Rupert Wates

December 15 2018 I'm glad to report that the recording of my new CD 'Full Circle' took place last week at Kevin Kelly's Workshoppe East Studios.  All 11 tracks were completed in less than five hours (though I returned…

November 2018.  I didn't expect to have a new Cd ready before spring 2019, but this year the writing has flowed and everything is now in place to for the recording.  Images for the artwork are complete, and feature location…

April 14 2018.  Over the years, many people have asked me at live gigs and elsewhere, where they can buy a recording of my 2010 song 'Days Of Mercy'.  Though the song has appeared on previous Cds, for…

January 31, New York City  I'm glad to be starting off the year with well over 100 gigs in my touring calendar.  Still many holes to be plugged, and no doubt some gigs may fall by the wayside, but the…

My brand new CD 'The Lights Of Paris', recorded in October 2017 at Kevin Kelly's Workshoppe East Studios in NY, has been getting some good reviews and airplay, particularly on Richard Warrens' Midnight Special https://midnightspecial.org/chicago/c20171209.htm, on WFMT in Chicago…

October 18, New York City.  My new CD, 'The Lights Of Paris', is now recorded and mixed and awaits only mastering at Rogue Planet Mastering in New Paltz.  Tracking and mixing was completed in three four hour sessions, at Kevin…

August 29 2017 To round off summer, I had another good day at Zak Sloan's Studio, Sloan Song Studios in Castle Rock, CO, with Zak and my good friend Vivian Gail (Kellie Amend) (www.viviangail.com).  We recorded a version…

August 15 2017: We had a good afternoon at Sloan Song Studios, Zak Sloan's new studio in Castle Rock, CO. We recorded some demos and a version of my song 'Long Winter Is Coming On' featuring a brilliant guest…

On May 9 2017 I had a good day recording at Kevin Kelly's brand new Workshoppe East Studios in Huntington, NY.  We recorded more demos for my upcoming CD 'The Lights Of Paris', and Kirsten Maxwell (www.kirstenmaxwell.com) again…