Diane Arkenstone
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Career
Arkenstone wrote her first song at the age of three and started playing guitar at the age of seven. She is trained as an opera singer. In her early career she co-formed with a friend named Melanie the duo Enaid & Einalem.Arkenstone's album Jewel in the Sun debuted at number 16 on Billboard's
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
New Age charts when it was released in 2002, highest position was number 11. In 2005, The Best of Diane Arkenstone was ranked #1 on Zone Music Reporter
Zone Music Reporter
Zone Music Reporter is a website tracking New Age, world, and instrumental music. The site features weekly playlist, monthly airplay charts, and album reviews...
's Top 100 Airplay Chart, out of 2800 recordings reported that year.
In her career, she has done work on more than 45 albums and played various instruments such as guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, wood flutes
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, dulcimer
Appalachian dulcimer
The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
, and percussion.
Arkenstone, together with her ex-husband David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone is an American New Age musician. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 1, 1952. He has three children—Quillon, Dashiell and Valinor—with his first wife, Julie...
, created their own record label called Neo Pacifica Recordings. In addition to releasing their own music on the label, they have included other bands such as Earth Trybe, Enaid, and the Marquis Ensemble.
Diane Arkenstone
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Passage | 2000 | Blue Line Music |
| Healing: Mind, Body, Spirit (The Wellness Series) | 2000 | NorthSound Music |
| The Healing Spirit | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Aquaria: A Liquid Blue Trancescape | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Jewel in the Sun | 2002 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| The Best of Diane Arkenstone | 2005 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Stories | 2005 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Christmas Healing, Vol. 1 | 2006 | Neo Pacifica Recordings / Prima Vista Records |
| Christmas Healing, Vol. 2 | 2006 | Neo Pacifica Recordings / Prima Vista Records |
| Christmas Healing, Vol. 3 | 2006 | Neo Pacifica Recordings / Prima Vista Records |
| This Sacred Land | 2009 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| The Best of David and Diane Arkenstone | 2010 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
She has also worked with David Arkenstone on the albums Music Inspired by Middle Earth
Music Inspired by Middle Earth
Music Inspired by Middle Earth is an album featuring David Arkenstone, released in 2001. The music is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings...
, The Celtic Book of Days
The Celtic Book of Days
The Celtic Book of Days is an album by David Arkenstone, released in 1998. It is the first of two Celtic albums by Arkenstone, the other being Spirit of Ireland.-Track listing:#"Equos Fair" – 4:27#"Heart of Spring" – 4:47#"Stormcry" – 4:40...
and the album Trance World from Earth Trybe. With Misha Segal
Misha Segal
Misha Segal is an Israeli-born music producer and film composer.-Early years:Born in Haifa, Israel, weaned on jazz , and raised in Tel Aviv, music called Misha from an early age...
and Peter Hume she worked on the 3-CD collaboration Christmas Healing.
Enaid & Einalem
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Nights | 1996 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Christmas | 1996 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Romance | 1998 | NorthSound Music |
| Highland Christmas | 1998 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Yuletide | 1998 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Holiday | 1999 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Moon | 2000 | NorthSound Music |
| Celtic Journey | 2000 | NorthSound Music |
Adventure Cargo
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| African Skies | 2003 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Spirits of the Rainforest | 2003 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Echoes of Egypt | 2004 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Following the Equator | 2006 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
Ah Nee Mah
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Spirit of Mesa Verde | 2000 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| The Spirit of the Southwest | 2000 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Ancient Voices | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Spirit of the Canyon | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| The Grand Circle | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Ancient Visions | 2005 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
Earth Trybe
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Trance World | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
| Rhythm of the Earth | 2002 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
Enaid
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Avalon: A Celtic Legend | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |
The Marquis Ensemble
| Album | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Reflections of the Wine Country | 2001 | Neo Pacifica Recordings |