Dan Knobler - Record Producer

Dan Knobler
Producer, Guitarist, Recording Engineer & Mixer

Dan Knobler is a Grammy-nominated producer, recording engineer, mixer, and guitarist. He produced the Americana Music Association’s 2022 Album of The Year, Outside Child by Allison Russell, and has produced albums for Lake Street Dive, Bahamas, Rodney Crowell, Erin Rae, Gaby Moreno, Ruth Moody, Caroline Spence, Kelsey Waldon, Rachael & Vilray, Maya de Vitry, Cory Chisel & Adriel Denae, Anthony da Costa, Della Mae, EMEFE, Faux Ferocious, and more. Records he produced have been featured and reviewed by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, and Barack Obama’s “Best of 2021” playlist.


Highlights:

 
 

Full Discography:


  • Caroline Randall Williams - “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl)” - from the album My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall - March 2024 on Oh Boy! Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Baritone acoustic guitar, electric guitar, octave mandolin, OP-1

  • Gaby Moreno - Dusk - February 2024

    • Production, co-production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, synth, percussion, horn arrangements

  • Melody Walker & Sarah Potenza - “Their Loss” - November 2023 on Anti-Fragile Records

    • Production, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string electric guitar, bass synth

  • Bahamas - BOOTCUT - September 2023 on Brushfire Records

    • Co-production, music direction

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, baritone acoustic guitar, 12 string electric guitar, high strung acoustic guitar, OP-1

  • Jess Nolan - 93 - September 2023 on Righteous Babe Records

    • Mixing

  • Austin Plaine - Faded Feathers - September 2023

    • Mixing

  • Melody Walker, Crys Matthews, Heather Mae - “Room” - September 2023 on Anti-Fragile Records

    • Production, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitars

  • Melody Walker - “Listen Sister” - July 2023 on Anti-Fragile Records

    • Production, mixing

    • Baritone electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, high strung acoustic guitar

  • Brennen Leigh - Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet - June 2023 on Signature Sounds

    • Engineering, mixing

  • Hannah Delynn - Making Friends EP - May 2023

    • Mixing

  • Rachael & Vilray - I Love A Love Song! - January 2023 on Nonesuch Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

  • Alicia Blue - “Dreams” - January 2023 on Magnetic Moon Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars, slide guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, high strung guitar; Omnichord

  • Anthony Da Costa - I Should Call My Mother - September 2022

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitars, synths, organ, bass

  • Dan Knobler - Friends Play My Son’s Favorite Songs, Volume 1 - September 2022

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitars, synths, organ, bass, percussion

  • David Wax Museum - Spring is Here (single) - May 2022

    • Mixing

  • Companion - Second Day of Spring - May 2022

    • Mixing

    • Bass synth & harmonium on “Snowbank”

  • Suz Slezak - Our Wings May Be Featherless - March 2022

    • Mixing

  • Steve Poltz - Stardust and Satellites - February 2022

    • Mixing

  • Allison Russell - “Persephone” / The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - January 2022

    • Production, mixing

    • Guitar

  • Our Native Daughters - The Wheel of Time (Theme Song & Soundtrack) - November 2021 on Amazon Prime

    • Vocal engineering

  • Bahamas - Live To Tape: Volume I - October 2021

    • Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, music direction

    • Juno Nominated:

      • Adult Alternative Album of The Year

  • Anthony Da Costa - “Star Card” / “Book of Spells” - October 2021

    • Mixing

  • Patrick Droney - “Like The Water” performance for The Kelly Clarkson Show - September 2021

    • Engineering, mixing, mastering

  • Della Mae - Family Reunion - August 2021

    • Mixing

  • Rodney Crowell - Triage - July 2021 on RC1 Records / Thirty Tigers

    • Co-production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synth

  • Allison Russell - CBS This Morning - July 2021

    • Production, mixing

    • Electric guitar

  • Allison Russell - Outside Child - May 2021 on Fantasy Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitar, banjo, Mellotron, synth

    • Award Nominations:

      • Grammys:

        • Best Americana Album

        • Best American Roots Performance (“Nightflyer”)

