{"id":41703,"date":"2016-02-23T14:18:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/?p=41703"},"modified":"2016-02-23T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:18:48","slug":"reddingite-wins-best-new-age-grammy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/music-en\/reddingite-wins-best-new-age-grammy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddingite wins \u2018Best New Age\u2019 Grammy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Avgerinos, a Redding-based composer who runs Studio Unicorn on Sanfordtown Road, won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album last night. He won for his album \u2018Grace,\u2019<\/a>\u00a0which was released last year.<\/p>\n

This is the first Grammy for Avgerinos, who was featured by the Pilot in December.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to producing albums\u00a0of meditative and spiritually inspired music, many of his single tracks have been featured in feature films and on broadcast television.<\/p>\n

From December\u2019s feature:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Many music fans might recognize the sounds of new age music from blockbuster artists like Enya and Tangerine Dream, or from the popular public radio show \u201cEchoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Avgerinos, who was one of the first artists featured on Echoes in the 1980s, said while Grammy recognition is great, he didn\u2019t enter the music business for either fame or fortune.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really just a great blessing to make music that helps people in their daily lives,\u201d he said of his 24 studio albums. \u201cForty years ago I realized gentle music had a wonderful effect on me. It made me less anxious, less worried, more happy. So I started trying to make that music.\u201d And he never stopped.<\/p>\n