Wings (Peter Kater album)

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Wings
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ReleasedAugust 30, 2019
Genre New-age
Length45:12

Wings is a studio album by Peter Kater, released in 2019. [1]

The album received a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. [2]

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References

  1. "Wings - Peter Kater". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. "Partial list of 2020 Grammy Awards winners". Orange County Register. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-27.