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Guest Blog: In the studio with Steve Satterfield

February 22, 2021

The musicians produced an album’s worth of music in an unbroken seven-hour stretch that featured almost no (verbal) communication. The intensity and focus was unlike anything I’ve seen -- even onst...

Newvelle Online Listening Sessions

May 30, 2020

RSVP Zoom links are sent the morning of each session to RSVP list. Late arrivals can email info@newvelle-records.com to be admitted. In our latest listening session series, Newvelle Records co...

Douglas & Mehler

February 11, 2020

Season Five brings Newvelle co-founder Elan Mehler from behind the scenes to in front of a piano as he joins forces with the pioneering trumpeter Dave Douglas. Together, the two artists composed a...

Rufus & Sullivan

December 18, 2019

If this video doesn’t break your heart, you’re not paying attention.

The Gospel of Carmen Staaf

December 6, 2019

As far as I can tell, everyone who hears Carmen Staaf play piano becomes an evangelist of her music. Hearing Carmen’s music makes you want to run outside, grab someone by the shoulders, ...

The OWL Trio and Kurt Elling have something to say

October 22, 2019

Kurt Elling is an unabashedly political artist. When he joined the OWL Trio in the studio to record his guest vocals for this record, we were on a tight schedule to make sure Kurt could make it to ...

Who is Pablo Ablanedo

October 15, 2019

Almost twenty years ago, Pablo Ablanedo led an octet of New York musicians that is absolutely remarkable in retrospect. It’s almost inconceivable. Every musician in this band would go on to stellar...

Live Recording Sessions

May 29, 2019

In the studio, heads bow not in prayer but in another sort of reverence: a close listen to the tracks the musicians just laid down. Sometimes accompanied by a glass of wine, listening back is one o...