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Late Fall Update: London Bluegrass, Celtic Women, Nashville singer/songwriters.
READ MORE »: Late Fall Update: London Bluegrass, Celtic Women, Nashville singer/songwriters.A very busy Fall season at MPM Studio: an intense session this past weekend with absolutely lovely Irish traditional tunes and songs from Celtic Woman stars Máiréad Nesbitt (fiddle), Lynn Hilary (vocals) and Eimar McGoewn (Flute, Tin Whistle), with composer/producer Tim Janis. This week, popular British bluegrass trio Lunch Special, fresh from a summer full of European…
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NH’s Lynda Nelson ‘Forever in a Song’: New England to Nashville and back!
READ MORE »: NH’s Lynda Nelson ‘Forever in a Song’: New England to Nashville and back!What a blast making this music was! When Lynda Nelson of Concord NH came to my studio to start working on recordings of her songs, it became immediately apparent that putting her music in the hands of the legendary ‘Nashville Cats’ would be the way to go. I knew Lynda’s exuberant positivity would bring out…
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Laurel Martin: Larks and Thrushes- Boston’s sweetest Irish fiddle
READ MORE »: Laurel Martin: Larks and Thrushes- Boston’s sweetest Irish fiddleIt’s hard to be objective about this one: ever since I first heard Laurel play at the Catskills Irish Arts week in 2010 I’ve loved her graceful take on my favorite flavor of Irish music. So it’s with gratitude for the opportunity that I had a chance to collaborate closely on this project. Along with…
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Josephine County- Celtic/American fusion
READ MORE »: Josephine County- Celtic/American fusionThose who know me and my eclectic and far-ranging musical tastes know that there’s usually one bridge I rarely cross: the fusion of idioms and styles. All of that conservatism is shattered with this new project from 4 of my absolute favorite musicians/singers: Hanz Araki, Colleen Raney, Matt Shipman and Erica Brown. I must say…
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Liz and Dan Faiella
READ MORE »: Liz and Dan FaiellaThese are two of the finest young New England Celtic musicians I know, and it’s been an absolute delight to work with them on what was essentially a ‘live in the studio’ project. Liz’s fiddle tone posed absolutely no challenges to the microphone, Dan’s guitar is so good it almost makes this aging guitar player…
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Cathy Wilson: Celtic-flavored folk/country from Tennessee
READ MORE »: Cathy Wilson: Celtic-flavored folk/country from TennesseeMy latest trip to Nashville yielded some more beautiful tracks from Cookeville Tennessee singer-songwriter Cathy Wilson, with further overdubs and mixing back here in (cooler?-not so much, lately) Portsmouth. Bill Verdier on fiddle, John Mock on mando/banjo/whistle/drum, Jeff Taylor this time back on his first instrument, piano.