        • Best American Roots Song (“Nightflyer”)

      • Americana Music Association

        • Winner: Album of the Year

        • Artist of the Year

        • Song of the Year (“Persephone”)

      • Junos:

        • Winner: Contemporary Roots Album of The Year

        • Songwriter Of The Year

      • Folk Alliance:

        • Winner: Album Of The Year

        • Winner: Artist Of The Year

      • Canadian Folk Awards:

        • Winner: Contemporary Album of the Year

        • Winner: English Songwriter(s) of the Year

        • Winner: Emerging Artist of the Year

        • Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award

    • 2021 Best Of Lists:

      • Barack Obama, NYTimes, NPR, Atlantic, Rolling Stone

  • Bahamas x The Secret Sisters - Live to Tape, Episode 5: Gene Chrisman, Dave Roe, Russ Pahl, Dan Knobler (livestream series) - March 2021

    • Musical direction

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar

  • Social Meteors - 1 - February 2021

    • Engineering, mixing

    • Synths

  • Allison Russell - everything i wanted - February 2021 on Fantasy Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, synths, drum programming

  • Jillette Johnson - It’s a Beautiful Day and I Love You - February 2021

    • Engineering

    • Additional guitars

  • Mark Erelli - Jackpot - February 2021

    • Engineering & mixing on “Handmade”

  • Allison Russell - By Your Side / Landslide - January 2021 on Fantasy Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass, Acetone, Omnichord, Mellotron, percussion

  • Music Health Alliance - Songs From Quarantine, Volume 1 (feat. Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder, Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, and more) - February 2021

    • Mastering

  • Bahamas x 400 Unit - Live to Tape, Episode 1 (livestream series) - January 2021

    • Musical direction

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar

  • Front Country - Finally Friday NPR Live Stream - January 2021

    • Mixing, mastering

  • Bahamas & 400 Unit - “Trick To Happy,” “Up With The Jones,” & “I Got You” on CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions - December 2020

    • Musical direction

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar

  • Lake Street Dive - “Walk a Mile In My Shoes” (single) - December 2020 - AdCouncil National Campaign

    • Mixing

  • Front Country - Impossible World - November 2020 on AntiFragile Music

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, slide guitars, 12 string guitar, bass, Mellotron, piano, Omnichord, synths

  • Jakob Leventhal - Greenwich Village Ghosts EP - October 2020

    • Mastering

    • Electric guitars

  • Anthony Da Costa - “Send My Regards” (single) - October 2020

    • Mixing, mastering

    • Ace Tone Organ, Farfisa, Synths

  • Ashley Campbell - Something Lovely - October 2020

    • Mixing

    • Electric guitar

  • Miss Tess - Doucet - July 2020

    • Mixing

  • Vilray - “Here I Lie” (single) - May 2020

    • Production, mixing

  • Sweet Water Warblers - The Dream That Holds This Child - May 2020

    • Production, mixing

    • Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar

  • Andrew Combs - This Is The Light (Quarantine EP) - May 2020

    • Mixing, mastering

    • Baritone guitar, keys, percussion

  • Front Country - “Black Crow” (single) - May 2020

    • Production, engineering, mixing

  • Mark Erelli - Blindsided - March 2020

    • Engineering, mixing

  • Maya de Vitry - How To Break a Fall - March 2020

    • Production, mixing

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, baritone guitar, high strung guitar, Mellotron, autoharp

  • Front Country - “Do Re Mi (single) - March 2020

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar

  • Alexa Wildish - Alexa Wildish - January 2020

    • Co-production (with Russell Durham), engineering, mixing

    • Additional acoustic & electric guitars, Mellotron

  • Della Mae - Headlight - January 2020 on Rounder Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, baritone guitar, 12 string guitar, high strung guitar, synth, electric bass, Mellotron, drum programming, cowbell

  • Rachael & Vilray - Rachael & Vilray - October 2019 on Nonesuch Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

