Yearning for Yanni

Women want him. Men want to be him. He can conjure any emotion with just a few notes on the keyboard. He is Yanni, the uber-king of "new age" music. His compositions have infiltrated television and radio airwaves for years, becoming indelibly linked to the Olympics and other sporting events. In a market saturated with pop divas and grunting nu-metal knuckleheads, Yanni has inexplicably continued to sell millions of albums. It's a pretty impressive feat for an instrumental artist these days, but Yanni's timeless tunes guarantee a loyal and self-regenerating following that will snatch up anything he puts out. Now, Yanni has embarked on a new project, selecting several young vocalists to re-interpret his work by writing and singing vocals to his instrumental classics. These four up-and-coming singers might breathe new life into Yanni's familiar catalog of music and magic. This may be just the thing to give a new generation of fans a severe case of "Yanni fever." Catch the dream when Yanni Voices floats into the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie this Sunday. Visit yanni.com for details and ticket information.
Sun., June 14, 8 p.m., 2009