Rounder
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Headquarters: Cambridge, Mass.
Founded: 1970
Founded by: Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy
Link: Official Site
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[edit] Active Roster
- Brave Combo
- Alison Krauss
- Béla Fleck
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Harry Connick, Jr. (instrumental only)
- Nanci Griffith
- Tony Rice
- They Might Be Giants
- Doc Watson
- Bruce Cockburn
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Norman Blake
- Cowboy Junkies
[edit] Inactive Roster
[edit] Key Releases
- John Linnell - State Songs
- Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You
- Brave Combo - Polkas For A Gloomy World
[edit] Biography
Rounder was founded in 1970 to release folk and rootsbased music, and has grown into one of the largest independent American record labels, and now has a few sub-labels and releases music from different genres as well. The label was, with Rykodisc one of the first American labels to embrace the compact disc format, and has had many successful artists on their roster. They also used to act as a distributor for many other labels, though they've cut back that aspect of their business to focus on their own releases.
