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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
What with a busy touring schedule and Ken's directorship of some of the best traditional music camps in the country, this CD has taken quite a while to complete, but…