Wolfe Island Records

Musician Hugh Christopher Brown and Wolfe Island Music Festival founder Sarah McDermott bought and renovated the 1880 cedar shake cabin which had often been used in summers to host festival musicians. To convert it to a year round recording studio, running water was added for the first time in the building’s history, and the horse hair insulation was considerably enhanced. It is still heated by wood stove and protected by cats.

In 2021 it is home to contemporary works, as well as catalogue and projects among artists whose relationships span genres and decades. If you are a lover of poetry, a lover of listening to albums by track, a lover of music, check out the musicians of Wolfe Island Records or if you like cats, call us to learn more.

Wolfe Island Records is an artist-run label centred around music produced at The Post Office. You can learn more about me and my work with Wolfe Island Records on my music page.

Neptune’s Machine

If you ever have the opportunity to ‘do coffee’ with Jason Mercer, and I highly recommend it, ask him why his groovy studio, tucked away in the bustling village of Marysville, Wolfe Island, is called Neptune’s Machine. Hint: it has a deep connection to his former life as a working musician in Brooklyn, NY.

Now that I’ve given away the secret location of Neptune’s Machine, I might as well tell you that it’s an apple tree away from The Post Office, the not-so-top-secret headquarters of Wolfe Island Records and the home and studio of Chris Brown who also lives a double life as a Brooklynite. Two awesome musicians who double as recording engineers and producers and who own and operate recording studios, side-by-each.