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David Lindsay has released his 5th album produced at Imaginary Road! He also appears on The Gathering~Guitar. Please giv...
12/26/2024

David Lindsay has released his 5th album produced at Imaginary Road! He also appears on The Gathering~Guitar. Please give him a listen and some love here:

Listen to With You by David Lindsay.

12/25/2024

We LOVE this album!
In 1997, Imaginary Road producers Dawn Atkinson & Will Ackerman released ON A WINTER’S NIGHT, an absolutely wonderful wintry-season album that fell through the cracks in the ice, in terms of promotion and distribution.
You can stream it here:
https://lnk.to/Onawintersnight
Tracks by Barbara Higbie, Fred Simon, Tim Story, Steve Erquiaga, Deborah Henson-Conant, Paul McCandless, Richard Schönhertz, David Cullen & Jill Haley, Charlie Bisharat, Valgardena, Samite, Rob Eberhard Young, Secret Garden, Schola Cantorum of St. Peter’s In The Loop
Song Playing is Coventry Carol by Barbara Higbie-

At 6 years old, Karolyn Grimes played Zuzu in Frank Capra’s classic It’s A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Donna R...
12/24/2024

At 6 years old, Karolyn Grimes played Zuzu in Frank Capra’s classic It’s A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. It feels ridiculous to even write that because we all know this anyway… it’s probably encoded in our dna by now. I admit that I'm a sap and cry happy tears every time I see the movie. Many years ago, on Christmas Eve I went online, found her number and called her… and she answered!!! She made it a point to be accessible on Christmas Eve. I was struck by her kindness and obvious joy in the role she was given; as an actor and as someone who can continue to give the gift of being there for us on Christmas Eve. Surely in this age of connectivity and social media, she probably doesn’t take phone calls, but live-streams on FBook or something! I wrote a song called Zuzu’s Petal’s in 2008, give it a listen, if you like 👉 https://lnk.to/zuzuspetals
And/Or go visit Karolyn’s FB page, she’s 84 and still going strong! 🥀🥀🥀
https://www.facebook.com/imzuzu
If this post looks familiar, I posted it last
Christmas!

Listen to Zuzu’s Petals by Will Ackerman.

Got to spend a moment with cherished old friends this week...Maestro Phil Aaberg gifted Michael Millard with an wonderfu...
12/22/2024

Got to spend a moment with cherished old friends this week...Maestro Phil Aaberg gifted Michael Millard with an wonderful show at the Chandler Music Hall celebrating their long time friendship.

12/07/2024

*repost* We combed through my catalog for Christmas/holiday feeling songs and made this seasonal playlist- Mostly guitar with a few extras...
To listen on your various devices/places, click here:
https://lnk.to/willswinterplaylist

Let me know what you think! #❄️⛄️🎶

Back in 98’ Windham Hill released a Thanksgiving compilation that we’re sure many of you have already, but for anyone wh...
11/28/2024

Back in 98’ Windham Hill released a Thanksgiving compilation that we’re sure many of you have already, but for anyone who needs a bit of musical Thanksgiving cheer, you can find it here: https://lnk.to/windhamhillthanksgiving
🍁Happy Thanksgiving🍁
With musical love, from Paul McCandless, Philip Aaberg, Michael Manring, Eileen Ivers, Sean Harkness, Tracy Silverman, Thea Suits-Silverman, William Coulter, Barry Phillips, R. Carlos Nakai, Paul Winter, Tim Story, Lisa Lynne, John Dean, Liz Story, John Sebastian, George Winston & Will Ackerman

My new favorite band, Platform8 has released their next single, My Way. The duo behind this project, Tom Eaton and Noah ...
11/22/2024

My new favorite band, Platform8 has released their next single, My Way. The duo behind this project, Tom Eaton and Noah Wilding, have created an hypnotic enigmatic album that I enjoy Iistening to over and over again. (I have "special" preview access to the entire album and you can too, if you go to bandcamp.com-see link below) Please give them a listen and follow them wherever you listen to music. -Will

Listen to My Way by Platform8.

