Richard Barone is a recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Since pioneering the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman of The Bongos and helping to launch the chamber pop movement with his solo debut “cool blue halo”, Barone has produced  numerous studio recordings and worked with artists in every musical genre. His list of collaborators has included producer Tony Visconti, Donovan, Lou Reed, and folk legend Pete Seeger. He has scored shows and staged all-star concert events at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and SummerStage in Central Park. His memoir Frontman: Surviving The Rock Star Myth was published in 2007. His album Sorrows & Promises and his latest book, Music + Revolution (2022), are celebrations of the 1960s music scene in Greenwich Village NYC, where Barone lives. He teaches the course “Music + Revolution” at The New School’s School of Jazz & Contemporary Music, has served on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), serves on the Advisory Board of Anthology Film Archives, and hosts Folk Radio on WBAI New York.

Roe Knows Best is the brainchild of singer-songwriter, Roe O’Brien, indelibly New Jersey in sound, style, and attitude.

As a child, Young Roe was a music lesson warrior spending many nights and weekends learning Suzuki piano, music theory, and singing in choirs that took her around the world. As she grew older she became obsessed with Good Charlotte’s self-titled album and Green Day's 'American Idiot'. Catapulted into effervescent pop-punk dreams, Roe took a deep interest in songwriting, teaching herself guitar at age 14.

In May of 2020, Roe released the 'Muscle Memory' EP, described as “pop-punk excellence” by Mad Indie Media. Her next follow-up culminated in the 'Northbound' EP in July of 2022, recorded and mixed by Ace Enders (The Early November, I Can Make A Mess). The title track of 'Northbound' gained the praise of music blog, ‘Look At My Records', also describing Roe’s overall catalog to be a collection of “truly heartfelt, catchy tunes”, all with an unmistakable New Jersey feel. In June of 2025 she released 'Weekend at Mauchie’s…Vol. 1', a collaborative EP co-written & recorded with fellow friend & Essex County, NJ native, Max Rauch (a.k.a. MAUCH), which demonstrates itself to be a genre-bending smorgasbord, coincidentally Spielberg-esque in subject matter (Ghosts, Aliens, Sharks, etc).

Roe has been called, “the quintessential songwriters’ songwriter, known for her sharp, clever, break-your-heart lyrics and a voice equally strong at delivering matter-of-fact truths or soaring into dreamland” by NJ’s Jack Silbert. Her debut full-length album, 'Now Arriving…at Secaucus Junction', is currently out on all digital streaming platforms.

Opened in 2020, Magic Door is a record label founded by the Montclair NJ studio bearing the same name. Our mission is simple: Release music created by the community of artists we are surrounded by.

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