Profiles
Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony
'Singer/songwriter's compositions arranged for orchestra
Cool Spin: H U N G E R, ‘For Love’
For Love, the debut album from Austrian trio H U N G E R, fits easily into the synth pop–based modern rock bracket. All...
BT’s Dropping a New Album—You Name It
Brian Transeau, aka BT, has been a leading figure in EDM for the past several decades, but it would be a mistake to pigeonhole...
Paul Special, Live on the Network
Paul Special is a freelance broadcast music mixer who is regularly found mixing bands for ABC’s Good Morning America at Times Square Studios in...
Cool Spin: Air, ‘Twentyears’
Roughly two decades ago, the French duo Air hit a universally agreeable note with its semi-electronic semi-organic, all lush, dreamy, fluttery pop. The two...
AM & Joey Waronker Unplug on ‘Precious Life’
Los Angeles-based AM and Joey Waronker’s neighborly friendship has turned out a wonderfully analog album, Precious Life, recorded at Waronker’s curated studio occupying an...
Wild Beasts, ‘Boy King’
For its fifth album, Boy King, British group Wild Beasts decamped to Dallas, Texas, to producer and multi-instrumentalist John Congleton’s Elmwood Recording studio. Recording...
Rooney, ‘Washed Away’
Robert Schwartzman mixed and mastered the newest Rooney album, Washed Away, three times with three mastering engineers. The final version, mixed by Dave Trumfio...
We Are Scientists, ‘Helter Seltzer’
We Are Scientists, now pared down to two core members—guitarist/vocalist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain—had the good fortune to have their one-time keyboard...
Cool Spin: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Super’
Super marks the second in a reported trilogy of albums the Pet Shop Boys are recording with uber-pop producer Stuart Price. Written in Berlin...
Return to the Eighties
Marianas Trench Dives Back 30 Years to Find the Right Tones for ‘Astoria’
Producer Matt Wallace Works With 3 Doors Down on ‘Us and The Night’
Us and The Night (Republic Records) marks the sixth release of new material for 3 Doors Down. This time out the band was joined...
The Wild Feathers, ‘Lonely Is a Lifetime’
Pop/rock band The Wild Feathers recorded its latest in producer Jay Joyce’s St. Charles studio (Nashville) with Joyce and his go-to engineer, Jason Hall....
Black Stone Cherry Return Home for ‘Kentucky’
Recapturing the energy and sound of their self-titled first album—that’s what Black Stone Cherry set out to do in recording their latest release, Kentucky,...
Drums Are ‘The Story of Fred Short’
Although songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Marco Benevento has just released his sixth album, The Story of Fred Short, it’s his first to be recorded in his own...
Carlos Rodriguez-Quiros
Carlos Rodriguez-Quiros is a renowned classical guitarist with an affinity for sound. From what he hears in his brain to his fingers on the...
Judah & The Lion Records in Low Country Sound
Nashville-based Americana-folk band Judah & The Lion recently released Folk Hop ‘N Roll, an album whose name couldn’t be more spot-on. It’s a unique,...
Boulevards Gets Funky With ‘Groove!’
The authentic spirit of funk lives in Raleigh, N.C.’s, Jamil Rashad, aka Boulevards. The songwriter has defined ideas for delivering the essence of funk,...
Charles Bradley’s ‘Changes’
The challenge for producer/engineer/guitarist Thomas Brenneck, who has completed his third album with the fabulous ’60s-style soul singer Charles Bradley, is somehow to capture...