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Billy Oskay (born in Kingston, New York) is an American violinist, engineer and producer. Founder and owner of Big Red Studio, Corbett, Oregon, and previously Nightnoise Studios in Portland, Oregon, USA. In 1983 he met Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and the two recorded some music in his home studio. Those recordings became their album Nightnoise and also became the basis of an expanded four piece group of the same name. He recorded three albums with the quartet before leaving to focus on producing and engineering.

ALBUMS


The Pine Tree String Band Featuring Billy Oskay
Best Of Bluegrass
2004, CD, Allegro Corporation
The Clarke Family, Billy Oskay
Banjo Christmas
2003, CD, Album, Lifestyles
The Clarke Family With Billy Oskay
Bluegrass Christmas
2003, CD, Album, NorthQuest
The Clarke Family With Special Guest Billy Oskay
Bluegrass Christmas
2003, 2xCD, Album, NorthQuest
The Clarke Family, Billy Oskay
Banjo Christmas
2003, CD, Album, Lifestyles,
Jim Page With Billy Oskay & Mark Ettinger
Music From Big Red
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Jim Page, Billy Oskay, Mark Ettinger, Scott Law
Head Full Of Pictures
2001, CDr, Num, S/Edition, Whid-Isle Music
Billy Oskay And Mīcheāl Ō Domhnaill*
Nightnoise
1984, Vinyl, ,
New Age
Dan Crary & Thunderation
Perfect Storm
2011, CD, Album, Blue Night Records (2)
Lauren Sheehan
Rose City Ramble
2011, CD, Album, Not On Label (Lauren Sheehan Self-released)
Key Of Dreams
Mile _9
2009, CD, Album, Not On Label (Key Of Dreams (2) Self-released)
Chris Kokesh
I Never Knew
2005, CD, EP, Not On Label (Chris Kokesh Self-released)
Misty River
Willow
2004, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Folk
Dave Deason, Rhonda Ringering
Oregon Impressions
2003, CD, Not On Label, ,
Easy Listening/Ragtime
Various
Communion With God
2000, CD, Comp, Windham Hill Records, ,
New Age/Celtic/Folk/Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz/Dance-pop
John Doan
Wayfarer
1999, CD, Album, Hearts O' Space, ,
Celtic
Various
Sounds Of Wood & Steel 2
1999
Various
Sounds Of Portland
1998, CD, Comp, Mono, 95.5 FM (KXL),
John Doan
Eire: Isle Of The Saints
1997
Dan Crary
Holiday Guitar
1997
John Doan
Wrapped In White: Visions Of Christmas Past
1995
Bill Douglas
Kaleidoscope
1993
Various
Narada Collection 4
1993, ,
Fusion/Neofolk/Downtempo/New Age
Various
Celtic Odyssey - A Contemporary Celtic Journey
1993, ,
Celtic/Folk
Various
Narada. Decade: The Anniversary Collection
1993
Nightnoise
A Windham Hill Retrospective
1992
Michael Gettel
Places in Time
1992
Various
The Narada Wilderness Collection
1991
Dan Crary
Thunderation
1991, ,
Bluegrass
Various
Sona Gaia: Collection One
1990, ,
Folk Rock/Latin/Easy Listening/Fusion/Ambient/Acid Jazz/Downtempo
Wayne Gratz
Panorama
1990, CD, ,
New Age/Ambient
Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis
The Road North
1989
William Ellwood
Vista
1989
Various
Windham Hill Records Sampler '88
1988, CD, Comp, Windham Hill Records, ,
New Age/Contemporary Jazz
John Doan
Departures
1988
Various
Windham Hill Records Sampler '88
1988
Philip Boulding
Harp
1988
Puck Fair
Fair Play
1987
Nightnoise
Something Of Time
1987, Vinyl, ,
Ambient
Various
Windham Hill Radio Sampler Special Programmer's Edition
1986, CD, Promo, Windham Hill Music
Windham Hill Artists
A Winter's Solstice
1985
Various
Peace - An Invitation To Windham Hill, vol. 1
1984
Various
Windham Hill Records Sampler '84
1984
John Doan
Remembrance
CD, Album, RP, Tapestry Productions
Magical Strings
Fairy Wind - Si-Gaoithe
2016, CD, Album, Magic Hill Music
Andrew Gorczyca
Reflections - An Act Of Glass - The Music Of Andrew Gorczyca
2008, ,
Prog Rock
Philip Boulding
Musings: Celtic Harp Originals
2007, CD, Album, Magic Hill Music
Scott Law
Scott Law
2000, CD, Album, Not On Label (Scott Law Self-released)
Magical Strings
Legend Of Inishcahey
1999
Various
Windham Hill Records Sampler '84
1984
Gordon Lee
The Remainder
2023, 11xFile, FLAC, Album, PJCE Records
Gordon Lee
How Can It Be?
