Podcasts about Royal Studios

This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature singer-songwriter and musician, Lina Beach. After starting as an intern at Royal Studios with Grammy winner, Boo Mitchell, she has become a songwriter, recording artist, and session musician, performing with the legendary Hi Rhythm Section.. Join us as we capture her live set from Bar DKDC, in Midtown Memphis, TN.

This week's episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five time Grammy award winner Robert Cray, backed by the legendary Hi Rhythm Section and renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan. BSC was there to capture an epic performance for the release of their latest album, Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm, plus an interview with Robert and Steve from a rehearsal at Royal Studios right here in Memphis.

Our guest in this Rhythms podcast is Boo Mitchell, the son of legendary Memphis producer Willie Mitchell, whose Royal Studios featured the incredible Hi Rhythm Section playing behind a myriad of hits from the likes of Al Green, Ann Peebles and many more. Boo has his own formidable career working with many high profile musicians at Royal and producing the acclaimed 2014 documentary Take Me to the River, celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of Memphis, in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. There is also a New Orleans version and in this podcast Boo reveals plans for another documentary in an overseas location.  Boo Mitchell is bringing some of the remaining Hi Rhythm Section members to Blues on Broadbeach this weekend (May 16-19)with guest vocalists Lina Beach and Jerome Chism. Boo will also be showing Take Me To The River and taking about the documentary.   

"It was here, on the banks of the Mississippi River, where music changed the world." In Memphis, music has always been more than a melody and lyrics - it's a movement. This is a city that launched some of the world's most beloved musicians, from Otis Redding to Isaac Hayes, Carla Thomas, Elvis Presley, and more. And in the midst of segregation and racial tension, the music of Memphis became a powerful tool for bringing people together - and creating the sound of a civil rights movement that would move the world. Join host Aaron Millar and step into some of the world's most famous recording booths all around the city. It's in these rooms where the greats of soul and rock n' roll have shed blood, sweat and tears for decades. You'll hear how Elvis Presley was discovered completely by accident at Sun Studios; learn about Otis Redding and the joyous growth of soul at the Stax Museum; and go behind the scenes of pop music with Bruno Mars at Royal Studios. WANT MORE TENNESSEE MUSIC? Tennessee Music Pathways is a guide that connects visitors to the rich musical heritage of the state. Visitors can curate their own path based on interests using an interactive guide at TNmusicpathways.com. Follow the conversation on social using or searching hashtag #tnmusicpathways. Thank you to our guests and musicians: Hal Lansky, Lansky Brothers Clothing lanskybros.com Crockett Hall, Sun Studio sunstudio.com Jeff Kollath, Stax Museum of American Soul Music staxmuseum.com Boo Mitchell, Royal Studios boomitchellmemphis.com and royalstudios.com Dr. Noelle Trent, National Civil Rights Museum civilrightsmuseum.org Visit Memphis memphistravel.com SOCIAL Share the show with your friends! Subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening, follow @armchairexplorerpodcast on Instagram and Facebook, check out Armchair Explorer's website, armchair-explorer.com, and learn more about APT Podcast Studios on their website at APTpodcaststudios.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five time Grammy award winner Robert Cray, backed by the legendary Hi Rhythm Section and renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan. BSC was there to capture an epic performance for the release of their latest album, Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm, plus an interview with Robert and Steve from a rehearsal at Royal Studios right here in Memphis.

"It was here, on the banks of the Mississippi River, where music changed the world." In Memphis, music has always been more than a melody and lyrics - it's a movement. This is a city that launched some of the world's most beloved musicians, from Otis Redding to Isaac Hayes, Carla Thomas, Elvis Presley, and more. And in the midst of segregation and racial tension, the music of Memphis became a powerful tool for bringing people together - and creating the sound of a civil rights movement that would move the world. Join host Aaron Millar and step into some of the world's most famous recording booths all around the city. It's in these rooms where the greats of soul and rock n' roll have shed blood, sweat and tears for decades. You'll hear how Elvis Presley was discovered completely by accident at Sun Studios; learn about Otis Redding and the joyous growth of soul at the Stax Museum; and go behind the scenes of pop music with Bruno Mars at Royal Studios.   ABOUT THE SERIES Produced in a documentary style, the Tennessee Music Pathways series takes listeners on a more than 1,000-mile road trip, from Bristol and the birth of country music to Memphis and the start of rock n' roll. Along the way, listeners will hear bluegrass played fast as lightning and traditional Appalachian music performed live in the Great Smoky Mountains. Follow along as host Aaron Millar shops in Elvis' favorite clothing store, bangs drums in the studio that made Uptown Funk, learns to play the spoons and drinks whiskey in a distillery housed in a more than 100-year-old former prison.   WANT MORE TENNESSEE MUSIC? Tennessee Music Pathways is a guide that connects visitors to the rich musical heritage of our state. Visitors can curate their own path based on interests using an interactive guide at TNmusicpathways.com. Follow the conversation on social using or searching hashtag #tnmusicpathways. TNvacation.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Thank you to our guests and musicians: Hal Lansky, Lansky Brothers Clothing lanskybros.com Crockett Hall, Sun Studio sunstudio.com Jeff Kollath, Stax Museum of American Soul Music staxmuseum.com Boo Mitchell, Royal Studios boomitchellmemphis.com and royalstudios.com Dr. Noelle Trent, National Civil Rights Museum civilrightsmuseum.org Visit Memphis memphistravel.com This series was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry.

