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New Age music

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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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Monday night featured a special guest: Laraaji, the titan of improvised new age music.

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“Twin Peaks,” he added, “is new age music for the eyes.”

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Lives Lived: The pianist George Winston helped define new age music, but he liked to call his style “rural folk piano.”

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The cuddlers gathered in a large, tent-like structure near the river, and as new age music played, they lied on floor cushions in a big warm heap.

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“The Biography” is No. 1 in New Age Music, Amazon says, right ahead of “Harmonica for Kids.”

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