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05/29/2026

Out now, the new EP from The Only Humans. Recorded & mixed by Elio at the Shop.

new EP from The Only Humans, out now

05/01/2026

Out today, beautiful free improvisation from Tony Falco, Jed Wilson, Josh Sinton, and Allan Chase. Recorded live in the room by Elio here at the Shop.

Happy Bandcamp Friday!

6 track album

02/13/2026

https://jesseahern.com/double-single

Out today, new double A-side from Jesse Ahern. Every release day is special but rarely does the music feel so absolutely necessary as these songs are, for this moment. Not available on streaming services but direct from Jesse himself, proceeds being donated where it matters most. Extremely lucky to get to work on these, and for Jesse to have so much trust in me, the band, and the process. Also very glad to have been able to bring in Meagan Day and Mike Cashin as the rhythm section. And thanks to John Baldwin Mastering for getting it done. "We're still here, liberation bound."

11/21/2025

Happy birthday to my beloved Steinway piano, who rolled off the line in Queens, NY on November 19, 1925. She came to Massachusetts the next day, and is still here, making new friends, and helping them make music.

Wrote a little about her history, and made a playlist of some of our favorite work.

Happy 100th birthday to my largest friend (also a playlist, in her honor)

11/07/2025

Out today from our friends in time and place, the official video for their undeniably catchy proletariat-pop masterpiece "The Great Unwashed."

From their new self-titled album, recorded & mixed by Elio at the Shop.

Please vote for them for Americana Artist of the Year at this year's Boston Music Awards (link in the comments).

"The Great Unwashed" appears on Time and Place's self-titled full length album, released June 20, 2025Find more from Time and Place at https://linktr.ee/time...

08/22/2025

Ryan Lee Crosby is one of our favorite people. Last year he dragged some gear and a tape machine down to Bentonia, Mississippi and cut two incredible albums, one with Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and one under his own name, both of which are out now. Don't miss!

https://ryanleecrosby.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-blue-front

"At The Blue Front" is out now on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. Thank you to Jimmy, the Blue Front, my band mates, crew and community. Thanks to all who have supported and shared the work. I hope you can relate.

06/03/2025

https://quarterlymusic.bandcamp.com/album/yellow-roses-e-p

Released 12 (!) years ago today, the debut from Quarterly. Recorded live to two-track tape by Elio at the Shop. Not on streaming services (yet), get it at Bandcamp!

7 track album

05/28/2025

Out now from David Hinckley. Produced by Dave & Elio, recorded all over America, mixed by Elio at the Shop. Mastered by Alex DeTurk at The Bunker, NYC. Genre labels are impossible, but Hinckstrumentals is an immediate assurance of quality. Check out the video for "Chiamami," linked in the comments.

3 track album

03/24/2025

Ryan Lee Crosby on his "Boston to Bentonia" mini tour. Don't miss him in Boston this Saturday, hint hint.

6.14.24 at the Green Room at Crosstown ArtsDownloadable hi-fi wav and mp3 for subscribers at https://ryanleecrosby.com/audio

03/14/2025

A newer member of the stable of weirdo solid-state amps at the Shop, this middle-aged Standel Studio XII has been working hard lately as a reamp machine. It may not have the rep of the tube models, but the forward midrange and excellent tremolo make it incredibly valuable as tonal seasoning on pedal steel, accordion, harmonica, and synths (so far). I love using amps and speakers to shape the sound of guitars and not-guitars alike. Thanks to Will Ellis Johnson for finding it, Eric at Blackheart Sound for connecting the dots, and Bob at Judge Amps for eliminating as much hum as could be expected from a 1960s gooped-circuit-board situation. Check it out as featured on the track linked in the comments, "Shouldn't Be Long Now" by time and place, with Will guesting on pedal steel.