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The Road Less Traveled by Michael Straugh
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fave it New Age | Background Music
13 tracks | 54 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Straugh House Publishing
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Blush lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Blush lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Blush
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 listening to a painting by Chagall lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 listening to a painting by Chagall lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 listening to a painting by Chagall
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Caela's Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:43 Caela's Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Caela's Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Looking Back lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Looking Back lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Looking Back
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 Ekta lyrics BUY MP3 05:08 Ekta lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:08 Ekta
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:51 In a New Light lyrics BUY MP3 01:51 In a New Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:51 In a New Light
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:10 Heroes' Return lyrics BUY MP3 03:10 Heroes' Return lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:10 Heroes' Return
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 Widow's Watch lyrics BUY MP3 04:25 Widow's Watch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:25 Widow's Watch
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:03 The Road Less Traveled lyrics BUY MP3 05:03 The Road Less Traveled lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:03 The Road Less Traveled
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:59 A Winter's Tail lyrics FREE 02:59 A Winter's Tail lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:59 A Winter's Tail
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:04 Beside You lyrics BUY MP3 02:04 Beside You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:04 Beside You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:00 Adagio lyrics BUY MP3 07:00 Adagio lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:00 Adagio
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:36 All Roads Lead Home lyrics BUY MP3 07:36 All Roads Lead Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:36 All Roads Lead Home
The 2nd solo piano recording by Michael Straugh blends classical, new age and jazz elements. As meditative and healing as True North, but exploring diverse, new directions. Ekta, for example, portrays how beautifully eastern and western influences blend.
Bio / Background
Michael Straugh is a composer, recording artist, pianist and guitarist. His first album of contemporary piano solos, True North, was released in December of 2004. His piano solos have been embraced as meditative, romantic, and healing.
Features "A Winter's Tail" (Top 10 at Broadjam for 8 weeks); "Adagio"; "Looking Back" & " Ekta" (Top 10 at American Idol Underground).
Michael's influences include a disparate group of musical styles and artists. The clearest connections are George Winston and Michael Gettel, but elements of Lyle Mays and Elton John are also evident. Composers he counts as influences include Aaron Copland, Franz Reizenstein, and Antonio Vivaldi; and having grown up in the 1970s, Ian Anderson and Justin Hayward have had their affect as well.