music recommendation?

[zanzjan]

So, I'm kind of at a loss what to get my folks for the holidays, and I was thinking maybe a CD or two. They like new-agey instrumental stuff -- Tangerine Dream, Kitaro, etc. I was sort of thinking about Bonobo's album "Dial M For Monkey" (assuming I can find it between now and Thursday), but it might be just a squidge too eccentric for them. Anyone have any suggestions?

Comments

[p-j-cleary.livejournal.com]

Enya has a new album that came out just a little while ago.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

It's more world music than new-agey, but it's instrumental: I just watched the movie "Babel" last night and they had some pretty keen instrumental guitar bits in it. I Shazam-ed it and it's Gustavo Santaolalla. He's on a few albums, Ronroco looks pretty good. Dunno about buying it locally, but you could consider iTunes-ing it and burning them an audio CD if you can't get it.

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I've never heard of him. Sounds good so far (thank you, Amazon music sampler!)

[mlp367.livejournal.com]

It's not new-agey, but for really great instrumental Spanish guitar there's Castles of Spain by Andres Segovia, or Djangology 49 by the Gypsy Django Reinhardt.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, those are both great! I love Django, and I have everything by Segovia (Dad was a classical guitarist) and Julian Bream and a bunch of others. But it's not new-agey at all, so...

[varianor.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried them on Mannheim Steamroller? They also have lots of Christmas albums.

[miwseshat.livejournal.com]

Ottmar Liebert is quite the new-age sensation on guitar, and Suzanne Ciani is also nice. She's a pianist. Also, if you check the Windham Hill wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windham_Hill_Records) you will find quite a list of new-age and world music artists to check out. Good luck and may they NOT have given you a spruce anything this year. :)

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

may they NOT have given you a spruce anything this year

Way too late for that, I'm afraid. Thanks for the link!