Todd Mosby’s Upcoming Album ‘American Heartland’

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"Todd Mosby’s Upcoming Album ‘American Heartland’"

Releases on April 3rd

American Heartland is a culmination of Todd Mosby’s journey, thus far. The 12-track collection traverses contemporary jazz and folk, New Age, solo acoustic guitar, blues and jazz-rock. Lush orchestration, sultry female vocalise, driving horn sections, stately strings, and scene-setting minimalistic lyrics all come together under Mosby’s mission to capture the soul of Missouri in this new work.

World-class musicians join Mosby and producer Jeffrey Weber in bringing Mosby’s compositions to life, including Vinnie Colaiuta, Tom Scott, Leeland Sklar, Luis Conte, Michael Manring, Dapo Torimiro, Nick Lane, Lola Kristine, Laura Vall, Dan Fornero, Judy Kang, John Dickson, Bruce Carver.

Recorded at The Village Studios, and mastered at Grundman Studios, American Heartland will be available in CD, digital and streaming formats.

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Todd Mosby is an award-winning musician who regularly collaborates with some of the most revered studio musicians in the industry. Mosby crafts sophisticated yet accessible music, in the tradition of artists like Steely Dan, Wes Montgomery, James Taylor, and Joni Mitchell. His compositions feature compelling melodic structures and complex instrumental passages that appeal to both seasoned musicians and casual listeners alike.

Track List

Clouds Above Golden Fields (04:04)

Palomino (04:16)*

Witchi Tai (02:28)

Witchi Tai (postlude) (02:38)

Wichita Lineman (04:01)

On The Farm (03:03)

Joanie’s Town (03:43)

American Heartland (03:57)*

All The Stars Tonight (04.11)

A Full Moon Rising (03:39)

Land of Green (03:11)*

Both Sides Now (07:05)

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2002 Release Album ‘The Wishing Well’

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““The Wishing Well” is a luminous offering, a reminder of the transformative power of intention and the enduring magic of music that speaks directly to the heart.” – Kamil Bobin

https://www.themusicalroad.net/blog/february2026/2002-the-wishing-well

“It invites us to reflect, to breathe more deeply, to remember the stories that shape us, and to dream with intention.” – Team NMA

https://www.newmusicalert.in/2025/12/14/album-review-the-wishing-well/

The Wishing Well is the 23rd album released by 2002! It is a collection of new songs inspired by tales from other lands as well as by a few personal stories. The album opens with an overture celebrating the original instruments and rhythms that comprise the signature sound of 2002, a sound that continues to evolve over 3 decades later. Bellehaven revisits the birthplace of the band in a garage converted to a recording studio.

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The Spiral of Heaven recounts a journey to the Four Corners region of the United States 34 years ago, a magical place where the stars seemed close enough to reach out and touch. Savitri’s Dream harkens back to a beloved book, that many years later became a soundtrack album of songs. Other songs touch on legends and myths from other cultures and how we are all connected in the end. The Wishing Well is indeed a personal journey and we invite you to come along!

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The award-winning band 2002 has placed 12 albums on the Billboard Charts and made the list of top new age artists in a Billboard Magazine “Year in Review” issue alongside Yanni, Mannheim Steamroller, Jim Brickman, George Winston and Enya. Over their 34 year career, their ever-evolving sound has encompassed a wide range of genres – from wistful ambient soundscapes all the way to light progressive rock. This daring blend of musical styles has given them an undeniable “signature sound” that sets them apart from other recording artists. In 2021, the group was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by One World Music Radio. Over 1.5 Billion streams!


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Trent Hanna Releases EP ‘Soul of a Hummingbird’

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Soul of a Hummingbird is an intimate collection of solo piano pieces inspired by nature, loved ones, and a deep sense of inner calm. Seamlessly blending New Age and classical influences, the music feels both simple and intricately detailed, allowing each note to breathe with purpose and emotion.

The compositions drift between hope, whimsy, and gentle reflection, moving with a natural grace that feels spontaneous yet intentional. Thoughtful and expressive, the album invites listeners into moments of stillness, wonder, and peaceful connection.

