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Soundkeeper Recordings

Real musicians. Real space. Real performances —
captured in real time.

No overdubs. No artificial effects. Nothing added after the fact.
Just the sound of artists playing together.

Absence and her sister
  
The Twain Shall Meet
  
Kay Sa
  
Winds of Change
  
Americas
  
Confluence
  
Equinox
  
Lift
  

Listen Now

You might notice it sounds less like a recording and more like being there.
You don't need special equipment to hear it. Just press Play.

Here's "Boston" by Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine
from their new album Absence and her sister

Most albums are built piece by piece - musical parts recorded separately, edited, and processed.
Soundkeeper Recordings are performed live—musicians balancing themselves in real time, just like a concert.
The result isn’t just better sound.
It’s a completely different feeling: intimate, present, and alive.

New to Soundkeeper?

Start with a few short examples from different sessions.

Folk

"Rescue Mission"
from Lift

Country

"New Half Step"
from The Twain Shall Meet

Jazz and World

"Wongòl"
from Kay Sa

Choosing a Format: What's the Difference?

Soundkeeper offers a variety of formats.

CD

A physical disc that plays anywhere. Choose it for ease and compatibility.

16/44 Download

Choose AIF or WAV format. Playable on your computer or music server.

24/96 and 24/192 Downloads

Choose AlF or WAV. Higher numbers mean more captured detail, if your system can reveal it.

AIF and WAV versions sound the same, just different file types,
AIF files carry metadata (title, composer, etc.) but some folks just prefer WAV

Join listeners around the world!

Visit the Soundkeeper Recordings Listener page
and send us your photo and a quote about your experience.

“...Such joy in making music! I swear they infected my soul! There is a wonderful sense of immediacy to this recording... reminds me why I love live music...”
- James, Edwardsville, PA


What the reviewers are saying

"Such a pleasure! A recording label for country, bluegrass, pop, world and other acoustic musicians that truly brings the listener into the presence of the live performance... This is the way acoustic music should be heard... If your goal is to enjoy hearing the musicians as if in the presence a live performance, to experience the energy that only live performances create, then you should explore the recordings Barry Diament is making at Soundkeeper Recordings..."
- Read Rushton Paul's Soundkeeper Recordings - Bringing The Live Performance at posi+ive feedback

"Stunning clarity and realism. The way recordings should sound."
- Mark Tobak, Audio Alternative

"Diament’s skillful techniques consistently produce recordings that are unequalled in their capture of the natural breathe of instruments and vocals and how they light up the airy confines of their acoustic spaces."
- Nelson Brill's Music of Global Reach and Openness at Boston Concert Reviews

"Mr. Diament is a master at producing true real stereo recordings, with no dynamic compression while keeping everything as close as possible to the real live event."
- From Lucio Cadeddu's review of Winds of Change at TNT-Audio.

"Soundkeeper is that special record label where every performance is captured with a feeling of vitality and natural energy; every recording feels as if it is lit from within with a natural illumination that shines into every nook and cranny of the music to reveal its every texture, detail and the artistry of the musicians involved."
- Nelson Brill's Soundkeeper Recordings: Wonderment in the Music at Boston Concert Reviews

"These are among the finest recordings I have..."
- Soundkeeper Recordings was selected in the 9th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2012 - The Best of the Best!

"Critical point...you have to let this sound reset your ears because you have never heard it recorded and reality will sound foreign. In a famous experiment a group of people wore prismatic glasses which turned the world upside down. After a few weeks this became normal and when they took the glasses off the world seemed inverted. This is what listening to Soundkeeper Recordings is like - it will turn your world back right side up."
- Lawrence de Martin

All these reviewers are suggesting the same thing:
These don't feel like recordings. They feel like you are in the room with the musicians.

When you remove the layers of processing and production, you don't lose something -
you get something back.
Space. Dynamics. Connection.

Interviews & Articles

BARRY DIAMENT INTERVIEW

Read the two-part interview with Frank Doris, editor of Copper Magazine.

Part One is here.         Part Two is here.

A STORY ABOUT SOUNDKEEPER RECORDINGS

A Story About Soundkeeper Recordings
A Story About Soundkeeper Recordings

Read Rushton Paul's article about Soundkeeper on the posi+ive feedback website.

MORE ABOUT SOUNDKEEPER RECORDINGS

Another Story About Soundkeeper Recordings

Read Richard Varey's article about Soundkeeper on the witchdoctor website.

In the hearing there is only the heard.
Buddha


This site last updated 11/12/2026.