Présentée par Seb.  THE PRIZE est le nouveau groupe de rock de la chanteuse Maggy Luyten (ex-BEAUTIFUL SIN, ex-NIGHTMARE, ex-VIRUS IV), qui sera avec nous pour discuter du projet ! Elle est accompagnée des trois membres de MÖRGLBL, le guitariste Christophe Godin (ex-GNÔ), du bassiste Ivan Rougny et le batteur Aurel Ouzoulias (SATAN JOKERS). Le premier album éponyme est sorti le 27 avril 2022. Il a été mixé et masterisé par Chris Matthey aux Royal Studios de Lausanne.  En deuxième partie d'émission, comme d'habitude l'actualité métal avec les sorties récentes de CHARLIE GRIFFITHS, ALESTORM, ANIMALIZE, CACHEMIRE, DISCONNECTED, MUNICIPAL WASTE, SAFFIRE, SHINEDOWN, THE ARISTOCRATS, JAMES LABRIE, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, BLACK STONE CHERRY et AYBEE FIRE.

The blues is music for all time—past, present, and future—and few artists simultaneously exemplify those multiple temporal moments of the genre like North Mississippi's Cedric Burnside. The Mississippi Hill Country blues guitarist and singer/songwriter contain the legacy and future of the region's prescient sound stories. At once, African and American and southern and Mississippian, these stories tell about love, hurt, connection, and redemption in the South. His newest contribution to this tradition is I Be Trying, a 13-track album treatise on life's challenges, pleasures, and beauty. “Life can go any kind of way,” Burnside says. He would know with almost 30 years of performing and living blues in him. Burnside's blues inheritance, the North Mississippi Hill Country blues, is distinct from its Delta or Texas counterparts in its commitment to polyrhythmic percussion and its refusal of familiar blues chord progressions. Often, and especially in Burnside's care, it leads with extended riffs that become sentences or pleas or exclamations, rendering the guitar the talking drum like its West African antecedent. Riffs disappear behind and become one with the singer's voice, like the convergence of hill and horizon in the distance. Sometimes they become the only voice, saying what the singer cannot conjure the words for. Across some nine individual and collaborative album projects, Burnside's voice eases seamlessly into, through, and behind the riffs spirit gifts him, carrying listeners to a deep Mississippi well. There is a mirror there in the water of that well, in Burnside's music, that shows us who and what we have been, who we are, and what we might be if we look and heed. The 42-year-old Burnside was born in the blues as much as he was in funk, rock, soul, and hip-hop. These latter sensibilities are reflected across his work as he drives Hill Country blues into grooves that lend themselves readily to an urgent, modern moment. But he is also keenly his grandfather's grandson, who he studied so carefully over a decade playing with him that he came to know him better than his self. The elder Burnside bluesman, the hill country blues luminary RL Burnside, and his wife Alice Mae wrapped their Holly Springs land and family in warmth, joy, and music. RL Burnside, alongside collaborators and contemporaries from David “Junior” Kimbrough to Jessie Mae Hemphill and Otha Turner, cultivated the sound and feel of Black North Mississippi life and offered it up to the world. Cedric observed and absorbed this art world intently and with wonder as a child, declaring to himself, this is the music I want to play, and I want to do that for the rest of my life. Moreover, this was the offering he, too, wanted to make and the life of service to the spirit through blues that he wanted to live. By age 13, he was on the road with his “Big Daddy” Burnside, playing drums, being raised by the music and the road, and developing the next, electric generation of the Hill Country calling and sound. Burnside's two Grammy-nominated album projects— the 2015 Descendants of Hill Country and 2018's Benton County Relic—were capstone statements for a lifetime of musical labor channeling the blues spirit on drums, guitar, and vocals in the North Mississippi Hill Country tradition. I Be Trying, Burnside's second release with Alabama's Single Lock Records, is another unfolding of his influence and voice as an architect of the second generation of Hill Country blues. This album pushes just beyond his long-time roles as Hill Country blues collaborator, torchbearer, and innovator into the artist's inner life rooms. Written in reflection on and off the road in 2018, the album responds to the confusion and anger he felt in the years after a series of deaths in the family and a host of other interpersonal hurts, some he dished out and some he took. The album opens with an acoustic lament, “The World Can Be So Cold,” that encapsulates the tenderness of this pain and then quickly rallies and pleads with the Lord for help on the rousing second track and the album's first single, “Step In.” The title track, on which Burnside is accompanied on background vocals by his youngest daughter Portrika, is a plea for grace and forgiveness from a man “still learning and trying to be the best me.” Burnside's signature approach and contribution to the Hill Country genre—electricity, intention, and timeless timbre—is seamlessly complemented by star collaborators Alabama Shakes bassist Zac Cockrell, and North Mississippi All-Stars guitarist Luther Dickinson, and principal collaborator Reed Watson on drums. With lessons to impart, Burnside strips down the sound with precision so there can be no misunderstanding, allowing for space and breath where otherwise chords and reverb might be present. This portion of the offering is a guidebook for life's dark times, set to mostly minor riffs and pulsing bass and percussion rhythms that immediately set in the soul like the gospel. If you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, “Ask the Lord for revelation/so [you] can see clearer” and “keep on pushing as hard as [you] can,” he advises to a march on “Keep On Pushing”; “Be careful who you talk to/ain't no telling what they might do” he warns on “Gotta Look Out” over a menacing bass eighth-note couplet on the one and three. Recorded over a few sessions at Royal Studios in Memphis with lifelong friend and fellow North Mississippi descendant Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, I Be Trying is Burnside boiled down by a wave of fiery blue anger from descendant to relic to human. What is left, and this is everything, is a resonant kind of love. Buoyed by his readings of Lao Tzu and rumination on his own life choices and hurts, Burnside says he is “trying his best to implement love” in his life and relationships with others. “There's not enough love shown in the world. People have a lot of regrets. The world needs more love.” In the places where love glistens on the album's surface, like in the harmonies on the anthem groove “Love Is the Key” or in the smooth, purposeful falsetto sliding over the strings on the final track, “Love You Forever,” Burnside's desire for us all to “really just try to come closer” is palpable. But this is the blues, so love is necessarily double-edged. On two covers, one of RL Burnside's “Bird Without a Feather” and another of Junior Kimbrough's “Keep Your Hands Off Her,” which Burnside titles by its signature opening threat, “Hands Off That Girl,” there is hurt and fear, quiet menace, and outright danger. “Dark,” he admits, “but what people go through.” Flashing this side of love's sword, Burnside reminds us of the complex, raw, blues people legacy that undergirds his art. Still, he says on the soaring “Love Is Key,” which is his thesis as of late, “a life filled with love is the key/yes it is.” Blues is an embodied practice that frequently crosses the boundaries of reality and fiction, and as such, Burnside appears as himself in Bill Bennett's Tempted (2001), a New Orleans-set thriller; Arliss Howard's Mississippi-based romantic comedy Big Bad Love; and Craig Brewer's Tennessee-based drama Black Snake Moan (2006). However, he also can become something other than himself. In 2021, Burnside played the title character in Don Simonton and Travis Mills' story of Texas Red, a Franklin County, Mississippi juke joint owner who was hunted by a mob for a month after defending himself from an attack and eventually caught and killed. Burnside brings a bluesman's haunted gravitas to the role, balanced about life and death and freedom even in the most unspeakable moments. Like his music, this role is ancestral blues work that honors the dead and their legacies to teach and heal new generations. Burnside recalls chopping wood and hauling water as a child, and these days he is in his garden growing food and contemplating getting some chickens. This penchant for cultivation and innovation that has always characterized his music spills over to the land, especially in this moment of shift wrought by pandemic life. On a hunting trip to Montana, Burnside connected to nature and his interior life in a new way. This feeling, one of opening, was a revelation to him. It underscores his love strivings and, along with his studies of the Dao, even changes how he structures and writes songs. It is a process of “realizing what was already there,” he says, of remembering. Love is vital, and love is work. Burnside's turn inward has him considering his place in the family legacy of professional blues musicians. He is a proud father of three daughters, ages 22, 18, and 15, all of whom can play drums and guitar, and is looking forward to more collaborations like the one with the youngest Burnside daughter on “I Be Trying.” Striving for transparency with his children about his own life, he lets them know not to be too hard on themselves. He says Big Daddy always cared for his family, including his 13 children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Despite his touring schedule, Burnside is deeply grateful for his capacity to support and be present for his children. He says, “I have been there, and I will be there.” That's for sure about the past, present, and future of the North Mississippi Hill Country blues, too.

