American multi-instrumentalist Diane Arkenstone grew up on a California ranch, trained originally as an opera singer, and has been a prominent voice in New Age music since the mid-1990s. Married to fellow composer David Arkenstone, with whom she co-founded the Neo Pacifica label, she has released more than fifty-five albums spanning Celtic, trance, meditation, and Native American-influenced styles.

Mood and energy: Ethereal, Celtic-tinged, wide-ranging. Recommended uses: meditation, reflection, nature immersion.

Sacred Ground Confidence Score: 4 out of 5 stars   Final recommendation: Approved.

Why this artist belongs in Sacred Sounds: A prolific and stylistically wide-ranging artist whose Celtic and meditative recordings give Sacred Ground strong representation in both the Meditation and Nature Immersion collections.