LOVE Garners 11th GRAMMY Award Nomination for Peter Kater, nominated for Best New Age Album in the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards

One might think that having ten previous GRAMMY® Award nominations would mellow Peter Kater's excitement about the GRAMMY Awards, but to him, every album is unique, every nomination an honor. This year, his peers in The Recording Academy nominated Love for Best New Age Album for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards, to be aired on CBS at 8 p.m. on Monday, February 15, 2016, live from Los Angeles, CA. Love is the artist's first solo piano album in over a decade; it was released by Mysterium Music (Hanover, PA) on May 5, 2015.

Speaking from his Santa Monica, CA home, Kater shared, "I'm so excited to be once again nominated for the prestigious and elusive Grammy Award. I really barely slept last night in anticipation of this morning's announcements. I'm very moved by the support of my peers and touched that a solo piano album so close to my heart and so essential to my creative expression has received this great honor. In this album, I feel that I was able to express what is deep within my heart where words fell short and seemed colorless in comparison. After all, what is more compelling, alluring, mysterious, powerful and transformational than LOVE?"

Kater, now an 11-time GRAMMY Award nominee and multi-platinum selling pianist and composer, has been a leading innovator of New Age and Contemporary Instrumental music for over three decades. He has performed all over the world, including the at United Nations and Carnegie Hall, has released over 60 critically-acclaimed CDs, scored the music for over 100 television and film productions as well as for eleven on and off-Broadway productions. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with many of the world's most-talented musicians, actors and directors and is a proud recipient of many awards and honors including the Environment Leadership Award from the United Nations. His full biography, music and videos are available at www.PeterKater.com

Love is a collection of seven composed pieces and six improvisations that share the common theme of love and its many wonders and emotions. Captured over a period of three years, the album is romantic yet poignant, with lush graphics and liner notes bordering on poetic. Kater bares his soul, explaining the basis or inspiration for each piece, giving deeper and more personal insight into the music. Alone at the piano, he explores the many facets of love, not just the more common musical themes of romance and infatuation. He also encompasses hurt, loss and healing as well as the love of self - a much more mature approach that translates beautifully into Peter's unique and distinctive musical language.

Critics have called Love "one of his best albums ever" with Hypnagogue Reviews recently writing, "New Age piano fans need to hear this. The quality and beauty of all of Kater's work is a well-known quantity and this return to the simple beauty of solo piano will surely please his existing fans while making new ones."

The year 2015 has been a highly meaningful and memorable one for Kater. Just before releasing Love, the horrific earthquake in Nepal occurred on April 26, and Kater immediately decided that the release of Love should serve a higher purpose. With the full support of Mysterium's founder, Trisha Bowden, the label donated all proceeds from the album's first week of downloads to the American Nepal Medical Foundation's 2015 Earthquake Relief Fundraising Campaign. In May, Kater was honored with the esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award by the Zone Music Reporter Awards & Gala in New Orleans, and feted by friends from around the world in a touching tribute video (https://youtu.be/lmuY52rGayA). In July, Kater joined Nawang Khechog (Tibetan Flute) and Michael Fitzpatrick (Cello) in creating a musical "Long Life Prayer" in honor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 80th birthday, produced by the Panchen Lama Tashi Lhunpo Project (https://youtu.be/mTIQvYpDBBE).

Bowden commented on the nomination this morning, saying, "It is with great honor we salute Peter Kater on his 11th GRAMMY nomination. The incredible depth of his creativity, and his devotion to meaningful and compassionate causes close to his heart, brings a beautiful energy to the new age music community and to Mysterium Music. We are truly Blessed to share his Love album with the world."

Love is Kater's fourth recording with Mysterium Music, the Hanover-PA based label founded by vocalist Trisha Bowden for the creation and networking of music for the healing arts and integrative medicine. Mysterium's music is in use for hospice care and in cancer centers, and in the treatment of PTSD and sleep disorders among many other modalities and health care areas. The label has received multiple awards in the area of healing/meditation music, now totaling four GRAMMY Award nominations with this year's nod to Love.

Mysterium's first release with Kater, Light Body, was both GRAMMY nominated and awarded Best Relaxation Meditation Album by the Zone Music Radio Awards. Light Body was followed in 2013 by Illumination, which earned Mysterium its second GRAMMY Award nomination (and Kater, his ninth.) In 2014, Kater reunited with acclaimed Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai for Ritual, their first collaboration in over ten years, resulting in a third GRAMMY Award nomination for Mysterium, and a win for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the Zone Music Awards.

The GRAMMY-nominated album, Love, is for sale as physical CD or digital downloads from Mysteriummusic.com, Peterkater.com and fine music stores everywhere, including but not limited to Amazon, iTunes and CD Baby.

Learn more about Love and listen to music clips on the official album page at http://www.mysteriummusic.com/albums/love

Media interviews and CD review requests welcome; please contact Beth Ann Hilton, The B Company, at bethhilton(at)thebcompany(dot)com.

