{"product_id":"aircastle-castle-in-the-air-cd","title":"Aircastle - \"Castle In The Air\" (CD)","description":"The “Castle In The Air” album celebrates 50 years of Aircastle music.\r\n\r\nAircastle founders Robert Gilmore and David Godet met in 1973, when they were assigned as roommates in the Sonoma State dorms in Northern California. The band name was inspired by the Maxfield Parrish painting entitled \"Air Castles.\"\r\n\r\nThey soon started playing around Sonoma County as a flute and acoustic guitar duo, in an English folk\/classically influenced style. The late Kate Wolf took Aircastle under her wing when she interviewed them on her radio show \"Singer's Circle\" on KSRO, and they performed their music on the air. Aircastle also played in a number of her concerts.\r\n\r\nLater, with the addition of violin, cello and female vocalist, the band became known for its complex acoustic material as well as for the excellence of its string players (including Jeremy Cohen [Quartet San Francisco], Teri and Jim Lee [National Symphony Orchestra], Barbara Vivian Rogers, Dawn Hyde and Tim Kennedy). Aircastle gained popularity throughout the SF Bay Area, calling their music Renaissance Jazz.\r\n\r\nThe late 1970s saw the addition of bass, drums and keyboards, transitioning to a more electric progressive rock approach.\r\n\r\nThey shared the bill with Kate Wolf, George Winston, David LaFlamme (It's a Beautiful Day), Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band), The Sons (with Terry Haggerty), Merle Saunders (Jerry Garcia) and were joined onstage and jammed with Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin).\r\n\r\nAircastle was initially active from 1973-1982. They reunited in 2006 thanks to their longtime friend Michael Fleshman, an anti-apartheid activist who worked for the UN at that time.\r\n\r\nThe new Aircastle album \"Castle In The Air\" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the band, and includes 18 tracks of studio material from 1974-2025. Six of the tracks were newly recorded, and all but three of the tracks have been remixed. The album was mastered by Myles Boisen. Graphic design by John Gilmore. Photography by Dorian Cohen, Fred Kaplan and Patrick Johnson.","brand":"Studio Soundworks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52226402189605,"sku":"198002178527","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/1250\/3845\/files\/CD_cover_for_Spinney.png?v=1779804704","url":"https:\/\/store.spinneymedia.com\/products\/aircastle-castle-in-the-air-cd","provider":"Spinney Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}