Imaginary Road Studios

The Windham Hill Records legacy lives on in the mountains of Vermont where Grammy Award winner and Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman continues to produce award winning acoustic music.   Producer of such iconic musicians as George Winston, Michael Hedges, Liz Story and Alex de Grassi along with his own Grammy Award-winning recordings, Will now works with engineer and co-producer Tom Eaton in the creation of award-winning acoustic masterpieces.

From inside Will Ackerman’s Imaginary Road Studios the views of Windham county’s West River valley provide inspiration to all who visit.  Built in 1993, Imaginary Road Studios has become synonymous with acoustic music of the highest caliber, and has been host to a who’s who of the instrumental music world.

From the magnificent Steinway piano to the Klaus Heyne-modified sequential pairs of Neumann microphones and Hemmingway preamps, Imaginary Road presents the very finest that technology has to offer in a state of the art facility.

Will’s unique approach to record making, with his uncanny sense of balance, space and time, continues to produce records which consistently hold positions at the top of the Zone music charts, and his dual legacies as the founder of Windham Hill Records, and as a singular musical voice, continue to draw the finest instrumental performers from around the world here, to Imaginary Road Studios.

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March 2012

Ronnda Cadle's CD Will's EmbraceGuitarist RONNDA CADLE has finished her CD entitled WILL’S EMBRACE.

This is a lovely, passionate recording with a cast of brilliant musicians including violin virtuoso Charlie Bisharat, Edo Castro on bass, percussionist Jeff Haynes (Pat Metheny) and Denny Fongheiser, pianist Monica Pasqual, cellist Betsy Tinney, our favorite horn player, Jeff Oster, on Fluglehorn, wind synth by Premik Russell Tubbs and vocals by our own Noah Wilding.

We’re all very proud of this beautiful recording.

www.ronndacadle.com


Soul Whispers CD coverDEAN BOLAND ‘s debut piano recording, SOUL WHISPERS has just been released.   Dean’s a brilliant pianist and compositions are original and deeply heartfelt.    He’s joined by a guitarist named Will Ackerman, the violinist Charlie Bisharat, Eugene Friesen on cello, Jill Haley on English horn, Tony Levin on bass and Noah Wilding doing some vocal work.   Chapman Stick player Jeff Pearce (who we hope to do much more work with) contributed some tracking as did Premik who played wind synth.    Tom Eaton engineered the project and did some percussion as well.

www.bolandmusic.com


Dawn of Peace - cd coverLYNN YEW EVERS, a native of Malaysia who has performed extensively in her native country (including playing for the King and Queen) has released her first CD in the US, DAWN OF PEACE.   The album is comprised of solo compositions for solo piano.    The pieces have a way of being instantly memorable and familiar without being in any way imitative of other music.
Lynn is now living in Eastern Washington State with her husband Jeff.

www.lynnyewevers.com