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Appleseed Records
This label has been releasing an innovative selection of folk: from classic
field recordings by the Warners to Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Roger McGuinn, Pete
Seeger and Tim Erickson.
Beautiful
Jo Records
This small indie label carries Martin Simpson, Fernhill and other British artists.
Nice site.
Bloodshot
Records
Chicago home of Robbie Fulks, Sally Timms, and other insurgent country songwriters.
Brambus
Records
Swiss label carries an international array of folk and traditional artists from
Ireland to Italy, plus a prime selection of US songwriters including Jack Hardy,
Kate McLeod and Andrew Calhoun.
Compass
Records
Consistently excellent songwriters and world class musicians. Kate Rusby, Kate
Campbell, Pierce Pettis, Daryl Anger.
Cooking
Vinyl
English label, home of many alternative folk acts from both sides of the Atlantic.
Dirty
Linen: Record Label Listing
Comprehensive listing of record label addresses with lots of website addresses.
Fantasy/Kicking
Mule
Specializes in American roots and instrumental music, from bluegrass to the
recent series of classic British guitar fingerstylist reissues.
Folkmusic.org:
Record Label Listing
Folkmusic.org offers a good but unannotated set of links to indie labels. Investigate
an international offering of traditional, folk, bluegrass, songwriters, Celtic,
Klezmer and more.
Gadfly Records
Solid indie. Currently home of artists like Gideon Freudmann, Ian "Mac"
McLagan, and Sid Griffin.
Goldenrod Records
Distributors of women artists including Ani DiFranco, Laura Love, The Nields and more, as well as promotors of specifically GLBT music.
Harbourtown Records
British label, home to Pete Morton, Janet Russell and others.
Lost
Highway Records
This new Alternative/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock label is home to Lucinda Williams,
Robert Earl Keen, Ryan Adams, Kim Richey, and the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
soundtrack, among others. High quality stuff.
Fifty-Fifty Music
Meaningful lyrics and quality production in genres including folk, Celtic, and
blues. Chris Chandler, Annie Gallup, Jack Hardy, Susan McKeon, Christine Lavin,
Aztec Two Step, 5 Chinese Brothers and yours truly. Label formerly known as
Prime-CD.
Razor
and Tie
Home of Dar Williams, Toshi Reagon and other hot folk and acoustic acts.
Redhouse
Records
One of the finest of the indies: Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, Cliff
Eberhardt. Main page lists new releases, but online catalog is a PDF fil.
Rhino
Records
Rhino has reissued the kind of music and spoken word audio that define the great
American subculture of the 20th Century. A real treasure.
Rounder
Records
Hundreds of titles, a very mixed bag indeed, from Allison Krauss & Union
Station to the Nields. New complete set of Lomax field recordings on 106 CDs
is brilliant in concept and execution.
Shanachie
Records
Hosts several singer-songwriters, Celtic and world music.
Signature
Sounds
Small label quickly growing in quality and range, having just signed Richard
Shindell. Also home to Erica Wheeler, Brooks Williams, Maria Sangiolo, &
Salamander Crossing - great newgrass from MA.
Smithsonian
Folkways
A treasury of American and world folk music. All out-of-print recordings now
available on CDR by CUSTOM
ORDER. Or, Search
35,000 track database of all the music they distribute by mail order.
Tangible
Music
Home to Iain Matthews, Darryl Purpose and others. Nice site includes samples,
MP3s, and even streaming "Tangible Radio" as well as tour schedules
and more.
Topic
Records
Billing itself as "probably the oldest independent record company in the world"
this venerable British label is home to a host of UK folk legends, from Martin
Carthy and June Tabor to the young group Tarras.
Vanguard
Records
A label that has historically lived up to its name, especially in jazz. It is
currently home to Patty Larkin, Odetta, Buffy St. Marie, and others.
Waterbug Records
True artists in a very pure acoustic environment, songpoets and keepers of traditional
songs. Andrew Calhoun, Kat Eggleston, Sons of the Never Wrong, Sam Pacetti,
Erin McKeown and Rose Polenzani.
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