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Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Alison Krauss and Union Station, George Thorogood, Tony Rice, and Béla Fleck, in addition to re ...
Apr 26, 2010 · Marian Leighton Levy’70 wandered the country in pursuit of the heart and soul of Americana music, a never-intended-to-make-a-living, seat-of-the-pants operation that led to big 2009 Grammy wins for her independent record label, Rounder Records. Last October, Levy was at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville for Rounders’ 40th anniversary concert ...
Oct 18, 2023 · The three renegade founders of Rounder Records, Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin, have put the band back together, 53 years after they created what became one of the most successful American independent record labels from their Boston apartment in 1970.
Dec 21, 2015 · Marian Leighton Levy in the early days of Rounder Records. “We were afraid of owing anyone any money. It was scary,” says Irwin. None of the founders took salaries for the first five years, and spent much of that time working other jobs. Rounder began with $1500 that Irwin had saved.
Oct 8, 2020 · Marian Leighton Levy grew up in a small town in coastal Maine. One summer in the 1960s, while working an internship in Portland, she spotted a young man carrying a book about the...
Aug 4, 2023 · He draws on previously untapped archives and extensive interviews with artists, Rounder staff, and founders Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin, who blended ingenuity and independence with serendipity and an unfailing belief in the ‘small-d’ democratic power of music to connect and inspire people, forging creative partnerships ...
The longtime North Carolina music writer tells the history of an influential Americana music label in his new book, Oh, Didn’t They Ramble. Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton at the sales table for Rounder Records at the Bluegrass Unlimited Bluegrass Festival, Indian Springs, Maryland, June 1973.