My brother Jeff Oster was here yesterday on his way down to pick up Tom Eaton and Vin Downes for their gig in Bryn Mawr,...
09/27/2024

My brother Jeff Oster was here yesterday on his way down to pick up Tom Eaton and Vin Downes for their gig in Bryn Mawr, P.A. tonight. They are reuniting for a special night as they continue to explore their unique sound which we first heard on their 2024 release, Seven Conversations. If you are in the area, go!
LINK HERE: https://events.humanitix.com/an-evening-of-ambient-improvisations-with?fbclid=IwY2xjawFi1jZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVMCHnIN1wK3A31BaCBXSxha92KCiTDckA-x_v8TLRcZkUk6Qoi-zgXLPA_aem_ZjIhPXAqSsNcGvL4ti8Q1g

Two of my absolute favorite humans have formed a new band and I absolutely LOVE it!Platform8 is the brainchild of Tom Ea...
09/21/2024

Two of my absolute favorite humans have formed a new band and I absolutely LOVE it!
Platform8 is the brainchild of Tom Eaton and Noah Wilding (whom some of you may know by another name 😉) Please take the time to listen and follow them wherever you listen to music!
Link Here:

Listen to All These Things by Platform8.

I found out that my dear friend Liz Story is in need and my hope is that we can all work together to help make this happ...
09/06/2024

I found out that my dear friend Liz Story is in need and my hope is that we can all work together to help make this happen!
If you would kindly share this post/link, I thank you very much.
-Will

Liz has faced a lot of adversity in the past two decades — caring for her husban… Geoffrey Hoefer needs your support for Liz Story Emergency Oral Surgery Fund

Imaginary Road is so pleased to announce the latest album Unity, from Raphael Groten and violinist Rebecca Kodis.“I foun...
08/18/2024

Imaginary Road is so pleased to announce the latest album Unity, from Raphael Groten and violinist Rebecca Kodis.
“I found myself listening again and again to the album, discovering layer upon layer of heart and beauty as I went along. Unity is a remarkable creation by two very talented musicians.” - Will Ackerman
“This is one of the sonic gems of 2024, to be sure. I have no doubt you will fall in love with it just as quickly as I did! Superb!” - Dick Metcalf, Contemporary Fusion Reviews
Also appearing are Eugene Friesen, Michael Manring & Will Ackerman.
Produced by Tom Eaton, Raphael Groten & Rebecca Kodis.
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Tom Eaton at Sounds & Substance.
Listen/Download Here:

Listen to Unity by Raphael Groten, Rebecca Kodis.

Today I am sending many grateful thanks to all 575 kind and generous people who contributed over $100K to the Kickstarte...
08/04/2024

Today I am sending many grateful thanks to all 575 kind and generous people who contributed over $100K to the Kickstarter Campaign for Tal Skloot's documentary, A Quiet Revolution. I am truly overwhelmed by your generous outpouring of support.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
You really did it! So excited to see where Tal will take this!
-Will

WHOA! Incredibly, the Kickstarter is pushing $100K!! WHO WILL PUSH IT OVER THE EDGE?http://kck.st/3KSBcHb
08/02/2024

WHOA! Incredibly, the Kickstarter is pushing $100K!!
WHO WILL PUSH IT OVER THE EDGE?
http://kck.st/3KSBcHb

07/20/2024

The Kickstarter campaign has over 400 backers!!
Today, I asked the filmmaker Tal Skloot what his "true" target is, and he said he'd like to surpass $90K and Wow, it’s already over 90% there!
That means we have 2 weeks left to spread the word and hit this target so Tal can finish filming, editing and promoting this story so incredibly dear to my heart.
SPREAD THE WORD:
http://kck.st/3KSBcHb
Other Windham Hill artists have gotten involved by adding personal "rewards" to the campaign and my wife suggested we do a “grab bag” from my own personal collection of lp’s, cd’s, and other memorabilia.
Each person receives a copy of the compilation “30 years of Windham Hill”, all 4 of The Gathering cd’s, plus the soon to be released The Gathering Guitar, a retro Windham Hill tee shirt, ephemera such as an original business card from way back when I was also a builder(!) the full set of The Gang Of Seven cd’s, (my pet project of spoken word) 4 lp’s and 4 cd’s from my collection (that’s the “grab bag” part of the equation) There may be some wiggle room for requests. And the first person to pick the grab bag reward will receive the very cool one-of-a-kind Windham Hill clock, designed by Adam Werner.

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P. O. Box 419
Buxton, ME
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