2nd from pianist Karen Marie Garrett, also produced by Will Ackerman. Ackerman, more than any other acoustic guitarist, fits the sound of "Ambient Caverns" with his haunting, reflective and contemplative guitar soundings.' In producing "Rose" for Karen Marie Garrett, "haunting, reflective and contemplative," are equally ascribed to many of the beautiful piano selections here.

A deep-space long-form work from Craig Padilla, The Light in the Shadow is an electronic/space ambient evolutionary sound environment that is dense and organic in texture, and otherworldly in experience. Craig Padilla makes gorgeous electronic music that pairs dramatic sheets of monochromatic keyboards with gentle but momentum-creating percussion...

Michael Stribling played drums for Johnny Mathis briefly back in the 1970's, and did lots of studio work as a performer, composer/arranger, producer, engineer, etc. before changing careers .... He returned to music in 2005 and began working on his own self-produced efforts in the New Age style. "Out Of The Darkness" is a solid 2nd album effort, with more Ambient textures in our analysis ...

Original Windham Hill label founder Will Ackerman, more than any other acoustic guitarist, fits the sound of "Ambient Caverns" with his haunting, reflective and contemplative guitar soundings, ... It's hard to do Ackerman's extensive carrer much justice with 16 songs, but it does provide a nice sampling from the span of his work while on he Windham Hill label.

Original Windham Hill label founder Will Ackerman, more than any other acoustic guitarist, fits the sound of "Ambient Caverns" with his haunting, reflective and contemplative guitar soundings, ... It's hard to do Ackerman's extensive carrer much justice with 16 songs, but it does provide a nice sampling from the span of his work while on he Windham Hill label.