  • Kelsey Waldon - White Noise / White Lines - October 2019 on Oh Boy Records

    • Co-production (with Kelsey Waldon), engineering

    • Additional acoustic guitar

  • Cameron Scoggins - Folk This - October 2019

    • Mixing

  • Rodney Crowell - Texas - August 2019 on RC1 Records

    • Additional engineering

  • Edan Archer - Journey Proud - August 2019

    • Mixing

  • Anthony Da Costa - Shadow Love - June 2019

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric, acoustic, baritone, and slide guitars; bass, drums, percussion, synths

  • Erin Rae - Gold Plated / Refugee - June 2019 on Single Lock Records

    • Co-production (with Jerry Bernhardt), engineering, mixing

  • Mark Erelli - The Hitter (single) - June 2019

    • Mixing

  • Caroline Spence - Mint Condition - May 2019 on Rounder Records

    • Production, engineering

    • Electric, baritone, and additional acoustic guitars; synths; organ

  • Betsy Philips - Like We’re Talking - May 2019

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bass, drums, percussion, synths

  • Isaac Gillespie - “Tropical Climes" (single) - April 2019

    • Mixing

  • Maya de Vitry - Adaptations - January 2019

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Additional acoustic & electric guitars, vibes, synths, Casiotone, organ

  • Lake Street Dive - Freak Yourself Out - November 2018 on Nonesuch Records

    • Co-production (with Lake Street Dive), engineering

  • Bennett Jackson & The Ranch Hands - Fortune Cat - November 2018

    • Co-production (with Sean O’Brien), mixing

    • Electric, acoustic, and baritone guitars

  • Rodney Crowell - Christmas Everywhere - November 2018 on New West Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

  • Mipso - “Get Out While You Can” (single) - November 2018 on AntiFragile Music

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Additional acoustic guitars, Spanish laúd, synth

  • Becky Warren - Undesirable - October 2018

    • Production

    • Electric, baritone, 12 string, and acoustic guitars

  • The Stray Birds - Let It Pass - September 2018 on YepRoc Records

    • Production, mixing

    • Additional acoustic, electric, and baritone guitars

  • Freddy & Francine - Moonless Night - September 2018

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric & acoustic guitars, organ, synth

  • Rodney Crowell - Acoustic Classics - July 2018 on RC1 Records

    • Assistant engineer

  • Erin Rae - Putting On Airs - June 2018 on Single Lock Records

    • Co-production (with Jerry Bernhardt), engineering, mixing

  • Lake Street Dive - Free Yourself Up - May 2018 on Nonesuch Records

    • Co-production (with Lake Street Dive), engineering

  • Ron Pope - The Weather (Acoustic) featuring Phoebe Bridgers - May 2018

    • Engineering

  • The Reckless Electric - Comeback - March 2018

    • Electric and acoustic guitars

  • Silverstreak Sessions - Early 2018

    • Live performance video collaboration with Crowell Floral

    • Featuring: Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, Lilly Hiatt, Andrew Combs, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Rhiannon Giddens, and Mipso

    • Produced, engineered, mixed

  • Phoebe Ryan - "James Has Changed (Layman Drug Sessions)" - October 2017 on Columbia Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

  • Caroline Spence - Secret Garden EP - October 2017

    • Co-production (with Caroline Spence), engineering, mixing

    • Additional acoustic guitars, electric guitar, bass, organ, Casiotone, vibes, percussion

  • Cory Chisel & Adriel Denae - Tell Me True - August 2017

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric, baritone, and additional acoustic guitars

  • Faux Ferocious - Faux Ferocious - July 2017 on Drop Medium Records

    • Co-production (with Faux Ferocious), engineering, mixing

  • Cale Tyson - Careless Soul - July 2017

    • Additional engineering

  • EMEFE - Live at Bryant Park - June 2017

    • Co-production (with Miles Arntzen), engineering, mixing, mastering

  • Shannon McNally - Black Irish - June 2017 on Compass Records

    • Engineering, mixing

    • Additional guitars

  • Flearoy - Old Dog, New Tricks - June 2017

    • Co-production (with Jon Seale), mixing

    • Guitars, synths

  • Lucky Chops - "For Connie" (from Walter E.P.) - April 2017

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, bass

  • Rodney Crowell - Close Ties - March 2017 on New West Records

    • Co-production (with Jordan Lehning, Kim Buie, Rodney Crowell), engineering

    • Nominated: Americana Music Association Album of the Year

  • Antibalas - "Let's Dance" (from Let All The Children Boogie: A Tribute to David Bowie) - November 2016

