Andreas plays his harp in amongst 20 other pop instruments to produce melody and a good fast, happy beat. Andreas vollenweider was born on october 4th, 1953 in zurich. Andreas vollenweider s book of roses marries concept to contemporary instrumentalism, and blends the music of numerous cultures into the composers already worldly sound. Behind the gardens, behind the wall, under the tree. The music is lightly jazzy, performed on modified harp, rhythmanatomic acousticolors and ufo, and drums, with vocal colorings which come and go. Oct 01, 2014 andreas vollenweiders album from 1981 is just as colorful as the title implies.
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His music, very dynamic and colorful, has been categorized as world music, jazz, new age or even classical. On his official web site, vollenweider is quoted as saying of this album, the making of white winds was like a creative harvest time. The newlyremastered, live performances heard on these two cds represent the soundtrack of a breathtakingly exciting journey over the past twentyfive years an adventure andreas vollenweider has shared with his band and with such memorable guest stars as vocalist eliza gilkyson and the sinfonia varsovia. Andreas vollenweiders songs stream online music songs. He has collaborated with bobby mcferrin, carly simon, luciano pavarotti and in 1987 received a grammy award for the album down to the moon. Andreas vollenweiders breakthrough album new age music. Your guide is bt fasmer, who has been a new age music fan since 1987.
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