2023, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, PJCE Records
Acoustic Groove Experience, Tony Kaltenberg, Michael Manring, Jarrod Kaplan
Thread of Joy
2021, CD, Album, Coldmountain Music
Ken Chapple
Crossing The Black
2015, CD, Album, Not On Label
Gordon Lee With The Mel Brown Septet
Tuesday Night
2014, CD, Album, OA2 Records,
The Student Loan
Moonlit Toasters
2014, CD, Album, Dig, Not On Label (The Student Loan Self-released)
Eric John Kaiser, Patti Kaiser
1+1 =Freedom
2013, CD, EP, Eat Music LLC
Jimmy Be Free
Grace
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label
Jimmy Be Free
Where Saints & Angels Tread
2011,
Aaron Immanuel Wright
Eleven Daughters
2010, CD, Album, Origin Records, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Lee
This Path
2010, CD, Album, OA2 Records
Various
From Clarksdale To Heaven - Remembering John Lee Hooker
2002,
Nightnoise
A Windham Hill Retrospective
1992
Nightnoise
The Parting Tide
1990, ,
New Age/Contemporary Jazz/Neofolk
William Ellwood
Vista
1989, ,
New Age
Windham Hill Artists
A Winter's Solstice II
1988
Gordon Neal Herman
High Tide At Klamath Falls
1987, Cass, Album, Another Time Music, ,
New Age
Nancy Curtin
Nancy Curtin
1985, Cass, Not On Label
Nightnoise
At The End Of The Evening
1988

APPEARANCES +


Everything's Jake
Everything's Jake Swing Quartet
1979, LP, Album, Vector Records, Inc.
Westwood Wind Quintet
Augmented
2017, CD, Crystal Records (5)
Brownish Black
Life Lessons
2015, ,
Funk/Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Various
Banjo Babes
2013, CD, Album, Wepecket Island Records
Philip Glass, Portland Opera Conducted By Anne Manson
Galileo Galilei
2013, 2xCD, Album, Orange Mountain Music, Orange Mountain Music, ,
Opera/Post-Modern
Josh Feinberg, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee*
One Evening In Spring
2013, CD, Album, Saath Sangat Records
Dudley Owens Aaron Wright Band
People Calling
2012, CD, Album, Origin Records
Various
Pick A Peck Of Piedmont Pickers
2011, CD, Album, Wepecket Island Records,
Clarence Bucaro
New Orleans
2009, CD, Album, Hyena Records
Rusty Starz
Rusty Starz
2007, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Rusty Starz Self-released)
Philip Boulding
Celtic Mist
2005, 2xCD, Album, NorthQuest, ,
Celtic
Philip Boulding
Romantic Hammer Dulcimer
2005, CD, Allegro Corporation
Philip Boulding
Elegance Of Hammered Dulcimer
2005, 2xCD, NorthQuest
Scott Law Band
Deliver
2005, CD, Album, Promo, Liquid City, Liquid City
Clarence Bucaro
Matters Of The Heart - Alaska Tour 2005
2005, CD, Album, Ltd, Not On Label, ,
Folk Rock/Ballad
The Pine Tree String Band
Old Time Banjo
2003, CD, Album, Columbia River Entertainment Group
The Pine Tree String Band
Bluegrass Favorites
2003, CD, Album, Allegro Corporation, ,
Bluegrass
The Pine Tree String Band
Country Mountain Favorites
2003, CD, Album, Allegro Corporation
The Pine Tree String Band
Country Mountain Hymns
2003, CD, Album, Allegro Corporation
The Pine Tree String Band
Bluegrass Banjo Favorites
2003, 2xCD, Comp, NorthQuest
The Pine Tree String Band
Inspirational Bluegrass
2003, 2xCD, Comp, NorthQuest
Cam Newton
Ipso Facto
2002, CD, Album, Summit Records (3)
Jim Page
Collateral Damage
2002, CD, Album, Not On Label
Dave Carter (3) & Tracy Grammer
Drum Hat Buddha
2001, HDCD, Album, Signature Sounds
N'Touch
N'Touch
2001, CD, Album, N-Touch Music, ,
Jazz-Funk
Hanuman
Pedalhorse
2000, CD, Album, Omnivine Records
John Nilsen
As Far As Near
2000, CD, ,
New Age/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Jazz-Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad
Michael Allen Harrison, Aaron Meyer With The The Metropolitan Youth Symphony*
