Queens Creative

This episode of "Queens Creative" spotlights Grammy-winning, legendary audio mastering engineer and Queens boy made good, Greg Calbi. Over an illustrious career spanning four decades, Mr. Calbi has lent his talented ears and skills to a mindboggling seventy-five hundred and counting album releases, servicing a veritable who’s who of the music industry. Throughout the years, Greg has worked with th...

This episode of "Queens Creative" spotlights singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, Grammy-winner and Queens born, Danny Weinkauf. Widely known for his twenty-plus year and counting run as bass player for indie rock icons They Might Be Giants, Danny has also played on numerous records as a studio musician, working with such acclaimed artists as Fountains of Wayne and David M...

This episode of “Queens Creative” spotlights Queens Poet Laureate, Maria Lisella. Awarded the Poet Laureate position in 2015 by then Borough President Melinda Katz, Queens native and current Astoria resident Ms. Lisella is the sixth poet to hold the borough’s esteemed Laureate title. In 2020, Maria was also named a Poets Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets and to date has three books...

This episode of “Queens Creative” spotlights the fabulous country singer-songwriter, radio DJ and Jackson Heights, Queens resident, Laura Cantrell. A favorite of famed British DJ John Peel and music legend Elvis Costello, the Nashville-born Ms. Cantrell has five album releases to her credit as an artist and has showcased her talents as a guest on such iconic programs as “A Prairie Home Companion”...

This episode of “Queens Creative” spotlights the talented singer-songwriter, film composer, film sound editor and Forest Hills, Queens resident, Eytan Mirsky. In addition to the seven album releases credited to Mr. Mirsky as an artist, Eytan has also written music for a number of critically acclaimed and award-winning films such as “Happiness,” “American Splendor,” “Palindromes” and “The Tao of St...

This episode of “Queens Creative” features the fabulous comedian, actor, radio personality, podcast host (& former Bayside, Queens resident), Rob Bartlett. Rob is really an entertainer’s entertainer in the truest and old-school sense of the term. As a man of many talents, Rob can, and has, done practically all there is to do in show business and continues to do so. Widely known for his 30-plus yea...

This episode of “Queens Creative” features singer-songwriter, producer, guitar player extraordinaire and Astoria Queens resident, Jay Sherman-Godfrey. Aside from crafting great music as an artist in his own right, Mr. Sherman-Godfrey has worked with the likes of alternative music legends, They Might Be Giants, Mono Puff, the acclaimed country singer-songwriter, Laura Cantrell and Psychobilly wild...