On the first day recording Times Have Changed – the eleven-track album from Chicago bluesman Ronnie Baker Brooks that brings a sound so big it could topple a Louisiana juke joint – industry-revered album producer and drummer Steve Jordan told Brooks to put his pedal board back in the van. For the first time in his professional life, Brooks, the son of Texas and Chicago blues legend Lonnie “Guitar Jr.” Brooks, would plug a Gibson into TKTK amp and rip it straight from there. “Back to the basics. The pedals get in the way of your tone – your natural tone. Any distortion I had came straight out of the amp,” Brooks remembers from the Times sessions. “It was almost like going to college, or grad school. It was definitely an education.” Brooks, 49, likes to treat each album he makes as a platform for him to grow, but the reality is that he's been climbing the blues world's latter all his life. He was born in Chicago, and started playing guitar around age six. At 19, he joined his father, who by then had influenced some of the most well-known bluesman of our history: Jimmy Reed, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter, and Junior Wells. For 12 years the two would tour together, putting Ronnie out front with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Koko Taylor. In 1998, when he was 32, his father told him to go solo. Baker already had a band by then, one he'd been touring on the side with since 1992. But by 1998 he'd started a label; that year he made his first album, Golddigger, 16 songs tracked out in two weeks. “My dad always said to keep writing, even if you don't think the song sounds great or you can't finish it,” says Baker. “Write. Continue to write. The more you write, the better you get.” Take Me Witcha came three years later; his second album on Watchdog Records. Brooks broke out as his own champion on 2006's The Torch. The Boston Herald called it “ferocious and unrelenting … the year's best blues album.” In the ten years since The Torch, Brooks has started a family, toured North America and Europe, and taken feature spots on the records of other bluesmen. He produced Eddy Clearwater's West Side Strut and contributed guitar work to albums from Elvin Bishop, the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review, Billy Branch, and Big Head Todd. Times Have Changed, Brooks' first album in ten years, carries with it the weight of grown perspective and time spent perfecting old material. Brooks worked it with Steve Jordan, whose work runs from Keith Richard to Stevie Wonder, John Mayer and Eric Clapton. With that comes a lesson in rhythm and blues history. Brooks refers to the director as “a walking encyclopedia of music detail and equipment,” a professor through which Brooks could take that next developmental step. “Once we got the ball rolling, my confidence went higher and higher,” he says. “I'm a better musician for this experience.” The experience Brooks is talking about is that which came together over the course of a few weeks at Royal Studios in Memphis, the home of Al Green, Syl Johnson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and O.V. Wright, whose 1974 hit “Blind, Crippled, and Crazy” gets a facelift on Times Have Changed. Jordan and Brooks brought in a mint press of Memphis music royalty: Stax Records staple Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave), Archie Turner (Al Green, Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright), jazz saxophonist Lannie McMillan, and R&B icon Angie Stone. “We used the same mics that Al Green used on his record,” says Brooks. “Matter of fact, we were using much of the same band! It kind of took that vibe.” The first track recorded was a cover of Curtis Mayfield's Superfly hit “Give Me Your Love.” The second, “Twine Time,” the instrumental jam from Alvin Cash. “To be honest with you, when Steve said ‘Man, we need an instrumental,' the first person I thought of was Freddie King. Steve wanted something more appealing to all people, not just guitar players. He said ‘What about ‘Twine...

