New age, old story

Christian artists' collaboration sets Celtic legends to music | Arsenio Orteza

During the last 16 years, the Oregon keyboardist and composer Jeff Johnson has emerged as a leading figure in the musical genre commonly known as "New Age." Unlike most of his peers, however, Mr. Johnson--who publishes his songs under the imprint "Sola Scriptura Music"--is a devout Christian.

His latest album, Music of Celtic Legends: The Bard and the Warrior, is his fourth in collaboration with the Irish flautist Brian Dunning and the Christian author Stephen Lawhead. Like its predecessors, Music of Celtic Legends consists of music based on themes suggested by Mr. Lawhead's fantasy-based fiction. What makes Celtic Legends the high point of the series is the intimacy with which the music and the fiction interact.

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