State Radio recorded the tracks for their album Let It Go in Studio A. The band gave Pat his still often used nick name DENZEL! Visit Pat’a page to lean more about that…
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Greg Martin in Studio B
Cool photos by Rafi Sofer
Space Moderns
Boston indie rockers The Space Moderns were keeping it real in Studio B. They are seen here in a live action shot: Peter Dowd on the left is playing guitar and singer/songwriter/drummer Steve Chen is at the drum set.
The Space Moderns recorded 8 songs in 2008. The songs were released in the fall of 2020! Fun to hear this stuff again after all this time, and to hear Studio B’s long gone live room again. Check it out on Spotify and other online streaming services.
Susan Werner – Classics
Susan Werner came to Q with producer Crit Harmon in 2009 and recorded a great batch of songs. What was unusual about them are the arrangements and the performances. Following is an excerpt form an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition:
Now, Susan Werner has taken pop songs by others and written chamber music settings for them. Cat Steven’s “The Wind” is given a Bach-esque treatment. Bob Marley’s “Waiting In Vain” rings with echoes of Erik Satie. Stevie Wonder gets mashed up with Chopin-inspired arrangements. Seven other such tracks appear on her new album Classics.
“We chose songs that had a certain lyrical elegance to them, and a certain structural formality,” Werner says. “That is most beautifully revealed when you strip it down to its very basic elements. And there’s no hiding behind a string quartet.”
In an interview with host Liane Hansen, Werner said that she chose songs that had lyrical weight and thoughtfulness to them, such that the music would be taken seriously.
“It’s so easy, when you get near classical music, to do something funny,” she says. “I mean, once you think about the Bugs Bunny cartoons, oh my God, right? You have to be careful not to do something that has everybody in stitches.”
Here’s Susan’s version of Hazy Shade of Winter:
Gene Dante and the Future Starlets – A Madness to his Method (Video)
Gene Dante and the Future Starlets release their new video “A Madness to his Method” (from the album The Romantic Lead- recorded at Q Division).
