Endless Blue Sky Explained

Endless Blue Sky
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Kevin Kern
Cover:	KeveinKern-EndlessBlueSky.jpg
Released:	January 27, 2009
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	New-age, instrumental
Length:	61:18 (Asian)
Label:	Real Music
Producer:	Terence Yallop, Kevin Kern
Prev Title:	Imagination's Light
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Enchanted Piano
Next Year:	2011

Endless Blue Sky is the eighth studio album from American new-age pianist Kevin Kern. As with his preceding albums, it is an album of instrumental songs. It was released on January 27, 2009.^[1]

It is his first album to include the concept of bonus tracks, the Asian version having one, a cover of Jay Chou's "A Thousand Miles Away" (千里之外). It is also his first studio album to exceed eleven tracks, and the first studio album to exceed an hour in length (for the Asian edition) - previously, only his compilation albums were over an hour long.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Kevin Kern except #11, written by Jay Chou.

1. "Joy of the Journey" – 3:18
2. "Velvet Green" – 3:52
3. "Endless Blue Sky" – 6:29
4. "Sunset Prayer" – 2:52
5. "Light Spirit" – 4:23
6. "Scene in a Dream" – 4:54
7. "The Skipping Song" – 4:44
8. "Caring Friend" – 5:00
9. "Wending Our Way Home" – 4:31
10. "The Glistening Pond" – 5:16
11. "A Thousand Miles Away" – 4:50 (Asian bonus track)
12. "Gifts Along the Way" – 3:54
13. "Joy of the Journey" (Reprise) – 1:58
14. "Always Near" – 5:19

Personnel

• Kevin Kern – piano, keyboards, producer
• Dean Magraw - acoustic guitar
• Jill Olson - violin
• Rebecca Arons - cello
• Gordon Johnson - acoustic and electric bass
• Richard Laeton - art director

References

1. Web site: Endless Blue Sky at cdUniverse.com . 14 December 2008.

External links

• Kevin Kern's official website
• Kevin Kern at Real Music
• The album at Real Music
• The Asian version of album at Real Music