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Performing with Skylar Grey on The Today Show

Right before Grammy nominated Skylar Grey headed off to perform at The Super Bowl, I had the pleasure of contracting strings and playing for her performance on The Today Show. The […]

Recording on the Grammy winning album; Gumbo Unplugged

Streaming live via Okayplayer’s Facebook channel, PJ Morton’s Gumbo: Unplugged was watched by an audience of 125,000 people who left 7,700 comments on the page watching PJ Morton get busy with some […]

Performing with Kristin Kontrol for Pitchfork

On a summer afternoon in Bushwick I joined a string quartet to backup Kristin Kontrol. As one of the founders of the Dum Dum Girls, this was one of the […]

Adriana’s addition to the Youtube Audio Library

Youtube has launched a super cool web series called, The Youtube Audio Library. It’s the first place that has over 150 free instrumental tracks that you can download and use […]

Jim James

Listen to Adriana’s Performance and String Arrangement on Jim James’ Regions of Light and Sound of God

  Last year, Adriana headed down to Louisville, Kentucky to help My Morning Jacket’s front man Jim James record and arrange strings for his first solo album, Regions of Light […]

Shakira Album

Listen to Adriana’s Performance on Shakira’s She Wolf

In 2009, Adriana performed on Shakira’s chart topping album, She Wolf. The album sold over two million copies worldwide (going gold in eight countries, and platinum in seven), and features […]

Adriana Teams up with Midnight Masses

When I first heard Midnight Masses in 2008, I knew their songs would sound great with strings. Their neo-soul sound, spacious instrumentation & religious imagery was an ideal setting to […]

Santigold

Listen to Adriana playing on Santigold’s “I’m A Lady (remix)”

Before Santigold released her critically acclaimed debut album, I went into the studio at Brooklyn Recording and played on a remix of her song “I’m A Lady”. I loved the […]