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Easy Listening Music: Enya, Jim Brickman And Kenny G
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Published: March 21, 2007
One of the best ways to unwind after a long day's work is to listen to the soothing and relaxing sounds of easy listening music. With peaceful instrumentals that often facilitate a more comfortable atmosphere, easy listening music is a genre of music that is categorized by being pleasant to listen to and easy on a listener's ears.
Due to the broad range of musical genres, easy listening music can be difficult to classify. It's important, then, to note that easy listening music is also referred to as new age, lounge, muzak, mood, elevator, adult contemporary and smooth jazz music.
There are many successful artists that produce easy listening music. Perhaps the most popular is the artists known as Enya. As the winner of the 2007 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Enya is one of the most successful musical groups to record easy listening music. Although Enya does not place her music in the new age genre (she classifies it as Enya ), due to its basis in electronic instrumental music, her music is given the new age classification by music retail stores.
Enya is a musical group made up of three members: composer and performer Enya, producer Nicky Ryan, and lyricist Roma Ryan. Enya's brand of easy listening music is primarily instrumental with near meditative vocals sung in various languages that further enhance the recordings. Enya records music in languages such as: Japanese, Italian, Irish, Welsh, Spanish, French and languages that were created by Roma Ryan and J.R.R Tolkien of The Lord of the Rings fame.
A successful artist that falls under the adult contemporary classification of easy listening music is Jim Brickman. Brickman is best known for his pop style method of playing solo piano instrumentals. This style has awarded him twelve Top 10 adult contemporary radio hits and six Gold and Platinum albums. Brickman's most recent album, Escape, features popular vocalists such as Sara Evans and Gerald Levert accompanying his piano instrumentals. Brickman's more recent focus has primarily been on composing romantic popular songs.
One of the most popular smooth jazz recording artists is Kenny G. Kenny G is most well-known for his solo instrumentals on the soprano sax. He successfully adapts contemporary romantic songs such as James Blunt's You're Beautiful and Barbra Streisand's The Way We Were into smooth jazz melodies on his most recent album, I'm in the Mood for Love…The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time. . This ability to apply his own style to contemporary classics is what sky-rocketed Kenny G toward the designation of best selling instrumentalist of all time.
Easy listening music is available in many varieties including new age, adult contemporary or smooth jazz. The success easy listening musicians have had in recording the various forms of easy listening music is proof that there is a common desire around the world to listen to relaxing music. Easy listening music is much more than just elevator music. It is an award winning style of music that soothes the ears of listener's worldwide.
Sources:
AOL Music Now. 2007. All Media Guide, LLC. 13 March 2007 < http://aol.musicnow.com/az/style.jhtml?id=2450> .
"Easy Listening." Wikipedia. 13 Mar. 2007. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_listening >.
Official Enya Website. 2007. Aigle Music. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://www.enya.com/enya.php>.
"Enya." Wikipedia. 13 Mar. 2007. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enya >.
Biography. Jim Brickman. 2007. 14 Mar. 2007. < http://jimbrickman.com/bio60.htm >.
Kenny G. Sony Music Store. 2006. Sony BMG Music Entertainment. 14 Mar. 2007. < http://www.sonymusicstore.com/store/catalog/Mercha ndiseDetails.jsp?merchId=113471&skuId=113478 >.
There are many successful artists that produce easy listening music. Perhaps the most popular is the artists known as Enya. As the winner of the 2007 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Enya is one of the most successful musical groups to record easy listening music. Although Enya does not place her music in the new age genre (she classifies it as Enya ), due to its basis in electronic instrumental music, her music is given the new age classification by music retail stores.
Enya is a musical group made up of three members: composer and performer Enya, producer Nicky Ryan, and lyricist Roma Ryan. Enya's brand of easy listening music is primarily instrumental with near meditative vocals sung in various languages that further enhance the recordings. Enya records music in languages such as: Japanese, Italian, Irish, Welsh, Spanish, French and languages that were created by Roma Ryan and J.R.R Tolkien of The Lord of the Rings fame.
A successful artist that falls under the adult contemporary classification of easy listening music is Jim Brickman. Brickman is best known for his pop style method of playing solo piano instrumentals. This style has awarded him twelve Top 10 adult contemporary radio hits and six Gold and Platinum albums. Brickman's most recent album, Escape, features popular vocalists such as Sara Evans and Gerald Levert accompanying his piano instrumentals. Brickman's more recent focus has primarily been on composing romantic popular songs.
One of the most popular smooth jazz recording artists is Kenny G. Kenny G is most well-known for his solo instrumentals on the soprano sax. He successfully adapts contemporary romantic songs such as James Blunt's You're Beautiful and Barbra Streisand's The Way We Were into smooth jazz melodies on his most recent album, I'm in the Mood for Love…The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time. . This ability to apply his own style to contemporary classics is what sky-rocketed Kenny G toward the designation of best selling instrumentalist of all time.
Easy listening music is available in many varieties including new age, adult contemporary or smooth jazz. The success easy listening musicians have had in recording the various forms of easy listening music is proof that there is a common desire around the world to listen to relaxing music. Easy listening music is much more than just elevator music. It is an award winning style of music that soothes the ears of listener's worldwide.
Sources:
AOL Music Now. 2007. All Media Guide, LLC. 13 March 2007 < http://aol.musicnow.com/az/style.jhtml?id=2450> .
"Easy Listening." Wikipedia. 13 Mar. 2007. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_listening >.
Official Enya Website. 2007. Aigle Music. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://www.enya.com/enya.php>.
"Enya." Wikipedia. 13 Mar. 2007. 13 Mar. 2007. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enya >.
Biography. Jim Brickman. 2007. 14 Mar. 2007. < http://jimbrickman.com/bio60.htm >.
Kenny G. Sony Music Store. 2006. Sony BMG Music Entertainment. 14 Mar. 2007. < http://www.sonymusicstore.com/store/catalog/Mercha ndiseDetails.jsp?merchId=113471&skuId=113478 >.
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