Stern Grove Festival

Silent Way was the exclusive multitrack audio recording vendor for Stern Grove Festival from 2004-2009. Over these six seasons, Tony Brooke recorded 77 artists on 39 dates at Stern Grove, building a valuable archive of hundreds of hours of top artist performances for the non-profit organization. Releases from this archive have included successful fund-raising compilation albums, full-set albums for individual artists, concert videos, promotional video clips, podcasts and radio programs.

The artists recorded:

Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective, 7/29/07
Bajofondo, 8/3/08
Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet, 8/14/05
Bettye Lavette, 6/15/08
Blame Sally, 7/12/09
Booker T. Jones, 6/15/08
Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale (Breathing Under Water), 7/22/07
Broun Fellinis, 7/24/05
Crown City Rockers, 8/20/06
Curumin, 7/19/09
daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra, 8/21/05
Delhi 2 Dublin, 8/2/09
DJ Cheb i Sabbah, 7/10/05
El Hamideen, 7/20/08
Emeline Michel, 7/29/07
Ernie Cruz, 8/10/08
Ex-Centric Sound System, 8/1/04
Geno Delafose, 7/2/06
Goapele, 8/5/07
Halau ‘o Keikiali’I, 7/16/06
Hugh Masekela, 8/5/07
Hyim & The Fat Foakland Orchestra, 6/24/07
Jackie Greene, 7/23/06
Joan Baez, 7/12/09
John Doe, 6/19/05
John Hammond, 8/15/04
Kailash Kher's Kailasa, 8/2/09
Kaukahi (with Na Leo set), 8/10/08
Khaled w/ Santana, Don Was, Elan Attias, Cheb i Sabbah, Walfredo Reyes, 7/10/05
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 7/17/05
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, 7/1/07
Les Nubians, 6/28/09
Lila Downs, 7/11/04
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, 7/17/05
Lines Ballet, 7/20/08
Los Amigos Invisibles, 7/15/07
Lucinda Williams, 6/19/05
Makaha Sons, 7/16/06
Maria de Barros, 8/7/05
Mavis Staples, 7/23/06
MC Rai, 7/13/08
Mercan Dede Secret Tribe, 8/1/04
Na Leo, 8/10/08
Nation Beat, 8/9/09
Non-Stop Bhangra Collective, 7/22/07
O-Maya, 6/26/05
Ojos De Brujo, 6/26/05
One Hawaii, 8/10/08
One Right Turn (with Ernie Cruz set), 8/10/08
Os Mutantes, 7/15/07
Otis Taylor Band, 6/25/06
Ozomatli, 8/20/06
Paul Thorn Band with special guest Huey Lewis, 6/17/07
Pharoah Sanders, 7/20/08
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 7/1/07
Rachid Taha, 7/13/08
Rebirth Brass Band, 7/2/06
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, 8/15/04
Rupa and the April Fishes, 6/28/09
SambaDá, 7/27/08
Sergent Garcia, 7/19/09
Seu Jorge, 6/18/06
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, 6/22/08
Si*Sé, 8/3/08
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience, 6/22/08
Ska Cubano, 8/6/06
Souad Massi, 7/11/04
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, 8/6/06
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 8/14/05
The Funk Brothers, 7/24/05
The Idan Raichel Project, 6/24/07
The Lyrics Born Re-View, 7/26/09
The Mighty Underdogs, 7/26/09
Toto La Momposina, 8/9/09
Voices Of Latin Rock, 7/27/08
Waldemar Bastos, 8/7/05
West African Highlife Band, 7/18/04
Youssou N'Dour and The Super Etoile de Dakar, 7/18/04
Youth Speaks Slam Champs, 8/21/05

*Tony Brooke also recorded Les Yeux Noirs (for the group's management company Eye For Talent) at Stern Grove on 7/29/01
*Tony Brooke assisted Tabla Beat Science recording (for Axiom/Palm) at Stern Grove on 8/12/01