Diane Arkenstone is a
multi-genre musician.
Career
Arkenstone, who grew up in California, 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 the duo ''Enaid & Einalem'' with a friend named Melanie.
Her voice can be heard in the 2002 game
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
''Heroes of Might and Magic IV'' is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. A Macintosh port was subsequentl ...
, in the tracks "A Wise Tale" and "Hope" (among many others) of the game's soundtrack. While her name is not in the credits of the game, her influence is noticeable throughout the soundtrack.
Arkenstone's album ''Jewel in the Sun'' debuted at number 16 on
Billboard's
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New Age charts when it was released in 2002, highest position was number 11.
In 2005, ''The Best of Diane Arkenstone'' was ranked No. 1 on
Zone Music Reporter's Top 100 Airplay Chart, out of 2800 recordings reported that year.
In her career, she has done work on more than 55 albums
and played various instruments such as guitar, keyboard,
wood flutes,
dulcimer
The word dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments.
Hammered dulcimers
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of ...
, synthesizers and percussion.
Arkenstone created her own record label called Neo Pacifica Recordings. In addition to releasing her own music on the label, she included other bands such as Earth Trybe, Enaid, Ah Nee Mah and the Marquis Ensemble.
Her album ''Union Road'' was released in March of 2013,
''The Healing Heart'' released in 2021 and ''Avalon, Between Earth and Sky,'' with David Arkenstone, released in 2022.
Discography
Diane Arkenstone
She has also worked with
David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone (born July 1, 1952) is an American composer and performer. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. Most of Arkenstone's music falls into new age category; however, he also worked in other genres, inclu ...
on the albums ''
Music Inspired by Middle Earth'', ''
The Celtic Book of Days'' and the album ''Trance World'' from Earth Trybe. With
Misha Segal and Peter Hume she worked on the 3-CD collaboration ''Christmas Healing''.
Enaid and Einalem
Adventure Cargo
Ah Nee Mah
Earth Trybe
Enaid
The Marquis Ensemble
See also
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List of ambient music artists
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New-age musicians
Living people
1975 births