UNVEILED, which debuted at #3 on the NAR charts in January 2008, is pianist-composer Stanton Lanier's fifth release and his second with producer Will Ackerman, Grammy Award winning Founder of Windham Hill Records. Ackerman says of the album, "Stanton's music is filled with both soaring inspiration and a sense of remarkable peace." UNVEILED was recorded at Imaginary Road Studios in Windham County, Vermont, and features a stellar ensemble of prominent musicians, including Will Ackerman (Guitar), Eugene Friesen (Cello), Philip Aaberg (Synthesizer), Jeff Oster (Flugelhorn), Tracy Silverman (Violin), Jill Haley (English Horn), and Noah Wilding (Vocals).

"Unrivaled ... consummate beauty. Very few albums have touched me as deeply as Unveiled. This is one of the best albums I have heard in the last year. The power of Stanton?s compositions blended with the light ensemble is sheer musical pleasure. This is going on the top ten list." R.J. Lannan, New Age Reporter

"Exquisite ... almost assuredly one of the best recordings of the year. Unveiled deserves to be heard (and appreciated) by any lover of new age. "Awaken the Dawn" may be one of the five best new age songs I've heard this year ... worth the price of admission all by itself." Bill Binkelman, New Age Reporter

Mark Bruland’s first CD was titled Wisconsin Dawn, no doubt because he is a farmer who lives in my beloved birth state (beloved to me, at least). For his follow-up, Heritage, he has traversed the US, headed east, and turned his musical eye on the central part of New York State known as the Finger Lakes region (where his wife’s grandparents own property and where Mark and his family visit regularly). Judging by the heartfelt and evocative music contained on this album (which fulfills the promise of his solid recording debut), this area is obviously special to him. Intermixing dramatic sweeping keyboards and ensemble pieces anchored by pronounced rhythms with quieter more serene compositions, the songs on Heritage reveal Bruland to be a contemporary of relatively newer keyboard artists such as Marshall Styler, Michael Stribling or Harrison Edwards, although Peter Buffett, from his early Narada days, also springs to my mind more than once on those tracks which have a distinct cinematic sound.

Bruland effortlessly migrates from the anthem-like passion and intensity of the title instrumental ballad to the jaunty propulsive “Fillmore Glen” (fueled by thumping drums and a variety of keyboards as well as some nifty runs on piano) and then later to the Copland-esque orchestrations of “Skaneatles” which is followed by the haunting strains of mandolin and lush synth washes of “Moon Over Owasco.” No matter what mood or tempo or instrumentation Bruland brings to the fore, he handles all of it with both artistry and skill. The music is instantly likable and always accessible, yet is rich and vibrant, seldom, if ever, shallow or superficial.

With less than a week before Kurt Bestor performs his intimate concert at the beautiful La Caille Restaurant there are still tickets available. All the money from the ticket sales goes to benefit the Utah Animal Adoption Center. For your tax-deductable donation, you'll receive drinks, heavy hor d'oevres, a free signed CD, and an intimate concert with Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor.
Tickets $150. To RSVP - call Petrina at 801-755-8078.

Featuring pianists Joe Bongiorno, Joe Yamada, Louis Landon and Jon Mutchler. Join all four for a wonderful evening of piano music and storytelling. Great fun! This 90 seat concert will make for an amazingly intimate evening of piano music, putting you up close and personal with the artists! You'll be able to "feel" the music in a way you never could in a large venue. Sunday, August 3rd at 7:00 pm at

The Firehouse Performing Arts Center,
1314 Harris Ave.

Bellingham, WA 98225
Info 541-741-3252
Tickets 1-800-838-3006
Website www.solopianoradio.com.

Contact:
David Nevue dnevue@rainmusic.com

Linda Seeley performed for Jean's Jazz at The Racine Theater Guild March of 2007.

What made it so special is the beautiful scenic "motion picture" she accompanied called "Inspirational Wisconsin" that her friend Joe LaMartina produced.

Enjoy watching her perform her original compositions Soulmates and Fireflies and Fairies: www.newagepiano.net/linda-seeley-videos.html.

New video by Rebecca Johnson, Tobias Albrecht and Robert J. Wierzbicki with music by Brian Kelly is now available in the Brian Kelly's video section - "Seeds" (original title "Angels Breathing").

The video was created from the material originally released 2004 by Rebecca Johnson and Tobias Albrecht within the frame of the project "Seeds" supervised by Prof. Wierzbicki at the University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida (part of the Bachelor Thesis by Rebecca Johnson).

Sunday, June 22nd at 7pm at Joe's home near Seattle, WA... just 35 seats in his living room around the concert grand piano. Tickets are $25 & are available at Solo Piano Radio