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Chad Lawson

Where We Are - Sleep Rework

Decca Records
Release Date: March 14, 2025

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1 Sanctuary  
2 Of Wonder  
3 In Another Place  
4 Like Stars In The Sky  
5 Gentle  
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For World Sleep Day 2025, Chad Lawson presents a short collection of soothing felted piano reworks of songs from his latest album Where We Are. “I wanted to create a gentle invitation to stillness, hoping listeners find some calm in this experience. Songs like Sanctuary and Gentle act as quiet companions. This World Sleep Day, let’s pause and reflect on the importance of rest.” Chad Lawson

  • Chad Lawson set for Grass Valley's 'Center for the Arts' / YubaNet.com
    Posted At: October 1, 2024
    Yuba.net writes…The Center for the Arts and Music in the Mountains are pleased to present renowned pianist and composer Chad Lawson in the Marisa Funk Theater on October 27th.Steinway Artist, pianist, and composer Chad Lawson is a modern-day master of reinvention: his bold interpretation of the classics, electronic loops, and atmospherics resonate with EDM fans and Neo-classical traditionalists alike. Lawso...

  • In advance of his debut Australian tour this October, Chad Lawson chats with SPOTLIGHT REPORT
    Posted At: August 8, 2024
    Multi-award winning pianist and composer Chad Lawson has an impressive list of accomplishments in recent years that many artists could only hope for in a lifetime. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums, worked with renowned musicians and producers and has the distinguished honor of being a Steinway artist.Born in North Carolina, Chad knew he wanted to be a musician at the age of five. He pursued...

  • 'Piano break' with Chad Lawson is music without limits / hr2
    Posted At: August 1, 2024
    Multi-award winning pianist and composer Chad Lawson has an impressive list of accomplishments in recent years that many artists could only hope for in a lifetime. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums, worked with renowned musicians and producers and has the distinguished honor of being a Steinway artist.Born in North Carolina, Chad knew he wanted to be a musician at the age of five. He pursued...

  • Chad Lawson is helping people heal through music, one deep, calming breath at a time / Classical Post
    Posted At: July 18, 2023
    World-renowned pianist Chad Lawson has released breathe (guided breathwork edition), a new deluxe edition of his luminous album breathe, today via Decca Records US. Released for Mental Health Awareness Month, the album includes a series of guided breathwork tracks, with Lawson’s soothing voice guiding listeners through simple techniques. Listen to the album HERE.As both the creator and host of the iHeartRad...

  • Chad Lawson - breathe makes 'Virginia Living: Best Albums 2022
    Posted At: December 7, 2022
    World-renowned pianist Chad Lawson released a luminous double album 'breathe' on September 23 via Decca Records US. Featuring both solo piano compositions and orchestrated arrangements, breathe is a heart-felt invitation to pause and enjoy a cathartic moment of release. Each melody purposefully brushes across the canvas of emotions, allowing a tremendous depth of feeling to shine through every moment. “With...

  • Chad Lawson - breathe makes VIRGINIA LIVING: Best Albums 2022
    Posted At: December 7, 2022
    Music moves us; see what got us going in 2022.World-renowned pianist Chad Lawson released his luminous double album breathe on September 23 2022 via Decca Records US. Featuring both solo piano compositions and orchestrated arrangements, breathe is a heart-felt invitation to pause and enjoy a cathartic moment of release. Each melody purposefully brushes across the canvas of emotions, allowing a tremendous de...

  • GOLDMINE Q&A's with Chad Lawson on Henry Mancini flip side and his calming new album
    Posted At: September 25, 2022
    Steinway pianist Chad Lawson recorded his new Decca album at Abbey Road Studios, and the Fabulous Flip Sides column reports on it via a B-side.World-renowned pianist Chad Lawson's luminous double album breathe, released on September 23 via Decca Records US, features both solo piano compositions and orchestrated arrangements, breathe is a heart-felt invitation to pause and enjoy a cathartic moment of release...

  • WIth new album, Chad Lawson seeks to heal / NPR
    Posted At: September 23, 2022
    Heard on Morning Edition…. NPR's OLIVIA HAMPTON writes….Can music improve mental health? Pianist and composer Chad Lawson hopes his music can heal people struggling with mental health challenges. His new double album, breathe, released Friday to coincide with National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Recorded at the legendary Beatles studio Abbey Road, it features members of the Royal Philharmon...

