| Kiva Records owner Russ Hopkins has been a photographer, filmmaker, musician and songwriter since his early teens. A native New Yorker, Russ settled in the west after studying psychology and cinema in Los Angeles. He founded Kiva Records in the early 90’s and has since engineered hundreds of records and produced over seventy albums. He shares six national awards with Paul Taylor for Paul’s album Cooee. Hopkins is a three time Best Sound Design winner with the Colorado Governor’s award winning OpenStage Theatre Company. Hopkins’ recordings have been licensed internationally, as have his photographs and films.
Russ Hopkins, April 10, 2008 at Avo's. (Photo by Ian Hopkins)
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