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New World Festival in Randolph VT
Read more: New World Festival in Randolph VTKen Perlman and I are still aglow following a wonderful day of music last Sunday in Randolph VT. The Chandler Theater is as good a venue as can be from a musician’s (and audience’s) point of view, and our sincere thanks to organizers Kevin Dunwoody and Becky McMeekin for giving us the opportunity to play…
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New Randy Miller Fiddle CD
Read more: New Randy Miller Fiddle CDWhen I was leaving Nashville for my move to New England, my good friend and colleague Old Time/Irish fiddler David Coe told me to make sure to meet Randy Miller, renowned for his expert contradance and Irish fiddling, compositions and tune books. To my delight, within a week or two of my move, I found…
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Mill Pond Music Makes Mix Magazine!
Read more: Mill Pond Music Makes Mix Magazine!Mix Magazine is THE music recording trade journal, and it’s quite an honor to be featured in June 2011’s edition as one of the year’s 20 hottest new studios. Hollywood, New York, LA, Nashville, Rome, Norway and….Portsmouth!
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The Studio Build-Out is Complete!
Read more: The Studio Build-Out is Complete!The Live Room: It’s an absolute pleasure to make music in the acoustically pristine live room, with the relaxing view of the Mill Pond preserved. The clarity of the sound makes you just want to keep playing and singing. The Control Room: High ceilings, long room length and custom designed sound diffusion panels create an…
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Oran Mor: New CD!
Read more: 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, guitar and fiddle) and Pete Hale (vocals, guitar, bouzouki) are regular performers at Portsmouth’s hopping Irish Pub, Ri-Ra. This disc really captures their distinctive, stringy…
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Perlman & Prendergast at Elysium Folk Club
Read more: Perlman & Prendergast at Elysium Folk ClubJoe 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 he attracts is a performer’s dream- attentive, knowledgeable, supportive (and, apparently and thankfully, forgiving!). Ken Perlman has taken the clawhammer banjo style to amazing and…