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JUNE STUDIO REPORT L to R: Rico McFarland and Sugar Blue at Rax Trax A t GRAVITY STUDIOS in Chicago, R&B/Hip Hop artist White James worked on tracks for his live show supporting his acclaimed No More Crumbs album. Erin Dior came through BENNETT ROAD studios last month, laying down tracks for a future release. At Chicago's CHICAGO RECORDING COMPANY, actor Terrence Howard was tracking a new song for the Season 3 Finale of Empire! The session was recorded in CRC Studio 4 with engineers Steve Weeder and Jim Caroll. Additional mixing was executed by Jonathan Lackey, while it was produced by Jeff Morrow and Rich Daniels. At RAX TRAX in Chicago, legendary blues harpist Sugar Blue was laying down new music with Rico McFarland, while salsa artists Enrique Calderon y su Orquesta returned to Studio A last month, recording with engineer Andy Shoemaker. Enrique and his band have teamed up with latin music talents Joe Mendi (Afinca'o) and Ricky Luis (N'Klabe/ Universal Music Group) who are co-producing their new music. Hey Studiophiler: To get your studio or band listed in "Studiophile," just email your studio/recording info to service@illinoisen- tertainer.com, subject line: Studiophile. Deadline is June 15 for the July issue. june 2 017 illinoisentertainer.com 61