January 2024: a 2023 retrospective
Here are just some of the highlights: Kevin McElroy is a Portland ME-based fiddler, mandolinist, guitarist and vocalist whose music sits firmly in the Irish Tradition. I've had a lot…
January 2023
I've been very quiet on the Posts lately, which around here means only one thing: the studio's been busy! Lots of good music, and I'm only finding time today to…
Spring 2022 Update
It's been called to my attention that I haven't posted anything recently. I checked, and sure enough it's been at least 9 months! Hard to believe, since there's been plenty…
Summer 2021 Update
Lots of activity these past few months: Concord NH's Lynda Nelson, whose first CD Forever in a Song we produced in Nashville, has completed the recording of a second Nashville-style…
What a Year!!
It's been almost a year since my last Studio Notes update, but there's been a lot happening at MPM Studio. I'll skip the expected commentary on the effects of the…
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…
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…
Laurel Martin: Larks and Thrushes- Boston’s sweetest Irish fiddle
It'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…
Josephine County- Celtic/American fusion
Those 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…
Liz and Dan Faiella
These 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…
Cathy Wilson: Celtic-flavored folk/country from Tennessee
My 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…
Latest Nashville sessions
March 16-19 found me in Nashville, producing and playing acoustic guitar on three days of recording. Song demos with various songwriters using my trusty team of Nashville A-list musicians, including…
Late Spring 2018 update
Lots of great music here during the last few months, and some good stuff on the calendar for the summer! Hanz Araki and Colleen Raney, Skip Gorman, Ireland's Luke Concannon,…
Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio w. Dave Surette & Joe Deleault
Jordan and his gang spent a memorable Sunday in December cooking up the new theme song for a major New Hampshire TV show (not sure if I can reveal more…