Video
Back Together – Live from her living room – 3 min 24 sec
My Love is For – Live on Southern Sessions – 4 min 34 sec
Listen to more of her music at Jill Andrews for more of her albums, videos, and links.
Photo credit: Thirties @ Amazon (album cover)
Michele McLaughlin: Sweet and Lovely Piano Solos (Playlist)
Listen to this Sweet and Lovely Piano Solos playlist created by Michele McLaughlin. It’s a great collection of sweet and lovely piano solos from today’s top solo piano artists that offers great background music for your day.
Playlists
Sweet and Lovely Piano Solos (Playlist) by Michele McLaughlin – 34 songs, 2 hr 26 min
Listen to more of her music at my Michele McLaughlin post for more albums, videos, and links. This new playlist will be included there as well.
Photo credit: Michele McLaughlin (Spotify Playlist)
Discovery Mix Playlist Index
Listen to 12 custom playlists with 35 hours of music recently discovered that I liked and wanted to share. Great background for reading, writing, or focus work.
Since I have added more Discovery Mix playlist recently, I decided to expand the Discovery Mix Playlist pages. The Discovery Mix Playlist page is now simply an index with a list and links to the other pages.
Since there are now 12 playlists, I created several pages: 2018 (Feb – Aug) with 8 playlists (17 hr) and 2020 (Feb – Mar) with 4 playlists (18 hr).
I will add more pages as needed, and update the index as I release new Discovery Mix posts. I have a lot more that I have created, and will release them periodically.
I hope you enjoy them, and that these changes make sense. Do you have any preference for shorter (1-2 hr) or longer (4-8 hr) playlists? Do you like a blend of music like piano and guitar? Any suggestions?
Antonio Malinconico: Postcards for Guitar
Listen to guitar music by Antonio Malinconico on his most recent album Postcards for Guitar. I have also included a video and my playlist of his more popular songs.
Album
Postcards for Guitar (2019) – 16 songs, 46 min
Video
Chili for Lily on Postcards for Guitar (2019) – 1 min 14 sec
Playlist
Antonio Malinconico (Playlist) – 8 songs, 29 min
See my Antonio Malinconico post for more of his albums, videos, and links.
Photo credit: Postcards for Guitar @ Amazon (album cover).
Playlist: Relaxing Piano
Listen to this relaxing piano playlist created by Double J Music. Beautiful solo classical songs. Ludovico Einaudi (Una Mattina), Yann Tiersen, Pachelbel (Canon In D), Alexandre Desplat (Bella’s Lullaby), Philip Glass, Erik Satie and Dario Marianelli.
Relaxing Piano (Playlist) – 508 songs, 24 hr 44 min
Photo credit: Spotify Playlist Image.
Lenka: Recover
Listen to indie pop music by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka on her latest EP album Recover. I also include another album Attune released since my last Lenka post. Several years ago I saw her at Stubbs BBQ in Austin during her “Bright Side” tour, along with British singer/songwriter Nick Howard.
Albums
Recover – EP (2020) – 6 songs, 22 min
Attune (2017) – 12 songs, 41 min
Playlist
Lenka (Playlist) – 30 songs, 1 hr 45 min
Video
Here is a music video for her song Unique that is an epic selfie video, made by Lenka and her fans from all over the world!
Unique on The Bright Side () – 3 min 21 sec
Listen to more of her music at my Lenka post for more of her albums, videos, and links. This new album and updated playlist has been included there as well.
Photo credit: Recover @ Amazon (album cover)
Relaxing Piano Music – The Top 50 of 2019
Listen to solo piano music on this playlist created by Whisperings. The 50 most popular piano tracks of 2019 on Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio (solopianoradio.com) – based on listener activity song interaction. Great background with almost 5 hours of wonderful relaxing music for whatever you’re doing. Enjoy!
Playlist
Relaxing Piano Music – The Top 50 of 2019 (Playlist) – 50 songs, 4 hr 4 min
Best of Piano Haven Studio Vol 1
Listen to solo piano music on this playlist created by Joe Bongiorno. It showcases the very best from his Piano Haven Studio in Sedona, Arizona from their deep client list of renowned contemporary / new age music artists and features a Shigeru Kawai SK-7L concert grand piano.
Great background with almost 5 hours of wonderful relaxing music for whatever you’re doing. Click on any of the 28 artists listed below alphabetically to listen to even more of their music. Enjoy!
Playlist
Best of Piano Haven Studio Vol 1 (Playlist) – 70 songs, 4 hr 51 min
Artists
- Joseph Akins
- Adam Andrews
- Joe Bongiorno
- Christine Brown
- Zachary Bruno
- Dan Chadburn
- Gary Girouard
- Tim Glemser
- Wayne Gratz
- Doug Hammer
- Brad Jacobsen
- Amy Janelle
- Louis Landon
- Chad Lawson
- Kendra Logozar
- Michael Logozar
- Rhonda Mackert
- Greg Maroney
- Matthew Mayer
- Michele McLaughlin
- Shoshana Michel
- David Nevue
- Cathy Oakes
- Mary Lydia Ryan
- John Albert Thomas
- Anne Trenning
- Philip Wesley
- Joe Yamada
Watch many of these artists in live performances for the Piano Haven Concert Series.
Personal Playlists
Check out my personal playlists.
- My Playlists (10) – favorite piano, guitar, folk, pop, and country music
- My Reel Tapes (14) – playlists from the 60’s and 70’s based on personal tape recordings from FM radio
- Discovery Mix (8) – background music for reading, writing, or focus work
I recently created the Discovery Mix page with all my Discovery Mix playlists. I will be creating more so I thought it would be helpful to provide an index to them in one place. I added a Discovery Mix link to the PLAYLISTS section in the sidebar, which was shifted to the top. Also I added a Music > Playlists menu option and updated the Music section on the Welcome page so it’s always easy to find.