Benjamin Bateson
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Benjamin Bateson is the Recording Laboratory Manager and long-time audio engineer in East Tennessee State University’s renowned Bluegrass, Old‑Time & Country Music Studies program. Based in Johnson City, Tennessee, he oversees ETSU’s state-of-the-art recording studio—a hub for preserving and producing Appalachian music performances, historical ballads, and student projects. As the tracking engineer on award-winning projects such as Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition, Bateson helped bring together recordings from both U.S. and U.K. roots artists—work that earned recognition at ...
