Matt Hurwitz
Entertainment Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Contributing Editor at Mix Magazine
Articles
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2 months ago |
mixonline.com | Matt Hurwitz
Don’t pass up Part 1!LIVE ON THE SETFor A Complete Unknown, the decision was made early on that all musical performances—those with Timothée Chalamet (who plays Dylan) and his acoustic guitar, and those with a full band—would be recorded live, particularly the former. “He always has his guitar with him,” Maitland says.
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2 months ago |
mixonline.com | Matt Hurwitz
New York, NY (February 4, 2025)—If you’re a recordist and recently sat down in a theater to see James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, which focuses on Bob Dylan and his early years in New York, you no doubt were thrilled to see an authentic re-creation of Columbia Records’ Studio A, where the artist recorded some of his most iconic records. As you probably guessed, this was no throw-it-together, generic studio set. It was real—and what you heard was what you saw onscreen. Those mics were switched on.
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Dec 13, 2024 |
mixonline.com | Matt Hurwitz
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Grammy-winning album Double Fantasy was released in November 1980, just weeks before Lennon’s tragic murder. The disc spawned three Top 10 singles, including “Watching the Wheels,” this month’s “Classic Track,” which producer Jack Douglas counts among his favorite songs on the album. From the beginning, the Double Fantasy sessions were kept secret. “If word got out, the project was over,” Douglas says.
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Sep 13, 2024 |
mixonline.com | Matt Hurwitz
The Traveling Wilburys were perhaps popular music’s most unusual “supergroup.” George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison wrote all the material together, worked up arrangements on the spot and made two fine, light-hearted albums that captured the personalities and eccentricities of it members. They never toured, and their vibe was casual in the extreme.
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May 24, 2024 |
mixonline.com | Matt Hurwitz
The year 1969 was a hot one for Creedence Clearwater Revival. The San Francisco Bay Area group had burst onto the scene the summer before with its self-titled LP, and followed up with three more albums the next year: Bayou Country (featuring the huge hit “Proud Mary,” which placed CCR on the road to success), Green River and Willy and the Poor Boys. The group was in its prime.
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