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Trent Hanna is a versatile pianist and composer known for his emotive and expansive works, primarily for solo piano, though his compositions span a wide range of instrumental combinations.

His music blends diverse styles, seamlessly merging classical traditions with modern influences, jazz, and ambient textures.

Drawing inspiration from the natural world, Hanna’s pieces evoke vivid landscapes, shifting atmospheres, and the subtle rhythms of nature, offering listeners a deep, immersive experience.

His unique approach to composition is marked by an attention to detail and a fluidity that allows his music to transcend genres, inviting reflection and connection.

Whether performing his own works or composing for other ensembles, Trent Hanna’s music reflects his passion for storytelling and his ability to capture both the complexity and simplicity of the world around us.

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‘Metanoia’ The Latest Album from Falling You

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"‘Metanoia’ The Latest Album from Falling You"

Metanoia is the latest sonic journey from composer and sound sculptor John Michael Zorko, under his long-running ambient-ethereal project Falling You. This immersive 11-track album unfolds as a deeply emotional and meditative exploration of change, memory, and transformation. Anchored by atmospheric synths, textured guitars, and cinematic sound design, Metanoia features a stunning cast of guest vocalists whose voices carry the project’s lyrical and emotional weight.

Contributors include Dru Allen on the shimmering “Alcyone,” Courtney Grace on the haunting “Flesh to Tree” and “Ariadne,” Jennifer Wilde on the elegiac “Demiurge (Momento Eorum)” and the tender closer “A Thread of Happiness,” and Amelia Hogan, Erica Mulkey, Anji Lum, and Colleen Segale, among others. Each track is a chapter in an introspective narrative that spans grief, beauty, cosmic longing, and quiet resilience. With its slow-building arcs and rich layers, Metanoia is not just an album—it’s an emotional environment, a space to inhabit.

Falling You continues to blur the line between ambient, dream pop, and cinematic post-rock, drawing listeners inward with both intimacy and grandeur. At once deeply personal and universally resonant, Metanoia is an invitation to reflect, to feel, and ultimately, to transform.

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Falling You is an ethereal and ambient music project founded in 1995 by composer and sound designer John Michael Zorko. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the project is known for its lush, cinematic soundscapes and deeply emotional tone. At its core, Falling You is a collaborative effort. Each release brings together Zorko’s intricate instrumental compositions with the voices of guest artists he personally invites to participate—vocalists whose work he respects and deeply admires.

The new album, Metanoia, continues this tradition with a collection of haunting and immersive tracks that explore transformation, memory, and emotional renewal. The term “metanoia” refers to a profound change of heart or mind, which reflects the spiritual and introspective themes running through the album. For this release, Zorko is joined by a remarkable group of collaborators, including Dru Allen, Courtney Grace, Slim Heilpern, Amelia Hogan, Anji Lum, Ryan Lum, Erica Mulkey, Colleen Segale, Shikhee, and Jennifer Wilde. Each artist contributes a unique emotional layer, lending their voice or instrumental talent to the unfolding journey.

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Richard Dillon Releases Album ‘Fernweh: The Need to Travel’

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"Richard Dillon Releases Album ‘Fernweh: The Need to Travel’"

With Fernweh: The Need to Travel, pianist and composer Richard Dillon invites listeners on a journey through landscapes both real and imagined. Spanning compositions written between 2017 and 2025, the album reflects Dillon’s lifelong fascination with movement, memory, and place, each piece a postcard from a different moment in time.

From the intimate tenderness of “Breakfast with My Best Friend” to the sweeping romanticism of “Camelot” and the haunting stillness of “- 20”, Dillon captures emotion through melody with painterly precision. The music evokes a traveler’s sense of wonder: fleeting scenes of friendship, loss, nature, and nostalgia rendered through shimmering piano textures and expressive phrasing.