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Dramatic New Solo Piano Album Represents Several "Firsts" For Award-Winning Artist Fiona Joy And Cookie Marenco’s Blue Coast Music Group

Elegant and soulful, contemporary and classical, all of these elements are part of Fiona Joy's solo piano performances on Signature - Solo. Fiona Joy's name is known to many thanks to her award-winning recordings, and yet Signature - Solo is her first solo piano release. In another first, it is also the initial release for Tiny Island Music, a new label created by Cookie Marenco as a division of her Blue Coast Music Group, a music company that caters to customers seeking a higher-quality audio experience. Signature – Solo, produced by Cookie Marenco, is immediately available for purchase in a variety of physical and digital formats at http://tinyislandmusic.bandcamp.com/

Tiny Island Music was created for music fans wanting top performances as Fiona Joy has given on Signature – Solo and a better audio experience that is more accessible to the mainstream. Marenco shares insights on Fiona Joy's music, and the inspiration to release it in more "mainstream" formats such as CD and mp3 through Tiny Island Music. "Fiona's music is a cross between George Winston's simple melodies and Ludovico Einaudi's musical sophistication. Her masterful performances are the perfect music to showcase the kind of clarity double DSD audio brings to the home listener; Fiona's fans needed a way to have a CD, mp3s and access to internet radio, and we deliver that through Tiny Island Music."

The artist and producer met several years ago when Fiona Joy signed to Blue Coast Records for high-fidelity recordings, as Marenco has partnered with Sony Music to deliver hi-resolution music to discerning audiophile consumers. Signature - Solo was originally recorded for an audiophile experience to be released via Blue Coast Records. Tracked live to analog tape and mixed to Double DSD Digital by Marenco, every nuance is captured as Fiona performs on an impeccably-restored 1885 Steinway piano. The CD and mp3s being released on Tiny Island Music have been optimized for mainstream fans who will also appreciate the high-quality aspects of these recordings without having to purchase upgraded playback devices.

For those wanting the full audiophile experience and have the gear to enjoy Fiona's music, Signature - Solo Audiophile Edition is available on SACD from Blue Coast Records. High Resolution Downloads in DSD128, DSD64, 192 WAV/FLAC or 96 WAV/FLAC are available at Downloads NOW!

Early reviewers are in favor of what they're hearing. Writer Lawrence Devoe (Blu-rayDefinition) wrote, "I heard echoes of George Winston in some of the tracks like 'Ceremony', and reminiscences of Michael Nyman's minimalist piano works in 'Fair Not', but Fiona Joy really brings her own voice that will take listeners deep into the heart of her contemporary music. The alternative version of 'Once Upon Impossible', an ethereal voice-piano duet, lets us see the other side of the artist."

In fact, the aforementioned duet presents another "first" that will please Fiona Joy's fans, as she makes her vocal debut on the song "Once Upon Impossible (Duet)." Also, a poignantly simple original version of the popular song "Grace" appears on the album; earlier this year, a remixed version of the song was part of a Grammy®-winning album.

Concert reviewer Michael Diamond, who attended Fiona Joy's 2014 Throckmorton Theatre concert in San Francisco where she first performed "Grace" and other pieces from Signature – Solo, commented "What I appreciated most was being able to listen and watch Fiona at the piano. The passion and elegance in her performance was breathtaking, as her flawless technique combined with pure emotional expression."

Taking a break from demanding rehearsals for her upcoming tour in China, Fiona Joy says that – in contrast to her last and somewhat more existential album 600 Years in a Moment – creating Signature – Solo with Marenco was a more inward journey, an exploration of maintaining magic in our lives, even when life itself gets in the way.

The Australia-based pianist/composer/producer and, now, vocalist adds "I hope that with all of these fantastic audio formats, every fan will be reached, and you will hear my feelings in these songs; they are dedicated to saving that small place in everyone's heart, the place where fairytales linger, and where we find the strength to meet our reality...with grace."

Signature - Solo Track List:
1. Ceremony [3:37]
2. Grace [5:43]
3. Fair Not [4:00]
4. Once Upon Impossible (Solo Piano) [3:28]
5. Calling Earth [3:49]
6. Invisible Train [3:27]
7. Signature [2:38]
8. Once Upon Impossible (Duet) [4:22]
9. From The Mist [4:55]
10. Little Star [4:35]

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For Retail Purchase of MP3s, visit TinyIslandMusic.BandCamp.com or iTunes.
For Retail Purchase of physical CDs, go to TinyIslandMusic.com, FionaJoy.com, or Amazon.
For Sales and Distribution info, contact the person appropriate to your territory:
Wholesale Distribution USA by CPI Distribution, claypinc@cs.com, ph: 440-333-2208
Wholesale Distribution outside of USA: Blue Coast Music Group, support@bluecoastmusic.com, ph: 650-595-8475

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