The Gradwell House

06/25/2025

New single “The Drooling Class” from is out now. Big shout out to our pal for working tirelessly on this one.

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06/19/2025

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01/27/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate Gradwell House Recording’s 20th anniversary this past Friday. It was amazing to be joined by so many friends and family, current and former bandmates, clients, interns, students and collaborators. Most of you are 2 or more of those things to us at this point.

It sounds cliche but the space exists for all of you and so there’s nothing more fulfilling than the studio being inhabited by artists and music 365 days/year. It was bittersweet for us to celebrate this night without Steve but Nicole, Jane and Clara and the rest of Steve’s family are Gradwell’s family for life and the studio will continue to honor Steve and the name and spirit that he gave it.

One other thing we recently honored is ‘s strong commitment to the studio as he moves into a new role as studio co-owner and partner. This ensures that someone from West Deptford will always be in control of Gradwell House Recording :). Here’s to surviving the next 20!

-Dave

Special thanks for helping set up the party: .tomryan , , Marguerite and John Downham

Beer donations from: and

Interns: , , , Josie, ,

01/16/2025

Thanks NJ Pen for the great write up!

20th anniversary open house celebration tomorrow at 6pm.

Miss you everyday Steve Poponi

Recording engineers Dave Downham and Steve Poponi parlay their experiences as local musicians into a fruitful professional partnership spanning two decades of live and studio work, vocational education, and industry awards.

12/20/2024

20 years of Gradwell! Come celebrate with us Friday January 17th 6pm-11pm.

12/13/2024

BEYOND excited to have a set of 6-2's from in our A room. The clarity, imaging, low end and power that these provide is absolutely incredible. Come hear for yourself! Thanks for getting them tuned up for us 🤝

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10/09/2024

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For Your GRAMMY® Consideration ✨

Here’s what critics have said. Recording Academy members, I’d love to hear what *you* think!



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10/07/2024

It’s been almost year without Steve and we miss him always.

Preorders for the new and ultimate Poponi shirt are live now. Shipping and local pickup available.

100% of proceeds go to his girls. Please allow 4-6wk for shipping.

Click the link in our bio to access the Poponi merch store.

07/01/2024

The New Jersey rockers brought energy and passion to Philly, debuting their new single “Domino” live.

05/18/2024

The annual street festival returns with three stages of live music, 15 breweries, 15 food trucks, and an all-out block party from 3 to 9 p.m. May 18. By Matt Skoufalos | May 16, 2024 This weekend, the nonprofit business development group HIP, Inc. brings Rhythm & Brews, its spring musi