The Winding Path

不曾怀疑过 Kevin Kern 凯文.科恩的作品，但当双耳中充满了这张《The Winding Path 微风小径/风的轨迹》的时候，莫名的感动依旧浮上心头，那是一种纯粹，不加修饰的和谐。宛如清晨漫步在山间小路一般，路边是郁郁葱葱的树林，阳光被树梢所 分割化成无数光线射入这片寂静的森林。Kevin Kern 指尖钢琴琴键的那种感觉就好像露珠落入池塘所泛起的涟漪，柔美、连贯而又自然不过，一种最能贴近你身心的音乐，精灵随着灵动的音乐声曼妙起舞，伴着微风吹 过带来阵阵的清风，深呼吸，感受难得清爽和幽静。

It's always refreshing when an artist finds a unique niche and knows the role his or her music plays in the listener's life. In the case of elegant, meditation-minded composer/pianist Kevin Kern, it's creating an atmosphere for pure healing and relaxation. Rather than work up grandiose themes or pop melodies like some of his better-known new age peers, he is all about warmth, intimacy, and chilling out. Skeptics may bristle at liner note essays like his "Winding Path Guided Visualization," but at least he's honest about his primary goal to soothe, and that he won't mind if we drift off into a gentle sleep before waking up to a deeper self awareness. He enhances his piano on lush numbers like "The Touch of Love" with guitar and flute, and "The Way of the Stream" features a beautiful acoustic introduction by guitarist Jeff Linsky. Opening with a gentle rainstorm and Native American flute ambiences, "High Above the Valley" leads Kern into more exotic territory than ever before. Longtime Kern fans might not find these melodies quite as memorable as those on previous discs, but their simple beauty is undeniable.