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NEW AGE ARTIST OF THE YEAR: ROBERT MIRABAL
Native American artist Robert Mirabal is known for his efforts to preserve his Taos Pueblo heritage. In 1999 he recorded his most enticing CD to date with "Taos Tales," a mixture of Native music and modern elements against a dark, expansive backdrop. In addition, Mirabal has spent 1999 touring with "Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums, & Song," a stage show of Native song and dance that's rapidly growing in popularity across the U.S. For this great momentum and spurt of creative talent, Robert Mirabal takes 1999's honor as New Age artist of the year. Read more

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AMAZON.COM'S 100 BEST CDS OF 1999
Amazon.com's music staff receives thousands of music titles every year, and simply digging through these stacks of CDs can be a difficult task; selecting the very best titles is even more challenging. Yet, after rigorous internal debate and a closely monitored balloting procedure, editors were able to arrive with a list brimming with new, exciting music from across every musical genre.

New Age titles on the 100 best titles of 1999 include:

Café Atlantico
Cesaria Evora
Cape Verde singer Cesaria Evora woos us once again with a repertoire of Brazilian and Cuban standards on this enticing album that boasts her versatile, velvety voice. Read more


Mark II
Sorten Muld
Danish trio Sorten Muld melds traditional Nordic folk with electronic sounds for an engaging music that flows like an ancient ballad along a riverbed of trip-hop beats and shuffling synth. Ulla Bendixsen's lucid voice moves in and out of softened bagpipes, techno sequences, and dabs of piano and fiddle for a sumptuous musical experiment. Check out this exciting album that won two Danish Grammy Awards and went gold in Denmark. Read more

Shri Durga
DJ Cheb I Sabbah
Algerian-born DJ Cheb takes traditional Hindu ragas and twists them into sculptures of modern ambient sound on this debut. Read more

CUSTOMER FAVORITES: THIS YEAR'S BEST SELLERS AT AMAZON.COM
What were the hot-selling titles at Amazon.com in 1999? Established veterans like Santana, Sting, Miles Davis, and Van Morrison mingle with fresh faces such as Charlotte Church, Macy Gray, and Lou Bega on Amazon.com's list of 1999 customer favorites. Meanwhile, artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Dixie Chicks, Sarah McLachlan, Andrea Bocelli, Backstreet Boys, Diana Krall, Alanis Morissette, Sarah Brightman, and the Parton-Harris-Ronstadt trio each placed multiple titles among our 100 top-selling albums of 1999. With all styles of music represented, the collection clearly illustrates the diverse tastes of Amazon.com music customers.

New Age selections from the list of customer favorites include:

Book of Secrets
Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt charms listeners with her velvety music and crystalline voice on 1998's "The Book of Secrets." This Canadian songstress mixes elements of British history with Moroccan sounds and Celtic music. A longtime customer favorite. Read more


Tears of Stone
Chieftains
Paddy Maloney and the Chieftains invited such stars as Bonnie Raitt, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Loreena McKennitt, and Joan Osborne to appear on this album of traditional Celtic ballads and songs.









 

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