The classically trained Jim Brickman has a firm grasp of pop songcraft and an understanding of various genres of music. Instead of working in expansive soundscapes, Brickman’s piano structures his emotional tunes in bite size chunks and allows him to collaborate with everybody from Carly Simon to Herb Alpert.
- Nick Dedina

James Galway has been hitting the charts for decades with the kind of Celt-ified new age instrumentals that are now so in vogue in the USA. He is the Irish king of woodwinds and his straight classical recordings can be enjoyed even by those not searching for that aural shamrock to clear the soul.
- Nick Dedina