Welcome back to the Truth About Recording And Mixing.  In this episode we talk to Scott Bomar of Electrophonic Recording and now the studio manager at Sam Phillips in Memphis TN. Scott came up in Memphis with the band Impala and has had a long career in both recording and creating music for film. His current band the Bo Keys is a collaboration with many Memphis greats past and present. He has worked at Doug Easley Recording, Ardent, Royal, Sam Phillips and continues to carry on the proud tradition of Memphis music making.   The Truth About Recording And Mixing is brought to you by the Fretboard Journal from Crackle & Pop! Studio in Ballard Washington and is supported by Izotope. Get 10% off any Izotope product by going to their website and using the code FRET10 on checkout.   Topics in this episode:   01:20 - The Fretboard Journal announces their Fretboard Summit Aug 25-27 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago this summer. The Truth About Recording and Mixing will be there! 02:20 - Send us your questions for Mark Greenberg, manager of the Wilco Loft! 03:05 - Listener question from Jeff in Ohio. 04:50 - Welcome Scott Bomar - what's happening now. Moving Electraphonic into the Sam Phillips Recording building and taking on being studio manager there. 08:15 - Scott's path coming up in bands and in studios. His band Impala, working at Doug Easley, recording with Roland Janes at Sam Phillips. 19:20 - More on the history and the setup at Sam Phillips Recording. 26:40 - Forming the Bo Keys and working with Willie Mitchell at Royal Studios. Become assistant engineer under Willie at Royal. Assisting on Al Green's “comeback albums”. 31:55 - The next chapters at Sam Phillips recording. Keeping the huge collection of incredible equipment maintained and available to the studios clients. 37:55 - the history of Electraphonic Recording. 43:45 - Recording strings at Royal Studios 45:45 - Scott's tips for recording drums & horns. Working with Howard Grimes. 49:50 - Working with singer and writer Don Bryant. 61:05 - Upcoming projects - a solo record in the works. 62:44 - Getting into making music for film, Hustle & Flow and what that led to. 75:55 - Why Spectra Sonics? Scott's experiences and the console that will now be installed at Sam Phillips. 88:55 - Impala recording at Conrad Uno's Egg Studio. 93:26 - Thanks everyone! And a special request for submissions.   Gear Mentioned:   RCA 77s, Neumann U47, U48, Neumann Lathe, Universal Audio 176, Universal Audio 101 preamps, Scully, Spectra Sonics, Electrodyne, Studer, Pultec EQ.   

All about Paul Rodgers 'The Royal Sessions' at the legendary Royal Studios in the heart of Memphis!

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mississippi McDonaldMacDonald knows that tradition. He's been to Al Green's church and heard him preach. He's been to Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios in Memphis, where the great records on the Hi Label were recorded. He's seen Jerry Lee Lewis kick over his piano stool. He's met B.B. King and Pinetop Perkins, Otis Clay and Sam Moore. Big Joe Turner told him to listen to Albert King. In 2008, he was a prime mover in finally getting a stone for the previously unmarked grave of soul legend O.V. Wright.

