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A NEW DAY on WGBH from 5-7 am Mon.-Fri. plays some New Wave music mixed with
classical and folk.

						Rod Burr

VH1 has a show Sunday night from 10 'til midnight.
If your cable system has VH1, you could video tape
the show.

R.

    
    WERS at 88.9 in Boston has a New Age show on the weekends, I always
    forget the day and time.  Call them at 617-578-8890.  They also
    have "The Fusebox", M-F from 2 to 5 PM which is a fusion show,
    therefrore a little more jazz and rock than you might like, but
    they stray into New Age territory with stuff like Shadowfax.
    
    WCUW in Worcester at 91.3 has a show on Saturday mornings, around
    6 to 9 I think that focuses on electronic music, i.e Tangerine Dream,
    Kitaro, etc.  They also have "Music of the Whole Earth" which showcases
    international music and touches upon some stuff which is New-Age
    like.  Call them at 617-753-2284 for times.
    
    WZBC out of Boston College at 90.3 also has some electronic type
    things but watch out, they also broadcast some of the nastiest
    underground stuff that loosely might be termed "progressive rock".
    Not for the squeamish!
    
    

    Isn't there a difference between "New Age" and "New Wave"?  Although
    no term in music can be exactly defined, I've always thought these
    two were distinctly different entities.  For example, I'd hear people
    say "I really like some of the New Age stuff, but I'm not really
    into New Wave" ...
    
    Maybe this comment belongs in another NOTES file, but it seemed
    appropriate with the current topic ...
    
    -Jim

> Isn't there a difference between "New Age" and "New Wave"?

Yes, new age music falls somewhere between Jazz, Clasical, Space
music and Pop.  It is mostly instrumental and usually somewhat
minimalist in instrumentation.  Some more popular artists
include George Winston (piano interpretations of classical and
traditional scores), Liz Story (piano -- kinda jazzy), GRP
(they describe themselves as new age jazz), Shadowfax...

Some of the more light weight pieces qualify as yuppie musak.
Those pieces are so light weight (unintrusive, boring) to merit
the nick name "Air Pudding".

New Wave music, on the other hand, could be called progressive
rock.  It covers a range between euro/american techno-pop
(tomorow's pop hits from abroad), some inovative rock which AOR
stations don't seem to pick up cause it's really not straight
forward rnr, occational R&B, and mildly abrasive punk (for lack
of a better name), though not hard core punk.  Examples include:
The Cure, The Smiths, The Housemartins, Kid Creole & the Cocoa
nuts, Kate Bush, The Stranglers, PIL...

    New Wavers and New Agers don't generally get invited to the same
    parties.
    
    The Pro side of New Age is an extention of somewhat composed jazz
    with plenty of room for improvisation.
    
    The Con side is that the music is only as good or interesting as
    the artist.  It can be "atmospheric" (sonic wallpaper) or fluffy
    (ear candy) or interesting if you like jazz or the early Keith Jarrett
    style and are willing to pay attention to the minimalist development.
    
    The Pro side of New Wave is that it tries to take music into new
    "rock" areas (see the RECORDS conference note 374 for the opinions
    of those better versed than I.)
    
    The Con side is that you can often get the same effect by banging
    your head against a brick wall for 20 minutes.
    
    Again, it all depends upon the talent of the artist.
    
    >R.Michael

    
    Check out the "Saturday Morning Show" on WZBC 90.3 in Newton for
    new age music. Nice format..very little talk, some obscure and
    local artists. Non-commercial. It's on from 9:00am to 1:00pm.  
    -Steve.
    

    For you people discussing what new age music is [and what I was
    listening to on the radio] all I can say is some I love,some I like,
    and some I hate.. My buy list now is:
    1. Mannhiem Steamroller - have them all I think so far.
    2. Yanni - Private Music Label - Heavy Electronic Keyboard
    3. David Lynch - Music West Label - Deep Breakfast [terrible title]
    is an excellent light to moderate electronic keyboard cd. 
    4. A mixture of Windham hill cds  [I consider this background stuff]
    5. Tangerine Dream- one cd a soundtrack and about 10 lps.
    
    Have always liked electronic music with good melody and have been
    collecting MOOG stuff for over 15 years. 
    
    Dennis
    

    re:.9
    
    While Yanni is also on *my* "buy list", I must say that I think
    his piano performance on "Nostalgia" on PIANO TWO (which is where
    I first heard his work) to the electronic version on KEYS TO
    IMAGINATION. His piano playing is *very* dynamic; his electronic
    keyboard less so.
    
    --- jerry

     Here is my list of a starter collection of New Age music.
           (I realize it overlooks some very significant works,
           but you have to start somewhere;-)
           
           Current personal favorites:
           
           Patrick O'Hearn "Between Two Worlds"
           	(Voted best NA album of 1987 by "Star Streams")
           Suzzane Ciani "Velocity of Love" 
           
           "Must have" classics of the genre:
           
           Ray Lynch "Deep Breakfast"
           Latitude
           Osamu Kitajima "The source"
           
           In the "very good" category:
           
           Yanni "Out of Silence" (Rave reviews by everybody)
           Shadowfax "Shadow Dance" (An especially good choice
           	for someone making the transition from Rock)
           Kitaro, Virtually any disc but a few personal faves: 
		"Silk Road 1 & 2" (They switched the labels
           		on my set, so I always get "favorite
           		disc" confused.:-} )
           	"The Light of the Spirit"
           	"Tenku"
        
           Excellent music for "Acoustically oriented nature
           people" ;-)  : 
           
           David Lanz & Paul Speer "Natural States" 
	   Eric Tingstad/Nancy Rumbel/David Lanz "Woodlands"
           
           Etc. Etc. Etc. :-)
           
           I would like to hear some more reviews of "Piano
           Two" from someone. Ciani and Yanni on acoustic
           sounds intrigueing.