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Lindsay Straw: Traditional Folk with fresh expertise!
READ MORE »: Lindsay Straw: Traditional Folk with fresh expertise!Superb instrumental skills on guitar and bouzouki, a keen ear for repertoire selection, new takes on centuries-old stories and a clear, sparkling voice make this project everything a folk audience can hope for. Music from the past has a bright future! Lindsay‘s thoughtful preparation prior to the recording dates ensured an efficient use of time, keeping…
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Chris Vaughan: Portsmouth’s ‘Great Scot’!
READ MORE »: Chris Vaughan: Portsmouth’s ‘Great Scot’!One of the first projects that came to me at Mill Pond Music about five years ago involved my adding a few guitar parts to and mixing the Dave Hallowell-produced CD by Portsmouth’s Scot-about-town, bon vivant Chris Vaughan. There’s now a new collection of his songs, ‘Americana 1974’. The production is in a folk-country vein, yours truly playing…
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Mill Pond Music : the Voice of Matlab
READ MORE »: Mill Pond Music : the Voice of MatlabEveryone in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics knows Mathworks and its offshoot Matlab. Their tutorial videos are concise, engaging and entertaining, and MPM Studio right here in Portsmouth is happy to contribute its pristine voice-over signal chain to their outstanding quality. The vintage restored Neumann U 87, arguably the most well-know and respected…
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Erica Brown and Matt Shipman: Darlin’ Corey
READ MORE »: Erica Brown and Matt Shipman: Darlin’ CoreyA couple more great musicians from Portland’s happening music scene, Matt and Erica, are releasing this month a collection of duo recordings featuring their plaintive, evocative vocals, Erica’s wonderful old-timey, country and celtic fiddle, Matt’s rich and nimble guitar, bouzouki and banjo. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Matt when I’ve subbed with High Range,…
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Carrigan & Blair
READ MORE »: Carrigan & BlairFull disclosure: I know Mike Blair and Steve Carrigan well, having played many a gig and concert with them as a part of Portsmouth’s Maritime/Celtic Folk ensemble Great Bay Sailor. Great fun it was to blast through some of the songs we love on this new collection entitled O Chroi. Thanks, Mike for giving me free…
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Cathy Wilson: Celtic Folk in Cookeville TN
READ MORE »: Cathy Wilson: Celtic Folk in Cookeville TNOut of the blue, while waiting for a plane at the Nashville airport, I got a call from Cathy. She had found the Mill Pond Music Studio website on line, had seen all the Celtic Tribute Series CDs I’d produced and had read about all the wonderful Celtic acts that have found their way to my workspace,…