  • Chad Lawson's 'Irreplaceable' makes JAZZIZ: Editors Choice
    Posted At: April 4, 2022
    JAZZIZ - MATT MICUCCI writes…..The editors of JAZZIZ have the good fortune of being able to listen to new music before it’s officially released in stores and streaming platforms. And because we’re listening to new tunes all the time, we know just what to recommend. That’s why, each Monday, we’ll be bringing you a roundup of ten songs, featuring music from our favorite new albums, singles and other tunes tha...

  • Chad Lawson's 'You Finally Knew' is very highly recommended / Mainly Piano
    Posted At: November 19, 2020

    I first discovered Chad Lawson's music in 2009 when he released his debut solo piano album, Set On a Hill, and I instantly fell in love. That album went on to win the Whisperings Solo Piano Radio "Album of the Year" award. Two years later, Chad played a house concert in my home in Oregon with a couple of other Whisperings artists, and his incredibly expressive touch on the piano keys literally stopped me...

  • Harmonious World Podcast chats with pianist, composer and podcaster; Chad Lawson
    Posted At: October 10, 2020

    Chad Lawson is a modern-day master of reinvention: From his bold interpretations of the classics (Bach, Chopin) - which topped the iTunes chart - to the piano itself, which he reimagined with an iPad, creating electronic loops and ambient atmospherics that resonated with EDM fans and neoclassical traditionalists alike. Lawson later recreated the soundtrack - historically known as a recording of the music...

  • Chad Lawson's music gets under the skin / KlassikAkzente
    Posted At: September 11, 2020

    If so-called "soul food" with taste, good ingredients and a beneficial consistency beyond the body can also make the soul happy, then Chad Lawson's music can certainly also be called "soul music", because the moods that the American artist creates created with the buttons, get under the skin and have an immediate positive effect on the inner workings. When the music starts, the world stops and all wo...

  • Chad Lawson's 'You Finally Knew' is an invitation of self-reflection / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: September 11, 2020

    Pianist and composer Chad Lawson today released his new solo piano album, You Finally Knew, recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios. "You Finally Knew is an invitation of self-reflection," explained Chad Lawson. "Beckoning us to pause and look inside ourselves, to see what makes each of us uniquely us. It is becoming increasingly difficult to be honest with ourselves as we unintentionally set aside eve...

  • Voguing meets classical in new Chad Lawson video / 98.7WFMT
    Posted At: July 30, 2020

    Music and motion come together beautifully in a new video featuring the work of pianist and composer Chad Lawson. Explaining the link between the images and his music, Lawson quotes painter Edgar Degas: "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." The video for Prelude in D Major, directed by Agostina Gálvez, features the dancers Jason Rodriguez and José Lapaz Rodriguez. Jason h...

  • 'Mainly Piano' reviews Chad Lawson's 'Waltz in B Minor' & 'Prelude in D Major'
    Posted At: July 15, 2020

    Waltz in B Minor (single) Chad Lawson has been one of my favorite pianists for many years. When I first saw him play live in 2011, his velvety piano touch literally stopped me in my tracks. More than proficient in many genres of music, it is with his own breathtaking compositions that Lawson truly shines the brightest. Never one to show off with a lot of bravado or fancy finger work, Lawson's g...

  • Chad Lawson's velvety touch is very much present in the wistful, dreamy melody on 'One Day You Finally Knew' / Mainly Piano
    Posted At: April 22, 2020

    "One Day You Finally Knew" is the second single from Chad Lawson's upcoming five-song solo piano EP, Stay. The EP is Chad's debut on the Decca label and will be released on May 1, 2020. Trained in both classical music and jazz, Chad has independently released a fascinating collection of albums that range from his own beautiful compositions to his arrangements of classics by Chopin and Bach. I have seen h...

  • Chad Lawson releases first single from upcoming five-song EP on Decca / Mainly Piano
    Posted At: April 15, 2020

    "Stay" is the first single from pianist/composer Chad Lawson's upcoming five-song EP by the same name. His first album on the Decca Records label, Stay will be released in May 1, 2020. I reviewed Chad's first independent album, Set On a Hill, back in 2009 and immediately became a fan. He released a variety of indie albums over the next several years, from original music to his own arrangements of cla...
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