Though rooted in the New Age / Neo-Impressionist tradition, Fernweh is deeply cinematic: its sound world unfolds like a film score for an inner voyage. The album’s narrative flows effortlessly from light to shadow, from the innocence of “Chasing Butterflies” to the meditative depth of “Echoes of a Broken Heart” and the reflective grace of “Mother’s Eyes.”

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Richard Dillon is a composer-pianist whose music draws on the evocative power of memory, place and quiet introspection. With a formal background that includes an AA, BA and Master of Music in piano and composition, he has woven a multi-faceted career: as a performer in USO tours across the Pacific, a music educator, and—more recently—a recording artist whose solo-piano works have reached an international audience.

Growing up with Asperger’s and ADHD, Dillon found solace and expression in the piano. What began as lessons in childhood evolved into a lifelong journey of sound and storytelling. Reflecting his self-described “Neo-Impressionist” aesthetic, his compositions capture everything from the wistful longing of travel to the ambient hush of a winter’s night.

Based in Seattle, Dillon’s catalogue spans over a decade of releases on streaming platforms, including works featured on Pandora and Spotify. His music invites listeners into a landscape both intimate and expansive —a place where melody becomes memory and silence becomes texture.

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Alan Matthews Releases Album ‘Imagining’

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Alan Matthews’ piano has always been about raw human emotion & abstract existential awareness, an inspiration from both heart & mind…his music has ‘gravitas’ as Will Ackerman has commented …now, he’s gone down the rabbit hole of his imagination to come up with a truly inspired, surreal musical journey into the ‘what if’… where the world is seen through child’s eyes… and one can hide in the sun… immersed in divine light… where standing still to dodge the clouds, now becomes forever… a place where wishes might come true… and life is just a dream…

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Alan Matthews first three piano albums were produced by Grammy winner & Windham Hill Founder Will Ackerman at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont. The albums were co-produced and engineered by Grammy nominated musician Tom Eaton. The Ineffable (2017) earned Matthews’ a Best New Artist nomination by ZMR that year. From Denial’s End (2019), ‘A Thought of You’ aired on SiriusXM. All That I Can See (2022) received a Whisperings Album of the Year Honorable Mention. Will Ackerman said, “This record is one of the very best recordings I’ve heard in many years.”

Matthews’ next two albums, Seasons Change (2023) and Anonymous Moods (2024), were co-produced with Michael Silverman at Clayton Studios. Anonymous Moods was nominated for Album of the Year by solopiano.com. Ackerman said, “This is a masterpiece! Beauty, surprise… wonder and awe. What a joy!” Now, Alan Matthews continues his prolific artistic run with Imagining (2025), his fourth release in as many years.

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Jon Dahlander Releases Album ‘Searching For Solace’

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Jon Dahlander’s fifth solo piano project, Searching for Solace, reflects emotions experienced since his last record, Songs for Smiler McGee. The result is an introspective collection of piano solos expressing love and loss, hope and nostalgia.

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Jon Dahlander tries to play every piano he sees. While that love of the piano has caused him to be run out of hotel lobbies and bars throughout his life, it also explains why his compositions have found an audience in more than 100 countries totaling more than 150 million streams.

Dahlander became a Beatles fan before he could talk and started playing piano by ear at 5. He played trombone in elementary school band, eventually earning a music scholarship to Trinity University in San Antonio. While there, he retreated to the piano practice rooms, finding catharsis in creating songs and learning old favorites. He was inspired by Windham Hill artists George Winston, Phillip Aaberg and Allaudin Mathieu, whom he sought out to become his teacher.

The love of the piano led to 3 albums in the late 90’s for Dallas-based indie label Carpe Diem Records. In 2000, his wife gave birth to a son with significant special needs and they were in and out of hospitals often. While Jared never spoke, it was very apparent that he loved music too and his father would play for him for hours. When Jared died of kidney failure in 2014, Dahlander again found solace in the piano, eventually releasing Songs for Smiler McGee in 2017.

Dahlander’s fifth solo piano project, Searching for Solace, picks up where Smiler McGee left off, reflecting emotions experienced since then. The result is an introspective collection of piano solos expressing love and loss, hope and nostalgia.

