TOMOKO SUGAWARA/Along the Silk Road: What hath Yo Yo Ma wrought? Is this world? New Age? Buddhist classical? Off beat yoga music? What? Sugawara is playing a classical harp that hasn't even been seen in real time for over 300 years. Obviously recreated here by crafty luthiers, Sugawara plays solo, in an enchanting and engrossing style that uses white space as much as notes to craft a singular experience that could redefine a lot of things for a new generation of ears. How much to you want to make a bet she winds up making a fortune licensing this for background music for a movie about the Chinese mafia in a scene where the head bad guy does subtly menacing stuff to the crusading cop? An experience outside the ordinary that isn't just a slab of art that is pretty but doesn't move you. Hard to describe, easy to fall for.

 Chris Spector