The Magic Shop at Skidmore

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 in News | No Comments

Steve Rosenthal, Jessica Thompson and Jocelyn Arem visited Skidmore College this March to give a presentation on Reviving, Restoring and Re-Imagining the Music Archive as part of Skidmore’s MDOCS program. Revisiting their work on the Caffe Lena Archive, Steve wowed the audience with true tales of the treasure hunt – starting with just a handful of tapes and […]

Foo Fighters At The Magic Shop

Posted on Nov 10, 2014 in News | No Comments

Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters chose The Magic Shop to be the NYC recording studio featured on the last stop of their Sonic Highways musical tour of America. The Magic Shop will be in the last episode of the HBO “Sonic Highways” series, premiering this December. Dave and the Foos recorded “I Am a River” at the Magic Shop and visited with guests such as Joan […]

Woody – Counting Crows – Elvis – Blonde Redhead

Posted on Jul 17, 2014 in News | No Comments

Studio News – Summer 2014 Counting Crows recently released the first song, Palisades Park, off their new record Somewhere Under Wonderland. The album was mixed here at the Magic Shop by producer/engineer Brian Deck with Kabir Hermon assisting. It is set to be released September 2, 2014. Nora Guthrie has been hard at work putting […]