-"Miguel Ángel Julián, "SOUL TELLER", lleva más de 30 años componiendo y cantando Soul, Rock, Blues y otros géneros nobles. Con sus más de 10 discos y cientos de conciertos tanto en nuestro país, como fuera de nuestras fronteras, Miguel Ángel, ha compartido escenario con grandes de la música internacional, como Bonnie Tyler, Percy Sledge, Paul Carrack ó Solomon Burke, entre muchos otros. Ahora nos presenta nuevos temas, grabados entre Madrid y Memphis . Por un lado, en Memphis ("ROYAL STUDIOS") ha contado con la producción de Lawrence "BOO" Mitchell, hijo del legendario Willie Mitchell, con el que también grabó Miguel Ángel hace años. Lawrence ha ganado un Grammy, por su trabajo como productor e ingeniero en el disco "Uptown Funk" de Bruno Mars. Y, por otro lado, en Madrid ha contado con los buenos oficios de su gran amigo, el productor Kike Eizaguirre. El resultado es extraordinario y nos encontramos con todo un himno en defensa de nuestro malherido planeta Tierra, "BE-BAH-BAH" (Save the Planet) y otros temas excitantes como "Paranoia" y "Please Dónt Die", entre otros. Hablamos con Miguel Ángel Julián, "SOUL TELLER", de estas nuevas canciones y de sus próximos conciertos." -"Nazaret Castro y Laura Villadiego son dos experimentadas periodistas, con amplia experiencia internacional en diferentes medios escritos. Buenas conocedoras de la realidad social y económica de muchos países productores de materias primas nos presentan ahora el libro "Carro de Combate"-Consumir es un acto político- (Editorial Clave Intelectual). Es un excelente trabajo de investigación sobre los impactos que, a nivel económico, medioambiental y de salud tienen muchos y muy diferentes productos, como el aceite de palma, el cacao, el café, la carne y los productos textiles y de electrónica, entre otros. Una constante recorre el libro: las enormes diferencias de precio que hay entre lo que se paga a los productores y el precio final que pagamos los consumidores. Por el medio se enriquecen los distribuidores con amplísimos márgenes de beneficio. Además, en muchos casos, se producen prácticas de oligopolio; muy pocas empresas controlan la producción y distribución de diferentes productos y las trabajadoras y trabajadores en esos países viven en condiciones durísimas. También se han encontrado on situaciones de trabajo infantil y el capítulo del Medio Ambiente es, también, muy importante en este este libro-guía de investigación. Hablamos con las dos autoras." Escuchar audio

In part 1 of our Truetone Lounge interview, we cover Reggie Young's early years in Memphis playing with the Bill Black Combo and sessions at Royal Studios, all the way up to his early work with Chips Moman at American Sound Studios.

In this exclusive Verbally Effective Podcast episode taped at Royal Studios, Ena Esco sits down with brothers and Memphis natives Fresh and Chase Henry. These brothers are building a multi-millionaire empire while giving back to their community in the process. Beginning with a need to protect their tailors within their LA manufacturing facility, the birth of Henry Mask Co. was developed. Take a listen as the Henry brothers share some pretty cool anecdotes on how the company came together and how both play very important yet unique roles within the business. As we all come to grips with a pandemic and revolution rolled into one, Fresh and Chase shed light on how they are moving different in such a heightened space. You'll learn all about Mask Money Monday in addition to how Fresh and Chase have incorporated philanthropy within their business model.

In this exclusive Verbally Effective Podcast episode taped at Royal Studios, Ena Esco sits down with brothers and Memphis natives Fresh and Chase Henry. These brothers are building a multi-millionaire empire while giving back to their community in the process. Beginning with a need to protect their tailors within their LA manufacturing facility, the birth of Henry Mask Co. was developed. Take a listen as the Henry brothers share some pretty cool anecdotes on how the company came together and how both play very important yet unique roles within the business. As we all come to grips with a pandemic and revolution rolled into one, Fresh and Chase shed light on how they are moving different in such a heightened space. You'll learn all about Mask Money Monday in addition to how Fresh and Chase have incorporated philanthropy within their business model.

Boo Mitchell carries on the legacy of his father, Willie Mitchell, as a producer of chart-topping record hits. One of Boo Mitchell’s proudest achievements was taking home the “Record of the Year” Grammy in 2016—the first time in the history of the Grammy Awards that a Memphis-made record garnered the award. Boo’s father is remembered and revered as a pioneer of the Memphis Soul sound. A partnership between Al Green and Willie Mitchell created their first home-run hit in 1971, followed by a number-one hit every year for the next four years.

Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell is the owner of Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for his work with Bruno Mars, Al Green, Solomon Burke, Rod Stewart, John Mayer, and William Bell. In this episode, Boo chats with Rev Neil Down at the DittyTV Studios in Downtown Memphis. Recorded February 2014 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MAYA RAE Maya released her first album at 13, a collection of jazz and pop standards. Then she sent a demo to Couch Kid Steve Dawson and joined him in Nashville to record Can You See Me, an album deserving to be heard.  We’ll learn more about this 17-year-old and hear her music. KERRY PASTINE & THE CRIME SCENE Out of Denver, Kerry and the band have released two previous albums.  The new album, City Of Love, shows the lust for life Kerry shares with the world.  How did she get here? We’ll find out while we listen to the tunes. ELIZA NEALS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Eliza has released Black Crow Moan, her latest Blues-rocker. With help from Joe Louis Walker and Derek St Holmes, Eliza gives us 9 originals and a Big Mama Thornton cover. We’ll catch up with Eliza and check out the tunes. LISA MILLS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Lisa has released The Triangle, recorded at Fame Studios, Royal Studios, Malaco Studios and Sun Studios, the album is 14 songs created in their original locales. Lisa is in Germany, and we’ll talk about the album and more.

