Ambient, that's what music critics call new age that they like. Or perhaps the other way around: new age is something they attach to ambient that's not perceive

Ambient, that's what music critics call new age that they like. Or perhaps the other way around: new age is something they attach to ambient that's not perceived as being serious or authentic enough. Either doesn't imply much more than "instrumental" as far as I can see. An old Billboard magazine claimed new age music was characterised by people getting lyrical about its spirituality and healing properties. I haven't seen much of that, but I do observe that for instance this article gets lyrical about its supposed effect on their neurochemistry, which is even more ridiculous.