Mojo’s Mixtape debuts on SiriusXM
Stephen Mougin – photo © Madison Thorn Speaking of Stephen Mougin, as we were just a couple of days ago… Stephen, or Mojo as his friends call him, is something of an overachiever. Not satisfied to be touring with one of the top acts in bluegrass, the Sam Bush Band, having a solo recording career, […]
The Wire from Stephen and Jana Mougin
Among the many perks of owning a record company is the ability to release new music of your own whenever you want. Of course, it helps tremendously if you are also a noted performing and recording artist as well as a label head, as is the case with Stephen and Jana Mougin of Dark Shadow […]
Frozen in Time from Stephen & Jana Mougin
While not a specifically Christmas song, Frozen in Time, the latest from Stephen & Jana Mougin, has a decidedly wintertime theme, a welcome vibe for those folks who deeply love the season. The couple, who jointly operate Nashville’s Dark Shadow Recording studio and label, both grew up in colder climes, Stephen in Massachusetts, and Jana […]
Like I Used To Do from Jana & Stephen Mougin
It’s impossibly cute… Real life bluegrass husband-and-wife, Jana and Stephen Mougin, who together operate the Dark Shadow Recording studio and label, and who met as bluegrass performers some years ago, have released a spousal duet version of Tim O’Brien’s Like I Just To Do, as Jana’s latest single. The two of them grew up loving […]
Telluride 50th anniversary thoughts from the artists who played
Jen Hughes has shared some final thoughts on this year’s historic 50th anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, taken from brief interviews with 2023 performers Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, Jeremy Garret, Stephen Mougin, and festival goer Greg Nadeau, who has been on site all 50 years! We were able to catch up with some of […]
Stephen Mougin is Artist in Residence at Children’s Museum of Evansville
Stephen Mougin, noted bluegrass artist, sideman, and owner of Dark Shadow Recording, is currently serving as Artist in Residence at the Children's Museum of Evansville, IN. Through this appointment, Stephen (Mojo to friends) is offering free Zoom classes each Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. (CDT) for young musicians. He is teaching lessons about the history of [...] Ordinary Soul – Stephen Mougin
Stephen Mougin is often so associated with the behind-the-scenes side of bluegrass music that it’s easy to forget he’s a strong musician and vocalist in his own right. The brains behind Dark Shadow Recording and an award-winning mentor for up-and-coming bluegrass bands, Mougin has become known as one of the industry’s top guys to turn [...] The Song That I Call Home video from Stephen Mougin
Last Friday saw the release of the fourth single from Stephen Mougin's upcoming Ordinary Soul album, along with a music video for the track, The Song That I Call Home. It's one that Mougin wrote with Erin McDermott about the strangeness felt sometimes in regular life for artists whose primary focus is music. “I discovered years ago, [...] 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Stephen Mougin
This Stephen Mougin profile is a contribution from Kim Detwiller Burton with Team Strategies. Since moving to Nashville almost two decades ago, Stephen Mougin has written, tracked, and produced for countless artists within the bluegrass, Americana, and country music genres, as well as launching his own record label, Dark Shadow Recording. As a producer and [...] New Beginnings drops for Stephen Mougin
Today is a big day for Dark Shadow Recording. Not only is it the release day for New Beginnings, the new single from Stephen Mougin's debut solo project, Ordinary Soul, it's also his birthday. Happy Birthday Mojo! And to celebrate the event - or should we say, events? - his co-writer on the track, Kelly [...] 