Stephanie and T-Shaw speak with the descendants of Royal Studios Founder, Willie Mitchell, Oona & Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell. Today Royal Studios has moved well beyond Blues Music and R&B, under the leadership of Oona & Boo, Royal Studios has become a highly respected entity in the music business.  Just ask Bruno Mars, Snoop Dogg and many of today's pop music artists.  Enjoy this education on one of the greatest and most renowned studios in history!

Native Memphian, Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, was surrounded by music growing up in South Memphis. Boo is the son of legendary Hi Records and Al Green producer, Willie Mitchell. After graduating from Christian Brothers High School, he formed a rap group called the M-Team in 1988. Years later he worked as manager and talent coordinator for his family's club, "Willie Mitchell's Rhythm and Blues Club" located on Memphis's historic Beale street. As you can imagine, countless celebrities frequented the club during this time and Boo shares quite a few stories from this era in his life. We also discuss the dynamic of Memphis Music and how many artists are seeking that "vintage recording sound" from Royal Studios. Being a Grammy Award winning - engineer, producer, and composer, Boo walks me through the night he picked up the Grammy for "Record of the Year" for his work on the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit "Uptown Funk." We also talk about the upcoming Mempho Music Festival which kicks off October 19th at Shelby Farms.

This I make a call to La La Land to get Taylor Kottke on the phone to talk about the role of mentors and the value of a good question. Taylor Kottke, first gained an interest in the music business when she managed and sang in a local cover band in her teenage years. She then went on to pursue a degree in the field at Visible Music College, where she managed a summer tour with Visible Worship, worked under Boo Mitchell of Royal Studios in Memphis and went on to hold various Los Angeles internships in the summers before graduating in 2016. She now lives in Los Angeles and works for Faculty Management and Productions, running day-to-day operations for major worship band, Mosaic MSC and rising indie-pop star, Riah. So sit back, buckle up and adjust the rearview you are listening to Nashville to Memphis.

This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five time Grammy award winner Robert Cray, backed by the legendary Hi Rhythm Section and renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan. BSC was there to capture an epic performance for the release of their latest album, Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm, plus an interview with Robert and Steve from a rehearsal at Royal Studios right here in Memphis.

Visit our new Podcast/Audio portal at http://dittytvradio.com for 24/7 audio music entertainment and our complete catalog of on demand podcasts. GRAMMY-winner, Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, record producer and owner of Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, talks with Rev Neil Down about his fascinating music career.

Famed producer, musician, and arranger Willie Mitchell became involved with Royal Studios (and the associated Hi Records) in Memphis, Tennessee, in the early ‘60s. He took more control of the studio operations as time went on and, in the early ‘70s, his collaboration with singer Al Green led to millions of albums sold, all of which cemented Willie’s reputation as a producer of note. These days his son, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, a musician, songwriter, engineer, and producer in his own right, runs Royal Studios and co-owns Royal Records. He keeps the legacy alive, while also looking to the future. Boo’s produced and/or engineered a wide range of acts including Melissa Etheridge, Solomon Burke, Al Green, Cody Chesnutt, Rod Stewart, John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Rush, William Bell, Keb Mo, Terrence Howard, and Boz Scaggs. I met up with Boo one evening at Royal Studios (currently celebrating their 60th year) in the back control room to discuss his life in the studio. Enjoy! Disclaimer: This audio recording was not originally tracked with the intent of using for a podcast. It was recorded solely for transcription for our print interview (see issue #120). Please forgive any balance issues, background sounds, and lack of clarity. Sponsored by Burl Audio https://burlaudio.com

Lady Rizo, the Grammy winning chanteuse, vocalist and songwriter, discusses her second album "Indigo" - recorded at the legendary Royal Studios in Memphis - and her annual Nina Simone tribute. She comes to the IOS studio to talk about growing up in a theatrical hippy family in Oregon and how motherhood has affected her as a performer. Plus, Justin takes on the holiday season and muses about the passing of 2017.

via https://sonospherepodcast.com/2017/09/29/sixty-soulful-years-the-story-of-royal-studios/This month Sonosphere teams up with the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and the Memphis Musicology podcast to bring you 60 years of Royal Studios. We visit with co-owner and music producer Boo Mitchell on a tour of Royal Studios in South Memphis.Royal turns 60 this year and in this episode we’ll reminisce with singer/songwriter Don Bryant on writing hit songs and singing with Willie Mitchell’s band; legendary recording artist Ann Peebles and the magical night behind her hit “I Can’t Stand the Rain;” Memphis musician Scott Bomar on Willie Mitchell’s legacy as teacher, producer and engineer of so many classic hits; and Amber Hamilton with the Memphis Music Initiative and the partnership they have with Royal to pass on its legacy to the future talent.Come celebrate with Boo and the Mitchell family at the Levitt Shell on October 14th featuring local, regional and national artists and November 18th for the grand finale event at the Orpheum. For more information visit royalstudios.com