    • Mixing

  • Weird Wish - Borrowed Time EP - November 2016

    • Co-production (with Jason Burger), engineering, mixing

    • Guitars, banjo, vibes, synths

  • Becky Warren - War Surplus - October 2016

    • Electric guitar on "She's Always There"

  • Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles - "Playing Old Games (featuring Pete Lindberg)" (single) - September 2016

    • Engineering

  • EMEFE - "Sayulita" (single) - August 2016

    • Engineering, mixing

  • The Stray Birds - Magic Fire - August 2016 on YepRoc Records

    • Additional engineering

  • Kelsey Waldon - I've Got a Way - August 2016

    • Engineering & mixing

    • Additional guitars

  • Michaela Anne - "Where Will I Be Found (feat. Kenneth Pattengale)" (single) - July 2016 on Kingswood Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Baritone guitar

  • Miss Tess - Baby, We All Know - July 2016

    • Co-production (with Miss Tess & Thomas Bryan Eaton), engineering, mixing

  • Ember Isles - Humbolt - June 2016 (recorded February 2014)

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - Decoration Day, Volume 5 - May 2016

    • Co-production (with Mason Jar Music), engineering, mixing

    • Guitars, additional organ

  • Michaela Anne - Bright Lights & The Fame- May 2016 on Kingswood Records

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Guitars, additional organ, vibes

  • Tom Hiddleston & The Saddle Spring Boys - I Saw The Light (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack & Film) - March 2015

    • Engineering, editing

  • Faux Ferocious - "Beaumont 1979" (from: BLUES LEGENDS) - December 2015

    • Engineering, mixing

  • New Timers - 206: Party (original music for picture) - September 2015 for Comedy Central Studios

    • Production, composition, engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitar, bass

  • Jon Foreman - "Larger Than Life" (from: The Wonderlands: Darkness) - September 2015

    • Co-production (with Mason Jar Music), engineering

    • Electric guitar

  • Go Set A Watchmen Audiobook Score - "Mockingbird Waltz" by Rodney Crowell - July 2015

    • Engineering, mixing

  • Ember Isles - "Love Song (Love Me)" (single) - July 2015

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Re-released on Humbolt

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - Decoration Day, Volume 4 - July 2015

    • Co-production (with Mason Jar Music), engineering, mixing

    • Guitars

  • JD & The Straight Shot - "Better Find a Church" (single) - July 2015

  • Bennett Jackson & The Ranch Hands - Day's Market - May 2015

    • Co-production (with Sean O'Brien), engineering, mixing

    • Guitars, composition

  • David Pope Jr. - Lost Lost Lost - April 2015

    • Co-production (with Mason Jar Music), engineering, mixing

    • Electric guitars

  • Josh Garrels - Home - April 2015

    • Co-production (with Mason Jar Music), engineering

    • Debuted at #14 on iTunes, #1 in iTunes Singer/Songwriter

    • Electric guitar

  • EMEFE - EMEFE - May 2015

    • Engineering, and additional mixing

  • Ember Isles - "John James" (single) - February 2015

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Electric & slide guitar

    • Re-released on Humbolt

  • Morningsiders - unfocus - February 2015

    • Production, engineering, mixing

    • Additional guitars

  • EMEFE - Lucide (prelude) - January 2015

    • Engineering, mixing: "Bang Bang"

    • Engineering: "Release!"

