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…
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…
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…
Catching up, May 2017
Here's a problem with a blog-type website: I get so busy making music with all the wonderful people who come through my studio doors that I have no time to…
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…
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…
Mill Pond Music : the Voice of Matlab
Everyone 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…
Erica Brown and Matt Shipman: Darlin’ Corey
A 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…
Carrigan & Blair
Full 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. …
Cathy Wilson: Celtic Folk in Cookeville TN
Out 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,…
Jim’s Performance Schedule
See Jim's Performance Schedule Below: Contact Jim for your entertainment needs at mpmstudionh@gmail.com -Celtic/Irish music, Old-timey and Bluegrass, Gypsy/Dixieland/Roots Jazz, Traditional/Classic Country, 60s Folk, Klezmer and other ethnic specialties. -Wedding receptions…
John Carew: Boston’s Celtic Folk troubador
John is one of the first musicians I met when I started exploring the idea of moving back to New England from Nashville. I think it was in 2005, just…