This month Sonosphere teams up with the Rock 'n' Soul Museum and the Memphis Musicology podcast to bring you 60 years of Royal Studios. We visit with co-owner and music producer Boo Mitchell on a tour of Royal Studios in South Memphis. Come celebrate with Boo and the Mitchell family at the Levitt Shell on October 14th featuring local, regional and national artists and November 18th for the grand finale event at the Orpheum. For more information visit royalstudios.com Special thanks to Ezra Wheeler from the Rock 'n' Soul Museum and host of the Memphis Musicology podcast for co-producing this episode with Sonosphere. Visit memphisrocknsoul.org For photos of the Royal Studios tour and more visit sonospherepodcast.com

Kirk Teachout gives excellent tips for songwriting, branding, balancing family & work, building relationships, teamwork and much more! Kirk Teachout is a producer who was introduced to me as dude with a huge YouTube channel of nursery rhymes! I met Kirk at Summer NAMM 2017, where he explained to me that he had been creating content for a company that has the top 500+ YouTube channels in the world. Kirk started out working in Memphis, TN, alongside Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell at Royal Studios. And followed that by opening his own studio, Rise Studios, in Memphis (http://RiseRecording.com). Today he is going to share with us his outline of 4 Steps to 1.4 Million Spotify Plays in a Year. Yup, you heard that right. We are going to be sitting at the high stakes table today! Download Two FREE eBook Guides ("The 4 Steps to 1.4 Million Spotify Plays + 4 Secrets to Saving Time in the Studio") at: http://RiseRecording.com/rsrockstars   Leave a Review  Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/102 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: http://MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: http://RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: http://SkadooshMusic.com

Memphis has given birth to more musical genres than any city on the planet! For many years, some of the greatest musicians, singers, and bands have wondered into a modest looking building on what is now called Willie Mitchell Blvd in the heart of Memphis – churning out songs that have become the soundtrack of […] Read more...

This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five time Grammy award winner Robert Cray, backed by the legendary Hi Rhythm Section and renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan. BSC was there to capture an epic performance for the release of their latest album, Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm, plus an interview with Robert and Steve from a rehearsal at Royal Studios right here in Memphis.   

Chris, Bob and John talk about 60th anniversary of Royal Studios in South Memphis. They go to the movies, where "Dunkirk" filled up every bit of the big screen over the weekend but it was a "Girls Trip" that packed out Memphis theaters. And they muse over NPR’s recent list of the 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women. Which Memphis albums made the cut, which should have, and what are some of our own favorite albums by female artists?

Chris, Bob and John talk about 60th anniversary of Royal Studios in South Memphis. They go to the movies, where "Dunkirk" filled up every bit of the big screen over the weekend but it was a "Girls Trip" that packed out Memphis theaters. And they muse over NPR’s recent list of the 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women. Which Memphis albums made the cut, which should have, and what are some of our own favorite albums by female artists?

AIRSIDE is an American rock band from Memphis TN that formed in mid 2014. Their high-energy live shows incorporate a blend of dynamic original material and familiar covers. The band members had attracted major media attention; earning feature spots on ABC and CBS as well as a licensing deal with The Orpheum Theatre’s “Summer Movie Series”. In the spring of 2016, the group embarked on their first European tour of Poland and Estonia. In October 2016, Airside was the featured artist for the Lone Star Emmy Awards in Fort Worth, Texas to highly favorable response. The group headed into Royal Studios with 3-time Grammy winner, engineer/producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell (John Mayer, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars) to work on their debut album. Their EP, On The Run, was released on April 28th, 2017, and their full-length record will be released in the fall.

In part 1 of our Truetone Lounge interview, we cover Reggie Young's early years in Memphis playing with the Bill Black Combo and sessions at Royal Studios, all the way up to his early work with Chips Moman at American Sound Studios.

Last week I spent about a week in Memphis, Tennessee capturing Sun Studios, Graceland, Stax and of course the legendary Beale Street. On the last day of the assignment, we wrapped shooting at around 1am and I had the opportunity kick with it Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell in a parking outside of a spot called Beauty Shop. It’s crazy because about an hour before meeting Boo, I was talking to my friend Jay about the podcast and he immediately started talking about how I should get Boo on show. He said he’d set it up and in my mind, I thought this would take month to make happen. Meaning I’d catch Boo when I was back in the city because I had to fly out in on the morning. Shortly after that conversation, guess who walks through the door? Yup you guessed it, Boo. I told the story to Boo and he said, “We call that Memphis serendipity”. In this episode we talk about the early days of Royal Studios, wearing the hat of a producer, the false feel, putting love in the cooking, Uptown Funk, and much more. I’m outta here, enjoy the talk. (You can listen and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Subscribe on Android, iHeart Radio, Mixcloud, TuneIn, Stitcher, PodBean, PlayerFM, Google Play or listen via the media player above.) Stay Up to Date with Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell Royal Studios Links To The Stuff They Talk About Orange Mound  Robert Reed Church Beale Street Historic District Sharecropping B.B. King 1070 WDIA - The Heart & Soul of Memphis Elvis Presley  Willie Mitchell  Al Green Memphis Soul The Blues  Soul  Rhythm and Blues Stax Records The Mar-Keys The Jackson KC and Sunshine  The Doobie Brothers The Temptations Ike & Tina Turner John Mayer  Rod Steward  Buddy Guy  ProTools  Ann Peebles Melissa Etheridge Paul Rodgers Mark Ronson Jeff Bhasker Lana Del Rey Trombone Shorty Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Steve Jordan  Willie Weeks  Bruno Mars  Uptown Funk  Mystikal Philip Lawrence  Mehanata (Bulgarian Bar)   This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.

