Andreas Vollenweider

[kirk]

Originally Posted by Hawksun

Let's not forget that "New Age" is a label rather than a musical genre per se. In Vollenweider's case, this label was applied by the record company in order to cash in on the New Age craze of the 80's. Just clearing things up, just in case.

Hey Hawksun- It's interesting...if you go to the Shoutcast home page-
http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/index.phtml, do a search on
"Newage", as compared to "New Age", the result is a different list
of stations.
Many outlets, such as Borders, now refer to it as "Lifestyles",
Comcast Music Direct calls it "Soundscapes".
They're avoiding the association w/ Newage religions, esoteric/
alternative healing practices, which has nothing to do w/ New Age,
the music genre. I was the #1 Newage artist 2003 on Mp3.com.au
(Australia), so I have to take the view that there exists the genre.

Some of the confusion stems from the grouping of the early electronic
artists, i.e. Vangelis, JMJ, into the genre, as well as ethnic music crossing
over from what properly is categorized as "World" music.
Enya's family, Clannad comes to mind. The same thing is happening
currently w/ some "Ambient" music.

Good Lord man...I just realized this could spark a "New Age, not New Age"
discussion! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!



Kirk

[Andyyyy]

Next thing you know someone will ask the deadly question: "What is Prog?"

BTW, I too enjoy AV!

[Rick and Roll]

"What is Prog" will rival "What is Love" as the most unanswerable question

Kirk I'd rather be # 1 in Austrailia than in Andorra......

Question...

Do you all really think Clannad is World music (your opinion, not some reviewer)? I always though of them as having parallels to US musical genres, just from another country. Maybe it's just me, but the term "World" and "Ethnic" seems to assume an egotistical stance from the ugly American.

Couldn't a band like Clannad be more properly categorized than lumping it into World music?

For another interesting band and topic, Methem has started a thread....