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Each year, thousands flock to Nashville for the AmericanaFest music festival and conference, an annual celebration showcasing rising talent while honoring the genre’s roots and future. During AmericanaFest in Fall 2025, AEA Ribbon Mics partnered with The Bluegrass Situation to record live in-studio sessions with more than 20 artists, including Donovan Woods and Franklin Jonas, at Welcome…

In the first episode of AEA Learning Library, producer, engineer, and Berklee College of Music professor John Escobar sets up at Apogee Studios in Santa Monica with two singer-songwriters, a collection of AEA ribbon microphones, and one goal — to show how recording decisions should evolve in real time based on what's happening in the…