ROUNDER RECORDS TO REISSUE
HUNDREDS OF RECORDINGS NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE
FOR DIGITAL STREAMING
HUNDREDS OF RECORDINGS NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE
FOR DIGITAL STREAMING
October releases include key bluegrass albums by
Norman Blake and Béla Fleck
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — On October 1, 2015,
Rounder Records,
a division of Concord Bicycle
Music, will begin releasing hundreds of
legacy albums into full digital distribution, making many songs available
on streaming services for the first time. One new title will be announced each
day via Rounder’s social media network, and each month a different musical
genre will be featured, from reggae to children’s music, blues and zydeco. A Spotify
playlist with one track from each album will be available at the end of each
month as well.
Rounder Records,
a division of Concord Bicycle
Music, will begin releasing hundreds of
legacy albums into full digital distribution, making many songs available
on streaming services for the first time. One new title will be announced each
day via Rounder’s social media network, and each month a different musical
genre will be featured, from reggae to children’s music, blues and zydeco. A Spotify
playlist with one track from each album will be available at the end of each
month as well.
Directed by Concord Bicycle Music SVP of Catalog
Development Sig Sigworth, in conjunction with
Rounder
Records founder Bill Nowlin
and VP of A&R Scott Billington,
this carefully curated program taps Rounder’s legacy of over 3,000 albums of
roots music from around the world. Sigworth comments, “Not only did we want to
get these important records up and out globally across all digital platforms,
but we also wanted to incorporate a marketing campaign to immediately connect,
or re-connect, fans to this great Rounder catalog on a daily basis.”
Development Sig Sigworth, in conjunction with
Rounder
Records founder Bill Nowlin
and VP of A&R Scott Billington,
this carefully curated program taps Rounder’s legacy of over 3,000 albums of
roots music from around the world. Sigworth comments, “Not only did we want to
get these important records up and out globally across all digital platforms,
but we also wanted to incorporate a marketing campaign to immediately connect,
or re-connect, fans to this great Rounder catalog on a daily basis.”
October will spotlight Rounder’s extensive
bluegrass catalog, with releases by such significant artists as Hazel Dickens and
Alice Gerrard, the Nashville
Bluegrass Band, Norman Blake and Béla Fleck.
Says Billington, “It was records such as Norman Blake’s Whiskey Before
Breakfast and Ricky Skaggs’s Family and Friends that
put Rounder on the map, and that established the label’s high standard. It’s
wonderful to see them fully available to new audiences.”
bluegrass catalog, with releases by such significant artists as Hazel Dickens and
Alice Gerrard, the Nashville
Bluegrass Band, Norman Blake and Béla Fleck.
Says Billington, “It was records such as Norman Blake’s Whiskey Before
Breakfast and Ricky Skaggs’s Family and Friends that
put Rounder on the map, and that established the label’s high standard. It’s
wonderful to see them fully available to new audiences.”
Title rollouts in coming months will include
both popular albums, such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s Live: Mardi Gras in
Montreux and Laura Nyro’s Angel in the Dark,
as well as deep catalog treasures from the likes of Alhaji Ibrahim
Abdulai & the Master Drummers of Dagbon
and selections such as Michael Doucet’s Le Hoogie Boogie:
Louisiana French Music for Children.
both popular albums, such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s Live: Mardi Gras in
Montreux and Laura Nyro’s Angel in the Dark,
as well as deep catalog treasures from the likes of Alhaji Ibrahim
Abdulai & the Master Drummers of Dagbon
and selections such as Michael Doucet’s Le Hoogie Boogie:
Louisiana French Music for Children.