Melissa Etheridge is one of rock music's great female icons. Her critically acclaimed eponymous debut album was certified double platinum. Etheridge's popularity built around such memorable songs as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain't It Heavy” for which she won her first Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal. Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am, featuring the massive hits “I'm the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought her a second Grammy. The six times platinum album spent more than two and a half years on the album chart. Etheridge is also an Oscar winner for Best Original Song in 2007. In 2011 Melissa made her Broadway debut as St. Jimmy in Green Day's rock opera, American Idiot, where she replaced Billie Joe Armstrong for one week, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Etheridge is scheduled to release MEmphis Rock and Soul, a new album honoring Stax Records, in fall of 2016. She recently completed recording at Royal Studios in Memphis on what will be her first album since 2014's critically lauded This Is M.E. On June 20, 2016, Etheridge released a song called “Pulse.” The singer wrote the song in reaction to the mass shootings that took place in Orlando on June 12, 2016. As she told Rolling Stone, “We want to try to make sense. We want to try to heal. We want to bring some meaning, some purpose. We also want to put it down forever in history. That's how I'm coping.” All proceeds from the sale of “Pulse” will benefit Equality Florida, the states largest LGBT civil rights organization. She chats with Slacker about life and her new release, Memphis Rock And Soul! #slackermorningshow101theFox

Guest AIRSIDE Band About AIRSDE: AIRSIDE, A quintet of tight Memphis musicians/songwriters have captivated listeners with their live show, an “experience” that weaves seamlessly between familiar covers and inspiring original material. The end result is a powerful good time, transporting listeners to a nostalgic moment they would not have expected prior to AIRSIDE's show.Such commitment from the band's members had attracted major media attention; earning feature spots on both ABC and CBS as well as a licensing deal with The Orpheum Theatre's “Summer Movie Series”. The group headed into Royal Studios with 3-time Grammy winner, engineer/producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell (John Mayer, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars) in October 2015 to work on their album expected to be released in 2016.  www.weareairside.com The opinions expressed during this radio/podcast broadcast are for inspiration, information and entertainment purposes. This show is a production of Atlanta Life Radio and to learn more visit us at www.atlantaliferadio.com  

Multi-talented saxophonist, producer and composer Michael Lington's ninth solo project, SECOND NATURE, in tribute to the roots of Memphis soul is set for release April 22., 2016.  The album reunites Lington with producer by Barry Eastmond and features  all originals with the exception of one cover, the chart-topping soul anthem, “Soul Finger.”   In preparing for this album, Lington immersed himself in the classic Memphis sessions and even journeyed to the STAX museum  While most of the album was recorded at the famed Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, he also recorded at the legendary Royal Studios in Memphis, which has churned out sessions for everyone from Al Green, Chuck Berry and Buddy Guy to Ike and Tina Turner, Solomon Burke, Otis Rush and Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland. SECOND NATURE unites a who’s who list in music that transcends genre and musical boundaries, including GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and venerable bluesman Booker T. Jones and The Dap Kings, the celebrated soul/funk outfit most notably known for their hit-making collaborations with Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse. Lington also enlists Hollywood Walk of Fame recipient, multi-Platinum and GRAMMY-winning guitarist Ray Parker Jr. and chart-topping vocalist Taylor Dane. Brian Culbertson fans will be delighted to hear the pianist surprisingly featured on trombone.  Follow Michael Lington on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. Websites:  Linton Wine & Cigars

When you mention "Beale Street" the first thing that comes to mind for most hardcore blues fans is the "Reigning Queen of Beale," Miss Barbara Blue. For blues fanatics the world over, and for the hundreds of thousands of music lovers that that flock to Beale each year, she is the genuine article amidst a sea of pretenders. Her new album, "Memphis Blues: Sweet, Strong, and Tight" just hit the shelves. It was recorded by Boo Mitchell at legendary Royal Studios in Memphis. Also on the program this week, we continue our series "Wex on Wax" about the rise of Atlantic Records into the greatest R&B label in the world.

LIVE, UNCUT & UNCENSORED CONVERSATIONS WITH "MUSICIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW" A full show featuring Couch Kids who have released new albums recently. Greg Nagy...his album Stranded is a collection of songs written after the loss of his marriage..."A wounded heart is often slow, to finally let an old love go"  I'll explore this very personal album with Greg Shaun Murphy released Loretta in January and it has captured the ear of all who have heard it.  It is Ms. Murphy at her strongest...tearing at these songs with a voice that does not quit.  Shaun and I will discuss the album and her decision to go harder than in the past. Brad Hatfield released For A Change in January.  Off of his BMA nomination for Best New Artist, Brad was not going to take it easy and together with Tom Hambridge producing and co-writing these 12 songs show off Brad's skillfull harp playing and strong vocals Barbara Blue is the "Reigning Queen Of Beale Street" and her new album, Memphis Blue Sweet, Strong & Tight is all that and more.  Recorded at Royal Studios with the legendary Boo Mitchell behind the board, the collection of musicians backing Barbara is amazing.  Can't wait to share this one with y'all