  • Judy Collins - "Both Sides Now" - Both Sides Now - The Very Best Of... - November 2014 on Wildflower Records

    • Acoustic guitar

  • Flearoy - H & The Bay - October 2014

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars, composition

  • Zusha - Zusha - October 2014

  • My Brightest Diamond - None More Than You - July 2014 on Asthmatic Kitty

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed "Dreaming Awake (Mason Jar Mix)"

  • Fulcrum of the Stars - Fulcrum of the Stars - July 2014

    • Recorded and mixed

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - Decoration Day, Volume 3 - May 2014

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • Judy Collins - "Both Sides Now" - re-recording for the Rob Reiner film And So It Goes - July 2014

  • Weird Wish - Homeowners Association EP - May 2014

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • The Singer and The Songwriter - What a Difference a Melody Makes - May 2014

    • Mixed

  • Rodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky - April 2014 on New West Records

    • Co-produced and recorded: "Famous Last Words of a Fool In Love"; additional engineering: "Fever on the Bayou" and "Flyboy & The Kid"

    • Electric guitar on "Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love"

  • KROM - KROM - March 2014

    • Recorded and mixed

  • Josh Garrels & Mason Jar Music - The Sea In Between Soundtrack - December 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

  • Weird Wish - Mysterious Groove Factor EP - December 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • Emily Elbert - Evolve EP - November 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Slide guitar

  • Tift Merritt - Traveling Companion - September 2013 on Yep Roc Records

    • Recorded and mixed

  • Relatives - The Signs That Mock Me As I Go - July 2013 on MDR Recordings

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - Decoration Day, Volume 2 - July 2013

  • Let Us In Americana... The Music of Paul McCartney - June 2013 on Reviver Records

    • Produced, recorded, mixed: "Every Night" - Rodney Crowell

  • The Whiskey Collection - Letters from an Old Trunk - April 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Electric guitar

  • Yarbo & Laura James - "The Blind & The Brave" and "The Water" - April 2013

    • Mixed

  • Bennett Jackson - Texana - March 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • Ben Brody - Flow State - February 2013

    • Mastered

  • Raveena Aurora - Where We Wander - February 2013

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - The Storm is Passing Over - December 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • Dylan Reynolds - "Tightrope" (single) - May 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Electric guitar

    • Re-released on the EP Lifeline - April 2014

  • Fulcrum of the Stars - 2 Track EP - October 2012

    • Recorded and mixed

  • EMEFE - Good Future - July 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Jawbone, ancient bell

  • Josh Garrels - Love & War: B-Sides & Remixes - July 2012

    • Electric guitar

  • Town Hall - Town Hall Plays The Classics, Volume 1 - June 2012

    • Recorded

  • Mason Jar Music & Friends - Decoration Day, Volume 1 - May 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars, banjo

  • Town Hall - Roots & Bells - April 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Honeytone

  • The Northern - Shadowlands - 2012

    • Mixed

  • Adam Kromelow - Youngblood - February 2012

    • Mixed and mastered

  • The Seale Family Singers - Go Forth with the Power and Blessing Of The Lord! - February 2012

    • Mastered

  • Town Hall - Sticky Notes & Paper Scraps - January 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Honeytone

  • Rachel Ann Weiss - Dear Love - January 2012

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars

  • Flearoy - Wake The Town - July 2011

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Guitars, composition

  • Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea In Between - June 2011

    • Co-produced/recorded 3 songs: "White Owl," "Ulysses," "Bread and Wine"

    • Electric guitar

    • Christianity Today: #1 Album of 2011

  • EMEFE - Europe EP - January 2011

    • Co-produced, recorded, and mixed

  • Bennett Jackson - Ranchera - December 2010

    • Co-produced/recorded

    • Additional guitars

  • Breakdown Brass - Demonstration - November 2010

    • Recorded and mixed

  • Bennett Jackson - Plumas County - August 2010

    • Co-produced and recorded

    • Additional guitars

  • The Relatives - Lindy - May 2010

    • Recorded and mixed

  • Flearoy - Flearoy - December 2009

    • Produced and recorded

    • Guitars, composition

  • Captain Coconut - Everybody's Business - 2009

    • Produced and recorded

    • Electric guitar, composition

  • Captain Coconut - Shoop! - 2007

    • Produced, recorded, and mixed

    • Electric guitar, composition

    • OffBeat: "Shoop! lives up to the promise of the live shows with a terse, snappy neo-funk sound that particularly showcases the instrumental prowess of the horn section"