Omar Akram Discography of CDs

Omar Akram discography As testament to the beauty that Omar Akram has brought to contemporary instrumental music (via an easily rhythmic, gently exotic vibe that crosses over effortlessly between world music and new age), fans across the world have created over 50 homemade YouTube videos using personal images to illustrate tracks from his Real Music catalog -- which starts with 2002's Opal Fire, recorded under his first name. The packaging gives away some of the inspiration of the romantic journey on Echoes of Love: he was recently married and wrote many of the songs in the months before he became a first-time father. The 12 intimate yet often sweeping tracks clearly reflect a joyful honeymoon period full of romping adventures and quiet reflections on the beauty of it all. That's the key ...

Omar Akram songs Secret Journey is new age pianist Omar Akram's third album, but it is his first to be released under his full name; his previous releases, Opal Fire and Free as a Bird, were billed simply to Omar. On the evidence of Secret Journey, Akram might consider using an even longer name, the Omar Akram Band, for example, or some more imaginative title, since the music on the album is anything but solo piano work. On the contrary, Akram's piano is just one instrument weaving ...

Omar Akram CD discography This one-name-only new age upstart -- who, as the son of a UN diplomat, grew up in places like Cuba, Switzerland, and Afghanistan -- creates a wide range of musical atmospheres and exotica around the core of his beautiful acoustic piano. Most of this kind of music is pleasant and very predictable, but Omar is more about unexpected twists and turns. The opening track, "Sugar Coated Love," begins gently and builds slowly toward a rich orchestral crescendo before exploding into a (synthesized) rhythmic jam ...

Omar Akram CD discography Track Listing of songs: Mathilda; Sigh of the Goddess; Terra Magica; A Long Way to Go; Angel of Hope; Flowing Bamboo; Remembering the Light; Take Me Tenderly; Spirit of the Water; Ancient Voices; L'Invitation au Mystere; Elysian Fields;