Seasons Of Peace
1999, CD, Mah Records, Mah Records
Various
Winter Solstice On Ice
1999, 2x CD, ,
New Age/Easy Listening/Holiday
Various
Sounds Of Wood & Steel 2
1999
Various
Celtica 2
1998, Cass, Comp, Hot Hits (2), ,
Celtic
Windham Hill Artists
Thanksgiving
1998, CD, ,
New Age
John Nilsen
Above Me (Hymns Of Inspiration)
1998
Tarik* & Julia Banzi, Al-Andalus*
Illumination
1997
Various
Celtic Twilight 4 (Celtic Planet)
1997, CD, ,
Ambient/Celtic
Eyvind Kang
7 NADEs
1996, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Leftfield/Modern Classical/Noise
Cam Newton With Michael Bard
Short Films
1995, CD, Album, Waterways Music
Nancy Curtin And The Strayaways
Wind On The Water
1995, CD, Album, Foxglove Records (3)
Various
Celtic Christmas
1995, CD, ,
Celtic/Holiday
Various
Celtic Twilight 2
1995, CD, ,
Ambient/New Age
Various
Windham Hill Records Piano Sampler II
1994
Various
Celtic Twilight
1994, CD, ,
Celtic
Various
きずな~ウェディング・コレクションⅡ= Kizuna Wedding Collection II
1993, CD, Comp, Windham Hill Records
Martin Hayes
Martin Hayes
1993
Windham Hill Artists
Windham Hill Records Sampler '92
1991
Robert Almblade, Carolyn Cruso
The Fifth Element
1991
Windham Hill Artists
A Winter's Solstice III
1990, CD, ,
New Age/Classical/Early/Acoustic/Baroque/Folk/Holiday
Various
The Narada Wilderness Collection
1990, ,
Folk Rock/Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/New Age/Fusion/Future Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Downtempo/Ambient/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Ballad
Various
The Christmas Collection
1988, CD, ,
New Age/Holiday
Windham Hill Artists
A Winter's Solstice II
1988
Jim Page
Visions In My View
1986
Various
Autumn Portrait : Windham Hill
1985, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, CLV, LaserDisc
Cecelia Ostrow
All Life Is Equal
1983, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Jon Ten Broek
Sweet Dreams And Visions
1980, LP, Album, Riverbend Records, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad/Folk
Jeff Johnson
The Face Of The Deep
1980, ,
Prog Rock/Pop Rock/Religious
Spring Rain
Oilman
1979, 7", Spring Rain Recording And Publishing Co., ,
Folk
Taarka
Even Odd Bird
CD, Album, Omnivine Records
Elizabeth Nicholson & Bob Soper
Boldly Panic
CD, Barbarrick Music
Various
A Quiet Revolution: 30 Years Of Windham Hill
2005, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Windham Hill Records, ,
New Age
Various
Generus / New Age
2002, CD, Smplr, BMG
Various
Windham Hill Essential Box
1999, Box + 8xCD, Comp, Windham Hill Records, Windham Hill Jazz, Living Music, Dancing Cat Records, ,
New Age/Folk/Modern Classical/Smooth Jazz
Various
Redbook Relaxers: Sampler
1996, CD, Comp, Windham Hill Records
Various
Select Sounds (Audio Companion To The Windham Hill Occasional)
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Windham Hill Records, ,
New Age/Ambient/Acoustic/Contemporary Jazz/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Celtic
Various
A Seasonal Tradition From Windham Hill
1989, CD, Comp, Smplr, Windham Hill Records
Various
Windham Hill Records CD Collection - IV
1988, Box, Promo + 5xCD, Promo, RE, Windham Hill Records
Various
Windham Hill: Seasons
1988
Various
Windham Hill (The Other America Series) Seasons
1986, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, Pioneer Artists, ,
New Age/Ambient
Various
Peace / An Invitation To Windham Hill Vol. 1
1985, CD, Smplr, Windham Hill Records
Various
Windham Hill: Winter
1985
Various
Peace (An Invitation To Windham Hill Vol. 1)
1984
Various
Windham Hill: Autumn Portrait
1984
Andrew Gorczyca
Reflections - An Act Of Glass - The Music Of Andrew Gorczyca
2009, CD, ,
Prog Rock