Artist's albums
The Land Of Hopes And Dreams
2000 · album
Silver Wings (Remastered)
1999 · album
My Elfin Friends
1998 · album
The Best Of Mike Rowland
1998 · compilation
Angel Delight
1997 · album
The Fairy Ring (Remastered)
1997 · album
Within The Light
1996 · album
The Salvador Concert
1996 · album
Silver Wings Suite
1995 · album
The Fairy Ring Suite
1995 · album
And So To Dream
1993 · album
Lady Of The Lake
1993 · album
The Magical Elfin Collection
1989 · album
The Brighter Side
1989 · album
Titania The Fairy Queen
1988 · album
Silver Wings (Reissue)
1985 · album
Solace
1983 · album
The Fairy Ring Piano Version
1982 · album
The Fairy Ring (Reissue)
1982 · album
Dream Of Fairies & Angels
2004 · album
Arc-En-Ciel: The Healing
2001 · album
Similar artists
John Adorney
Artist
Mars Lasar
Artist
Medwyn Goodall
Artist
Bernward Koch
Artist
Nicholas Gunn
Artist
Herb Ernst
Artist
Hilary Stagg
Artist
Gandalf
Artist
Mehdi
Artist
Aeoliah
Artist
2002
Artist
Diane Arkenstone
Artist
Biography
New age composer Mike Rowland was born in London in 1958. As a youngster, Rowland showed a natural affinity for composing and playing the piano. After his schooling, he ran an antique shop, where he grew to appreciate the treasures that passed through his hands. He played the church organs at Albert Hall and St. Paul's Cathedral; while at home, he created dreamy compositions at his piano and synthesizer. One day in the early '80s, he heard an otherworldly, yet humble, melody while walking through the forest. Back in his living room, Rowland set up a tape recorder and played the music as best he could remember. After mixing in some orchestral strings with a synthesizer, Fairy Ring was complete. Rowland made duplicates on his home tape recorder and casually distributed them to friends and stores. From this innocent beginning, Fairy Ring spread worldwide to become one of the most enduring new age albums of all time; Shirley MacLaine immortalized the music on her video Inner Workout. Rowland occasionally gives public concerts, and during a 1986 tour in The Hague, he signed on with Oreade Music, thus assuring his recordings worldwide marketing and distribution. Rowland, however, has never lost that mystical innocence and charm. His album roster includes Piesces (1990), Within the Light (1996), and My Elfin Friends (1999). Land of Hope and Dreams followed in early 2001. ~ Carol Wright, Rovi