Sun Dance: Summer Solstice [320k MP3]

Sun Dance: Summer Solstice - A Windham Hill Collection [320k MP3]

Third in the Summer Solstice series, Sun Dance is an elegiac meandering into longer days, warmer nights, and the kiss of festivity that lingers for the season. Featuring pianists Jim Brickman and Liz Story, harpist Lisa Lynne, guitarist William Coulter, and ensembles such as Angels of Venice (covering the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By"), Sun Dance dips into the well of New Age talent, spilling forth a liquid dream-time soundscape. George Winston and Keola Beamer collaborate on the Hawaii-inspired "Shaka Slack Key," and Will Ackerman's finger-picked "Just Dancin' Like Fools," elegantly supplemented by violin, bass, and percussion, is a lovely ditty of light and willowy grace. A word of caution: beware the lazy-making properties of this collection! It's quite likely that listening will bring on a hankering to nod off in the sun or ditch that big meeting for an impromptu berry gathering.

01. Siempre Conmigo - Sean Harkness
02. Callisto's Sky - Tracy Silverman
03. Serenade - Liz Story
04. Shaka Slack Key - Keola Beamer, George Winston
05. Just Dancin' Like Fools - Will Ackerman
06. I Will Walk With My Children - William Coulter
07. Cancion' de Amour - Lisa Lynne
08. Circles - Jim Brickman
09. Summertime - Jay Beckenstein
10. As Tears Go By - The Angels of Venice
11. Don't Worry Baby - Philip Aaberg, Michael Manring, Paul McCandless
12. Reflections on the Pond - David Arkenstone