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Steve Addabbo

Steve Addabbo is an American record producer, songwriter and audio engineer, who helped launch[1] the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. He had a vital hand in Vega's hit single, "Luka"[2] and Colvin's album Steady On.[2]

Steve Addabbo

Bronx, New York, U.S.

1972–present

Career[edit]

He has produced and/or engineered for artists[3] including Bobby McFerrin, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, Loudon Wainwright III, Jeff Buckley, Gary Lucas, Lara Bello, Richard Barone, The Bongos, Robby Romero and Red Thunder, Richard Shindell, Suzanne Vega, Ana Egge and The Stray Birds, Chiara Civello, Jane Olivor, Olivia Newton-John, The Manhattans and Dar Williams.


Addabbo is also an acclaimed mix engineer who has, among other projects, mixed the Bob Dylan box sets Bootleg 10: Another Self Portrait[3] and Bootleg 12: The Cutting Edge for which he received a Grammy Award. More recently he has mixed the Dylan Bootleg 13, Trouble No More and Bootleg 14, More Blood, More Tracks.


He owns Shelter Island Sound Studios.[4] located in Manhattan, New York.


Addabbo released his first full-length album Out of Nothing in 2016, 14 songs written or co-written by him.


Recent projects include Richard Barone's Sorrows and Promises: Greenwich Village in the 60s and the Robby Romero track "Born on the REZ" recorded with Dennis Banks, Robert Mirabal and Kris Kristoffersen honoring the Standing Rock Movement.

- You and I (released March 2016) and In Transition (released April 2019)

Jeff Buckley

Bob Dylan - (released November 2015)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

- Spirityouall

Bobby McFerrin

Global Noize - A Prayer for the Planet

- "Left of Center"

Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega - , Suzanne Vega

Solitude Standing

- Steady On, Live '88, Cover Girl, Acoustic Christmas (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)

Shawn Colvin

- Blue Divide, Sparrow's Point

Richard Shindell

- Christmas Wish

Olivia Newton-John

- Lazy Days, Bright Shadows

Ana Egge

- You Can't Relive the Past, Ghosts Upon the Road, Stages: The Lost Album

Eric Andersen

- Glow

Richard Barone

Richard Barone - Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s (released October 2016)

- Love Decides

Jane Olivor

Vega on writing "Luka"

Gear-Club Podcast