Here are some sites that offer "Solo Piano" by music by various artists. They offer free downloads, full songs or clips, again for promotional reasons. You also get the chance to buy what you are hearing in various ways.
http://www.freesolopiano.com/ - Allows preview clips, or full downloads of select songs -Customers may buy through Napster.
http://www.solopianoradio.com/ - A "Solo Piano Radio Station". Listen for Free, or pay service. Facebook, Blog and Mailing list links/services are offered as well, maximizing the promotional opportunities. There is a tip jar for donations, though all monies generated through it appear to be used directly for support of the site, not the musicians, who agree to let the site broadcast their content royalty free.
This may be a good deal for the musicians, as long as they look at it as a promotional tool, to hopefully help sell some CDs. Traditional radio stations don't pay the artists directly either, but they get paid, in theory by being part of one of the unions (BMI, ASCAP, etc). So in this case, artists are going to have to keep in mind that this may be a promotion-only type of deal.
I found both of these sites on Google. Just do a search under solo Piano, or maybe New Age. Jazz may also be a helpful search term in this context.
Note: There's a difference between New Age Music and New Age Spirituality. Though they are often related, this is not always the case. This is why I, personally, like the term Solo Piano, Better.
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