Our Artists

Composer and producer Anastasi knew at an early age that his love of music would play an important role in his life. After years of learning to play a variety of instruments, he went on to study music and eastern philosophy in college. It was during this time that he began to experiment with music and sounds that might be conducive to relaxation and...

After years of working with various well-known musicians, talented pianist, composer and songwriter Brian BecVar steps into the spotlight on his own. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Brian began training in classical piano at age eight. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in psychology in 1976 and soon after was invited on a three-year U.S. and European tour...

Tracking Jim Chappell’s artistic development over the course of his multi-faceted career proves a rewarding study of true musical evolution. Since the independent release of his breakthrough solo piano collection Tender Ritual in 1986, he has become one of contemporary instrumental music’s most engaging composers and performers...

"Take a walk in Yosemite National Park and you'll be changed forever," says solo pianist and composer Rick Erlien (ur' line). It was a journey through Yosemite in 1989 that Erlien says opened a door in his life and eventually inspired his album, The Music of Yosemite. The music conjures rushing of waterfalls...

Every so often, a musician emerges who is quite unlike any that have come before; a musician that reflects not an imitation of styles and tones, but who embodies the entire spectrum of styles in such a unique way that "categorizing" is impossible. Guitarist Govi is one of those artists....

Slide guitarist Chris Haugen is celebrated for his innovative roots playing, intuitive feel, and warm soulful tone. The San Francisco Chronicle says “Haunting and otherworldly, like a time capsule from a lost kingdom.

Upon hearing the sacred qualities in Zen Breakfast, it comes as no surprise that Karunesh's natural talent for musical expression was initially nurtured in a spiritual environment. The music of Zen Breakfast draws upon sounds from ancient spiritual and religious traditions in ways that speak to the deep-felt longing...

Kern considers himself a sensualist and likes having Terence (Real Music President) suggest a mood or scene for him to describe musically. Because Kevin lives in a world that lacks the crisp detail of the fully sighted, his powers of concentration and description through music are intensified. Many of his piano compositions are filled with the sights, sounds and scents...

Max Lässer was born in Zurich and began his music career in the 1970s as a freelance musician mainly on the Swiss folk scene, playing in various folk-rock groups, writing songs and playing as guitar accompanist to singers. He started his career upswing in the 1980s playing with fellow Swiss musician, Andreas Vollenweider. Lässer...

A slice of heaven is delivered to listeners each time the evolving, self-taught Toronto, Canada, guitarist performs his original compositions with virtuoso speed and brilliance. In addition to his mastery of the Spanish guitar, Linstead is also an accomplished pianist and performs instruments as diverse as the bazouki, wood flute, mandolin and bass.

Having spent some ten years as a pianist for Scottish, Irish, Balkan and American dance and having recorded three albums with the Berkeley Scottish Players, Machlis began performing with the Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser in 1983. Machlis says, "Music is one of life's greatest joys and a rich means of expressing thoughts and feelings...”

Sacred Earth is the creation of Jethro and Prem Williams, who live in Victoria, Australia, and travel the world performing their music.

“There is something about the harp that captivates not only the listener, but reaches a part of me as well that is difficult to describe or understand,” explained Stagg. And when you listen to his work, it seems inconceivable that Hilary Stagg’s musical journey was relatively brief. With fan mail pouring in regularly from a devoted following...

Rajendra Teredesai beautifully blends and integrates the most significant aesthetic and technical aspects of the gayaki and gatkaari ang of Indian classical instrumental music, combining it with a rich, sonorously soothing tone and immaculate blowing technique, displaying an amazing virtuosity, vivid with creative imagination...

If you are one of those who relish musical passages with the uniquely lovely and sensual voice of the oboe, imagine the feast to be enjoyed when one of the world’s foremost contemporary masters of the oboe creates an entire album. The musician is Russel Walder, and his album is Pure Joy.