New Age music

British  

noun

1. a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments

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New Age music

Emmanuel’s music insists—gently—on our seeing New Age music differently, as something far more secular, intimate, and functional—a tool for both personal survival and emotional pleasure.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2019

For those used to the dreamy New Age music that populates so many Cirque shows, the addition of Bates may come as a surprise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

The arrangement, influenced by New Age music, came out of early Turtle Island recordings on the independent, instrumental acoustic label Windham Hill.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

I had zero interest in the clinical setting, picturing a windowless room with incense and New Age music setting the “mood,” while being observed, presumably, through a two-way mirror.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2017

Caterers serve Nicoise salad with seared tuna, and visitors lounge on white leather couches as New Age music pulses through overhead speakers.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2012