Oran Mor: New CD!
It took just a couple of weeks from the first tracking session to a St. Paddy's Day release date to complete the first Oran Mor CD. Dave Hallowell (vocals, bouzouki,…
Perlman & Prendergast at Elysium Folk Club
Joe Simes has done those of us in the seacoast area who love to listen to and play folk music a great service by providing the ideal venue. The audience…
New Recording Studio in Portsmouth NH
Jeanne McCartin wrote this very nice piece in Dec. 18th's issue of the Portsmouth Herald. Thanks, Jeanne!
Mudhook: ‘First Home’ CD
Just in time for the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, Dave Hallowell, Peter Hale, Mike Jenneau and Alan Eaton, collectively known as Mudhook, have completed the special 'collector's edition' of their…
Brendan Taaffe
Brendan's exquisite, delicate guitar playing, sweet vocals can be heard on the four tracks he recorded here. Follow this link to his website and click 'listen' on his his website. …
At the Shaskeen in Manchester NH with Roger Burridge
There was a T-shirt seen at a number of Irish music sessions around New England this summer, with "What would Roger Do?" inscribed under a silhouette of Roger Burridge in…
Mill Pond Music Studio
Mill Pond Music is a recording studio located in Portsmouth NH, a minute's drive from picturesque and bustling Market Square, and situated on the banks of the North Mill Pond…
Some notes from my many Nashville clients:
"Thanks so much for your great work! I'm not so much talking about the finished product (terrific!), but the process- respectful, unhurried, caring, artistic- which infuses and is forever captured…
Nashville bids Jim ‘adieu!’…
On my departure, some words from colleagues: "...you're such an impeccable player, so insightful and full of spirit; and keeping the big picture in mind. I've always been honored that…
Country singers & songwriters: Record in Nashville!
Here are the questions: "I'm a country singer- do I have to have a Nashville band on my CD?" And, "I write songs that I think are good enough to…
Nashville travelogue: Wanya, Petrojvic Blasting Co. and more!
Sometimes the producer's job is really easy (don't tell my client!). Producing a vocal session in Nashville last week with Wanya Morris of Boyz To Men was just such a…