Not to be confused with the New Age Movement (which borrows from Eastern religions and believes God is an impersonal force or energy pervading the universe), new age music is all about providing listeners a desired bodily and/or spiritual experience to promote healing, inspiration, refreshment, or reflection. While it can be easy to dismiss as a gimmick that exploits and profits from the universal human desire for serenity, there is no denying new age’s global popularity and profitability.
If you look hard enough then you will eventually find some new age sounds to suit your taste (whale song, fantasy, angelic harp- you name it). For me, it’s usually new age music to accompany a full body massage to make me feel as though I’m floating, gliding, or swimming peacefully through the universe and all my troubles are melting away; or just to have on as background music when I’m chilling out, reflecting, or focusing on a specific task. Here are some of my favorite new age songs. Enjoy!
01. 2002 – “Summer of 300 Years” (1998)
02. Enya – “Watermark” (1988)
03. Enya – “A Day Without Rain” (2000)
04. Adiemus – “Hymn” (1995)
05. Adiemus – “Chorale IV (Alame Oo Ya)” (1996)
06. Laura Sullivan – “Love’s River” (2013)
07. David Lanz – “Return to the Heart” (1991)
08. George Winston – “Love Song to a Ballerina” (1994)
09. David Arkenstone – “Arwen and Aragorn” (2001)
10. White Sun – “Chattra Chakkra Varti” (2016)
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