the Soul Shop

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.

03/04/2025

POV: your engineer is rambling on the talkback mic again....

Great weekend of tracking with Skaleton Crew!

02/28/2025

New from Autumn Hollow! Recorded & mixed by Elio at the Shop, mastered by TW Walsh.

"Make no mistake about it / Your 'straight pride' is just nonsense / That's spouted off by evil that's a dying breed"

track by Autumn Hollow

02/07/2025

Out now from time and place, "Shouldn't Be Long Now."

https://timeandplace.bandcamp.com/track/shouldnt-be-long-now

It feels impossible to feign normalcy and post about music lately, but fortunately this song is the perfect response to this moment in America in 2025. Protest music is meant for this.

One of the very most Shop-heavy displays of talent ever assembled, the track features Will Ellis Johnson, Bryan Murphy, Allan Chase, Christians & Lions, Heather Mack, Ben Chenevert, Mike Dunn and more, bringing community power together behind Brandon Rainville's rallying lyrics. To me the song is rooted in ancient American folk traditions, early 20th century jazz, Depression-era worker anthems, and punk rock, all of which share the legacy of people reacting to circumstances, and rising up to meet the moment.

From the forthcoming Time and Place full-length LP. They have several singles out now, more due ahead of the album this spring. Turn it up.

01/08/2025

Congrats to our friends at Soundmirror, Inc. on this new development!

12/19/2024

Out now: "In The New Old-Fashioned Way," the 2024 Soul Shop holiday record.

Ten years to the day from "Christmas Alone With You," this album expands our reach nationwide, involving artists from our current client roster making holiday music in a myriad of genres, as well as old friends from around the country, whose music runs deep with Medford connections.

Featuring Quarterly, Peaceful Faces, Pigeon Club, Son Verdugo, David Hinckley, time and place, Ryan Lee Crosby, Adam White, The Only Humans, Will Ellis, and more.

Produced & mixed by me at the Soul Shop in Medford, MA. Recorded at the Shop, and all over America. Available wherever you get music. All proceeds go to agencies working to help refugee families in MA this winter.

11 track album