Peachfork Studios

03/28/2026

FRESH TRACKS STREAMING! Lightly aged 13 years... Includes Sidecar Wheelie / Trill Thrill - 10 minutes featuring actual musicians (not just bass and drums).

https://open.spotify.com/album/3tmUgWdKkK8JaKh4fnzIyq?si=ajVROq-kS7q2fV8hViLBEg

Recorded and mixed by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios

03/13/2026

Yesterday, Peachfork Studios hosted the executive director of Passion Works, as well as contributing songwriters and performers. Together, we are listening to a brand new album! This album features Passion Works poets and their poetry, put to song, by songwriters from the Athens Ohio community.

09/26/2025

08/20/2025

We’ve got another song from our new album Crooked Step, Open Gate dropping Friday (tomorrow!!) 100% guaranteed NOT AI generated!

“Cotton Candy Man” is an appalachian-style fiddle tune that was composed to pay homage to a delightful and curious fellow, a traveling carney, whom Aubrey met on the road while rock climbing across the country over ten years ago. It’s had time to ripen and cure. We love it and hope you do too.

Read more about the story behind Cotton Candy Man" on the UpDrift blog: https://www.upstreamdrifters.com/updrift

Save it now and give it a listen tomorrow: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/upstreamdrifters/cotton-candy-man

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08/02/2025

This week, Eden MacAdam-Somer will be recording. Eden is Co-Chair of the Department of Contemporary Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston). She will joined by our very own Mark Hellenberg and renowned multi instrumentalist, Sam Bartlett. Also, we are excited to welcome back, Drawknife later in the week. Drawknife is a modern folk duo based out of Athens, Ohio. Hopefully I’ll remember to post photos

05/10/2025

Storytime ⚡️ Stranger

Craig wrote this song during the 2007 recession when he was living in Elkhart County, Indiana, the epicenter of RV production. Jobs were gone, homes were lost, things were bleak for a lot of people. In the midst of that, humans still found ways to connect and to love.

Noteworthy moment:
You can remember that humans made this if you can catch Craig knocking his pick against his mandolin towards the end of the song. The sounds is similar to someone kicking a mic stand. AI generated? Absolutely not.

Big thanks to Realgrey Records for their excellence in helping us make this and all the songs on our debut EP come alive. We will forever see Ron bouncing in delight in his chair in front of the controls as we worked on this one!

Find this and more stories at the UpDrift Blog: www.upstreamdrifters.com/updrift

12/14/2024

Yesterday we recorded a Ranat. What is a Ranat? It’s a Thai traditional xylophone. This instrument sounds amazing, with a beautiful tone. The bamboo bars are suspended by cords over a boat-shaped trough resonator.

11/17/2024

Busy day today. It’s going to be fun! Mixing the Voodoo Bird. The guys fDragons Eye are stoping by to discuss their new record. Rylee Bapst is in at 4:00 to do overdubs.

11/05/2024

A couple photos from the session today.

11/05/2024

Sharell Arocho-Wise is in the studio today. She is recording with Bob Stewart for an upcoming release. 

10/31/2024

I want to announce, and welcome Rylee Bapst to our new client list. Here are a couple photos of Rylee at our overdub session. These photos were taken by Ella Niles. Ella snapped a photo of me as well.