Light Rain perform and record what is sometimes known as "world beat" music.

Their four albums, Dream Dancer, Dream Suite, Valentine to Eden, and Dark Fire. feature Doug Adams’ violin over the rhythms of doumbec and finger cymbals. The compositions were originally written to accompany the dancing of De Ann.

Light Rain’s first album, Dream Dancer, was recorded in 1977. Sales soon numbered in the tens of thousands, with orders coming in from across the United States and around the world. It was discovered by the Joffrey Ballet who set a dance to some of its music. The Joffrey’s dance, also named "Light Rain", became known as their signature work..

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