Kenai

Track Listings

1. Freedom Found

2. Outside The Tomb

3. Finish The Race

4. O.K. Katherine

5. Kenai

6. A Patient Heart

7. Il Lottare

8. Updraft

9. For You

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
"Kenai, by Rome Mazza, is his first published music CD. All of the music contained on this CD was written and produced by Rome. There is just over one hour of expressive, easy listening music designed to take the edge off of the day. Each song has it's own individual sound signature that you are certain to enjoy. The CD was recently submitted to the New Mexico Music Industry Awards for "Best Album" and also "Best New Age CD" Several of the pieces were also entered for composition awards. The CD cover and artwork, as well as the title, is from the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The music presented on this CD is all original. Of the nine songs, two are piano only. The additional pieces are wonderful arrangements of several relaxing instruments. Each piece has a distinct sound and destination. This would be a perfect CD for background music for that intimate dinner for two or as inspirational music for the soul. It can also be used for those inspirational employee meetings and gatherings. The music on the CD can actually be divided into several categories. Easy Listening, Inspirational, Electronic, Christian, Classical and New Age. There is a song for everyone. You decide. Purchase this CD, you won't be disappointed. Be positioned to relax, enjoy and imagine. The response's from this CD have been very positive. The second album is in the works as is a web page for what's happening. We hope to have it up and running soon. Rome is a Montana native. He enjoys the great outdoors. An avid sportsman. He currently resides in New Mexico, USA. Press release: On May 18, 2003, Kenai won the NMMIC Award for "Best Musical Production" New Age/Contemporary Music.

Product Description
Original instrumental music. Piano, strings,and other soft instruments combined to produce relaxing, easy listening music.

Kenai,Rome Mazza,Rome Mazza,AWARD WINNER. Instrumental, easy listening, relaxing music. All compositions are original and masterfully performed. A delicate arrangement of piano, strings, woodwinds, and other instruments. Music you are certain to enjoy. Check out the demos provided.

Kenai

Tracks:

Kenai Dreams
Footprints In The Snow
Time
Employee 1209
Clay Pidgeons
Plant Me, I Will Grow
Where I Lead Me
Mary's Song
How To Be Alone
Highway Shoes
Small Disguise

Customer Reviews:

A true song writer, If you like Towns VanZant you will love.......1999-07-30

Chris is a true study of folk and bluegrass styles. I met chris last year in Detroit, a comon down to earth man that everyone would like to know. If you are a folk fan you will like this CD. I hope you enjoy this CD as much as I have. James Nippert

Earthy Folk with Staying Power from Jud Branum.......1998-08-06

Chris Buhalis looks at his music career as a long-term proposition. And that's good, because the rural, earthy tones on his debut CD, "Kenai Dreams," reflect his careful study of great American country, folk and blues artists and make a stride of their own toward carrying those traditions forward.

"I always say the best thing I've got going for me in music is that I'm never going to retire," says the always-modest Buhalis, who laughs when he adds that his career goal at this point is "to pay some of this money back, someday."

But just because he's self-effacing doesn't mean he's shy. Buhalis said he's sung at parties throughout his life, and he started playing for people about the time he started writing songs in late 1994. Since then he's made inroads into both the craft and business of music, becoming a leading light in the burgeoning folk scene in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area.

! Buhalis is a solid guitar picker and a soulful singer, and his sound does the bulk of the work on "Kenai Dreams." But he also has friends who can flat-out play. So when Jeff Plankenhorn grabs his dobro or David Mosher steps out for a mandolin solo, the sound is dead-on: clean, crisp and dynamic enough to be emotionally grabbing without ever taking over from the focus on the songs and the lyrics.

And the record stands out for another guest appearance: One of the final recordings of the great Texas songwriter-poet Townes Van Zandt, who mentored Buhalis in his final years before dying on New Year's Day 1997. A shaky Van Zandt vocal echoes a few lines in the title on Buhalis' disk; his picture appears inside the CD booklet. "If you're going to affiliate me with anybody, that's an honor," Buhalis says. "That's like having Elvis come and sing on your record."

Through appearances at The Ark, Ann A! rbor's nationally known listening room, Buhalis has also ! shared the stage with luminaries including Dave Van Ronk and David Bromberg. And one of his first-ever radio appearances was on the nationally syndicated Acoustic Cafe show, so Buhalis proves singers don't have to be aggressive self-promoters to get some exposure.

Like Van Zandt, Buhalis' songs probe truths with well-crafted lyrics, not shying away from the darker side of things.

"I always feel like I'm tricking myself into catching one," Buhalis says of his efforts to put songs on paper.

As an example, Buhalis points out that one of his strongest songs, "Employee 1209," began as the ending of another tune-in-progress that never arrived.

Though a friend joked that "he went to one of my shows and he had to break up the mope pit in front," Buhalis' record has an engaging mix of tunes in the folk/country realm, from the ardent union ballad "Employ! ee 1209" to the upbeat wisdom of "Plant Me I Will Grow."

Mystical Pan Flute
Average customer rating:
Mystical Pan Flute
Kenai
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000R46HQU

Product Description

Includes 1. The Rose 2. Unchained Melody 3. Amazing Grace 4. Sailing 5. Time to say good bye 6. My heart will go on 7. Annie's song 8. From this moment on 9. Wind beneath wings 10. Sound of silence 11. Can you feel the love tonight 12. a woman in love

Average customer rating:

Exciting New Artist
Excellent Music, Excellent Review

Kenai

Manufacturer: Rome Mazza
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00007LV71
Release Date: 2002-12-06

Tracks:

Freedom Found
Outside The Tomb
Finish The Race
O.K. Katherine
Kenai
A Patient Heart
Il Lottare
Updraft
For You

Album Description

Original instrumental music. Piano, strings,and other soft instruments combined to produce relaxing, easy listening music.

Customer Reviews:

Exciting New Artist.......2003-01-28

The music on this CD is absolutely beautiful. It is soothing and restful, calming and comforting, gentle and quieting, and yet it is also exciting and enlivening. Each song gladdens the heart. The smooth blending of instruments is a joy to hear.

Excellent Music, Excellent Review.......2002-12-26

Having had the honor of listening to an advance copy of this CD, I was thrilled to see it advertised on Amazon.com. This CD is so soothing and relaxing that I felt as though I was taking a musical journey through a quiet and calm world. The music on this CD truly fits into the category of "Instrumental--Easy Listening" and yet, the variety of musical pieces causes one to eagerly anticipate the next selection. I greatly admire the musical talent exhibited by the artist (Rome Mazza)in composing and performing and feel sure that his first venture into the musical world will not be his last.