During his whirlwind 20+ year tenure as touring and recording keyboardist for contemporary jazz supergroup The Rippingtons, Bill Heller counts two enduring blessings above all others – the opportunity to vibe with some of the genre’s most creative and esteemed saxophonists (Eric Marienthal, Jeff Kashiwa, Paul Taylor) and learning from group founder and sonic architect Russ Freeman the value and excitement of creating instrumental albums around a specific theme that drives an

One of contemporary jazz and R&B’s most prolific and celebrated sidemen, bass virtuoso Roberto Vally has kept the grooves in both genre’s hoppin’ for the past few decades, serving as musical director for Diane Schuur, touring with David Benoit and recording and/or touring with everyone from George Benson and Boney James to Norman Brown, Boz Scaggs and Jeffrey Osborne. Since the early 2020s, he’s expanded the scope of his solo artistry with a flurry of popular, acclaimed singl

On Metanoia , Falling You’s sonically expansive, intricately textured and stylistically eclectic first album since 2017’s Shine, veteran composer/sound painter-sculptor John Michael Zorko joins forces with seven soulful, emotionally impactful vocalists – including his initial creative partner Jennifer Wilde – to craft a mythology-rooted masterwork that journeys the listener from lamenting a ravaged world and a broken heart, through a proverbial dark night of the soul and on t

A two-time Independent Music Award winner for Best New Age Song, veteran guitarist/composer Lynn Patrick is such a master at creating her “optimistic acoustic” fusion of folk, jazz, country and bluegrass that she has practically created her own genre over the past three decades. Beyond competitive accolades and prominent TV placements – including being a featured show songwriter for “The Young and the Restless” – she’s built an impressive catalog of albums over the last three

In an industry where many independent artists who have awesome, inspirational “day jobs” still prefer to hide their alter egos so as to keep the focus on their musical artistry, Stacy Robin stands out by putting it all out there. It’s right there in the first line of her bio. Beyond her years of accolades from L.A. Music Awards, Las Vegas FAME Awards and Producers Choice Awards – and countless songs appearing on commercials and TV/Film (Toyota, Nestle, The Young and the Restl

As Owner and President of Wayfarer Music Group, multi-instrumentalist and inventive sonic architect enjoys a vast influence on the realm where ambient/chill, electronic and new age music meets post-rock, spiritual, world music and cinematic styles. Yet as a composer and artist recording masterfully eclectic, creatively expansive and deeply intricate albums for the label, he’s been delightfully hard to pigeonhole these past few years. The handful of recordings I’ve written abo