Ears We Trust: Tucker Martine
Portland, Ore.-based producer Tucker Martine has helmed albums by the likes of The Decemberists, Laura Veirs, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down and Bill Frisell. He just wrapped a record with Tift Merritt, and he makes his own music as Mount Analog. Here’s what he’s listening to and loving.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesAbigail Washburn Announces Album, Tour
On her last release, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Washburn joined forces with Béla Fleck, Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee. For her upcoming album, City of Refuge (due Aug. 31 on Foreign Children Records), Washburn is in the spotlight, but some of her more musical friends—including The Decemberists’ Chris Funk and Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket—contributed to the album, which was produced by Tucker Martine (Sufjan Stevens, Spoon).... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLong Winters Frontman John Roderick Talks Kathleen Edwards Collaboration
Other possible contributors include Chris Walla, Laura Veirs and Scott McCaughey... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 10 Best Producers of the Decade (2000-2009)
Producers are studio wizards, the men—why are they always men?—behind the scenes, laying the sonic foundation for our favorite albums. Here are the decade’s 10 most accomplished knob-twiddlers. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLaura Veirs Slates New Album, July Flame, for January Release
Inspired by peaches she found at a Portland, Ore., farmer’s market, Laura Veirs is now set to release her seventh full-length album next year.... read more
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