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Larkenlyre Releases Album ‘While We Were There’

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"Larkenlyre Releases Album ‘While We Were There’"

We couldn’t help ourselves and lost track of time at the pond. Now it was dark and the stars were reflecting in the still waters.

Eventually we retraced our steps through the dark forest to get back to the cottage. Entirely new sounds met us as we emerged from the woods into the marsh.

As we settled in, we were grateful to have windows open, as a whippoorwill serenaded us throughout a deep sleep. We both had countless dreams that night and woke before dawn. We sat and watched the dawn skies turn a thousand colors, at first rich and dark, but finally opening to a vast golden spanse.

Geese flew overhead. They were heading south while we were there.

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Matthew Labarge has released seven albums of solo piano music, eleven albums of mixed instruments (some as artist name Larkenlyre), and an album of pirate-themed lounge music (as artist name Cane Bay Cabaret). He works tirelessly in a tiny studio in Blacksburg, Virginia to bring you albums that unfold like a novel, are worth listening to carefully, and still yield new insights after many listens.

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Dan Chadburn Releases Album ‘Sacred Balance’

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"Dan Chadburn Releases Album ‘Sacred Balance’"

Sacred Balance is dedicated to the memory of Mark Alan Smith, an extraordinary artist and cherished friend who faced his battle with cancer with courage and grace. This album is offered in his honor with the hope that its music encourages listeners to pause, breathe, and witness the vibrant beauty that surrounds us, even when the world feels chaotic or turned upside down.

Originally composed as a series of pieces for solo piano, the subsequent addition of cello melodies deepens the expressive connection, evoking the quiet strength and sacred calm residing within each of us, even in the presence of life’s turbulent storms. May the music serve both as a remembrance and a reminder that stillness, beauty, and balance are always within reach…

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Dan Chadburn is an award-winning pianist and composer whose music has touched audiences around the world. A native of Oregon, he earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, and later pursued his passion for sound and innovation by completing a Master of Music in ElectroAcoustic Composition at City University in London. This blend of classical training and contemporary exploration informs his unique style, balancing technical mastery with emotional depth.

Dan has released ten albums in the new age and solo piano genres, many of which have appeared in the Top 10 of Zone Music Reporter’s Top 100 Chart. Known for its warmth, depth, and emotional resonance, his music has also been featured on charitable compilations like The Heart Aid Project (benefiting victims of 9/11) and Proud and Peaceful (supporting GALA choruses).

As a performer, Dan has appeared at some of the nation’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Hall in Boston, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Together with his husband and musical collaborator, Tom Nichols, Dan has performed concerts nationwide to benefit numerous charitable causes. The two are also frequently commissioned to compose choral anthems for GALA choruses, including recent works for the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC.

Whether on stage or in the studio, Dan’s mission is simple yet profound: to create music that uplifts the spirit, fosters connection, and reminds us of our shared humanity.

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Peter Kater Releases Album ‘Untethered Heart’

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"Peter Kater Releases Album ‘Untethered Heart’"

Multi-Grammy winning Peter Kater weaves together passionate piano and lush orchestral strings, capturing the raw beauty of emotional release and personal transformation. It marks both a culmination and a threshold—a powerful farewell to what was and an open-armed curiosity of what’s to come. With every note, it reflects the liberation found in letting go and the strength discovered in surrender to an Untethered Heart.

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2 x Grammy Winning/Multi-Platinum selling Pianist/Composer Peter Kater has been a leading innovator of contemporary instrumental music for 4 decades. He’s received many awards and accolades for his rich and diverse music including 14 Grammy Award nominations and two Grammy wins. He’s released over 70 critically acclaimed recordings and has scored the music for over 100 television and film productions including 11 On & Off-Broadway dramatic plays. From solo piano and contemporary jazz ensembles to full orchestral works his cross-genre music is heard all over the world from the Olympics to Carnegie Hall. And as an avid environmentalist and humanitarian Peter is a proud recipient of the Environment Leadership Award from the United Nations.

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