Four-time Grammy Award-winning producer, Cheryl Pawelski, has been entrusted with preserving, curating and championing some of music’s greatest legacies. Before co-founding Omnivore Recordings, she held positions at EMI-Capitol Records, Concord Music Group, and Rhino Entertainment. She has produced or supervised recordings, reissues and boxed sets for Wilco, Stax, Hank Williams, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, The Band, Warren Zevon, John Coltrane, Otis Redding, Bette Midler, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Big Star, The Staple Singers, and many more. In addition to producing releases for Omnivore Recordings, Pawelski is a sought-after producer and resource for artists, estates, media entities, and other labels. Pawelski has also been an active member of, and has served, or is serving on boards for The Recording Academy, The Blues Foundation, Women in Vinyl, Joey’s Song, The Recording Academy’s Producer’s & Engineer’s Wing, Farm Aid, and The Center for Recorded Music.
“When you have somebody like Cheryl on your team, you really trust her completely to put together a package that’s going to be interesting to people.”
Jeff Tweedy — Stereophile interview 12/15/22
7-CD set examining the history of the Stax songwriters through 146 demos and studio performances (140 previously unissued). 2023 Grammy® Award winner for Best Historical Album.
Stax/Craft Recordings/Concord Music Group, 2023
Super Deluxe Edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot features the original 11 song album remastered, plus session outtakes, alternates, demos, drafts, instrumentals, and live recordings. Includes an extensive book plus previously unseen live and studio photos. 2022 Grammy® Award winner for Best Historical Album.
Nonesuch, 2022
4-CD boxed set of Big Star featuring unreleased demos, unused mixes, alternate versions of songs, and a 1973 concert recorded in Memphis.
Rhino, 2009
Definitive collection chronicling The Band's legacy on 5-CDs/DVD and 108-page hard-cover book.
Capitol, 2005
Previously unissued radio transcripts from Hank Williams. Issued on LP, CD, and Digital.
2014 Grammy® Award winner for Best Historical Album.
Omnivore Recordings, 2014
4-CD set containing the complete concerts of Aretha Franklin and King Curtis' stand at the Fillmore West in March of 1971.
Rhino Handmade, 2005