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BUSBOYS AT UNITED RECORDING
Los Angeles-based rock, roll & soul band The BusBoys returned to United Recording in Hollywood for their new album, In My Heart. It's their first recorded at the studio since their controversial 1982 "American Worker" record. Pictured (L-R) at United Recording are Jon Graves, chief recording engineer; Claude Woods, vocalist; Brian O'Neal, founder and Busboys lead vocalist; Scott Moore, United staff engineer; Jon Knox, drummer; and Jeremie Inhaber, recording engineer.
ROUND MIDNIGHT RECONSIDERED
Thelonious Monk’s most revered ballads were interpreted by Bay Area guitarist and composer John Schott and an all-star group of improvisers in a continuous eighthour exegesis, streamed online as the centerpiece of DAWN, a bold reimagining of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot by the national arts and culture non-profit Reboot.
NATALY DAWN OF POMPLAMOOSE
Berkeley-based roots singer-songwriter Nataly Dawn (known as one-half of crowdfunded YouTube sensation Pomplamoose) received a cancer diagnosis in the middle of the pandemic and realized she needed to give herself the space to breathe and reflect. The result is Dawn’s most introspective work to date, Gardenview, recorded in one week at 64 Sound in Los Angeles.
July 2022
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