Adam Michael Rothberg: News

Happy Winter All!
So much music happening in my world these days. Hope you're all staying warm & having fun.

For all you Beatles fans (and you know who you are!), I have posted my recording of the Beatles' Maxwell's Silver Hammer on my website (www.adamrothberg.com/music.html). It's right at the top. It's FREE! You can download it, or just stream it, but be sure to turn it up!

I am excited to announce that Kat Goldman's lush new album "Gypsy Girl" is now available. It features six songs produced and recorded by yours truly at Pepperland, my studio in Somerville, Massachusetts. As with many of my productions, I played a lot of the parts, arranged the strings, and recruited a crack drummer to play on several tracks: one of my all-time heros, Dave Mattacks (Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, XTC, etc.). Join us this Wednesday night (1/18) in Harvard Square, where Kat will release "Gypsy Girl" at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Show starts at 8 pm. I'll join her on guitar and vocals, as will bassist Mike Rivard. For more on Kat, check out www.katgoldmanmusic.com.

In other Kat Goldman related news, in between producing the album this past year, I produced two of her songs now featured on Canadian TV. Her song, Annabel, from her first CD (The Great Disappearing Act) was re-purposed for the closing credits of a Canadian comedy TV show called "Kenny Hotz: Triumph of the Will." Also, her new song Superstar (sure to be a hit with the tweens) will be featured twice in a new Disney Channel Original Movie called Shrinking Violet starring Debbie Ryan.

You might also recall that in addition to the Adam many of you know and love, I'm also a "Jumping Monkey"—that is, I'm a member of the band Vanessa Trien & the Jumping Monkeys. We play mostly original kids music, smart enough for grown-ups, aimed at kids ages three to nine, and fun for kids of all sizes. We're recording the latest bunch of songs right now and plan to have a huge CD release party featuring the full "Jumpin' Monkeys" band at Arlington's (Massachusetts) Regent Theater on April 14.

For those of you wondering when the next Adam Michael Rothberg CD is due: I've got a lot of new material, and am slowly making my may towards a new album. Please stay tuned! And as always, if you'd like to host a show in your very own home, let me know—house concerts really take the chill out of winter.

In the mean time, check out my calendar page for upcoming shows. I hope to see you there!

Live Every Day is a brand new live recording of six songs from my set at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass. earlier this year, opening for Cowboy Junkies. It is available through CDBaby.com and will soon be available on iTunes. You can order directly from me by sending me a check for $11.00 (e-mail me for the address), or in person at upcoming shows.

Looking back

"Figure/Ground", the new short film by Ohio filmmaker Scott Ligon, for which I created the music and sound effects this past Spring is finally nearing completion. I am told the final edit will occur in December. Look for more news in January 2011!

Summer 2010

had so many great shows, including one in East Blue Hill, ME, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and the Dream Away Lodge with my good friend and inspiration Bobby Sweet. I backed Canadian singer-songwriter Kat Goldman, the Berkshires' Bruce Mandel and JoAnne Redding, Nashville's Amy Speace, Boston's own Vanessa Trien, Jacqueline Francis, and sang a bit on my friend Andy Santospago's new CD with fabulously talented Amy Fairchild, Jess Tardy, and Rose Polenzani.

Studio Work

I recorded on singer-songwriter Annie Wenz's new CD, and mastered new CDs for Tom Weldon, the Cold River Ranters, and Kristen Ford. And lots more! In the studio I am excited to announce that I will be producing new recordings—with, of course, the intention of making a new CD—for the supremely talented Canadian, and now Boston-based singer-songwriter Kat Goldman. Check her out! Stay tuned -- and hope to see you soon!