Released today, Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin has returned with her third album ‘Confessional’. A "powerful album that knits Irish folk instruments and religious references into hypnotic rock and piano ballads" (Sunday Times), the record is an introspective reflection on her true life story. Janet completed the project at Abbey Road, where it was mastered by our very own Christian ...

After more than 10 weeks, the Abbey Road team is thrilled to return to the famous house in St John’s Wood, to welcome back the creative community for recording and mastering. Re-opening the doors and making history as the first studio session is Decca Records artist Melody Gardot. The world-renowned jazz singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was poised to record with the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra when the COVID-19 restrictions came into place. With the safety and wellbeing of the Studios team and guests as the top priority, Abbey Road has introduced new operating guidelines that will allow for social distancing and create the safest possible working environment. ...

The 50th anniversary of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s landmark 1970 album ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ will be marked with the release of a half-speed master, 180-gram vinyl edition. ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ remarkably stood as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s fifth full-length album in two years, topping the Billboard album chart in the US, while they scored their first No. 1 in the UK, Canada and ...

Next up is Kate Cudbertson, Manager for FKJ and The Sundrop Garden. The Los Angeles-based Adelaide native spent most of last year touring the world with French multi-instrumentalist and producer FKJ, however 2020 has found Kate returning back home to Australia amongst the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Avant indie-pop composer Owen Pallett has surprise-released a new album titled ‘Island’. His first in six years, since 2014’s In Conflict, Pallett wrote the nine songs on acoustic guitar in anticipation of translating it into an orchestral work that was recorded with the London Contemporary Orchestra in Studio ...

Following our #AskTheEngineer Q&A from mastering engineers Oli Morgan and Alex Gordon, it’s now time to hear from the recording team, where senior engineer Andrew Dudman and assistant engineer Andy Maxwell answer your questions! From setting up and recording an orchestra for a film score to the favourite recordings they’ve ...

In the previous instalment of my riveting blog, I introduced the enlightened reader to the curious little back story of how Abbey Road forged an allegiance with Anvil Film and found itself at the centre of the movie scoring universe. I also hinted that some of the film projects to grace the studios would have been enough to make Sir Edward Elgar’s moustache hairs stand on end - well I wasn’t joking. In this chapter we will look a little closer into some of the wonderful, extraordinary, eccentric and sometimes just plain wacky titles recorded at the studios during the primary decade of its new ...

Following a three part mini-series curated by the Abbey Road team (Dom Dronska, Claire Renfrew and Karim Fanous) exploring mental health and wellbeing in lockdown, we wanted to expand upon this to see how our artist friends have been coping in quarantine. The first in a series titled 'Reel Feelings' is singer-songwriter Cloves. The Australian-born, London-based singer-songwriter has been working on her next project at Abbey Road, recording vocals in our Gatehouse studio earlier this year before lockdown. We checked in with Cloves to see hows she's adjusted to life in lockdown and her advice to anyone who is struggling right ...

Scored by the brilliant Thomas Newman at Abbey Road, '1917' is out in cinemas today! The epic project was spread across Studios One, Three, Gatehouse and Front Room over 67 days - our longest of ...