Red House Records is an American independent record label specializing in folk music based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U The label was originally created in 1981 by Greg Brown as a method to distribute his own music, and is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where he was living. See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' Greg Brown (born July 2 1949 is a Folk musician from Fairfield IA, USA. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. After Brown's albums 44 & 66 and The Iowa Waltz were released in 1981 and 1982, it briefly went dormant until he met Bob Feldman in 1983. 44 & 66 is the title of an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. The Iowa Waltz is the title of an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Feldman took over operation of the record label, while Brown focused on his musical endeavors (he had just signed on to regularly perform on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion). Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A Prairie Home Companion is a live Radio Variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. [1] The first album released on the newly-restarted label was Brown's In the Dark with You. In the Dark With You is the title of an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown.
Over the next few years, the label focused on publishing work by musicians in the upper Midwest, including Spider John Koerner, Prudence Johnson, Peter Ostroushko, Rio Nido and John Gorka. The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau 's definition "Spider" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938 in Rochester New York) is an American Guitarist Prudence Johnson is an American Jazz and Folk vocalist Biography Prudence Johnson grew up in a musical family in Moose Lake Minnesota Peter Ostroushko (born August 12, 1953) is an American Violinist and Mandolinist Of Ukrainian ancestry he grew up in Rio Nido was an American Jazz vocal group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent The label weathered difficult conditions as the music industry transitioned from vinyl to compact discs, and started signing established artists from across the U. A gramophone A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio S. Utah Phillips, Tom Paxton, Norman Blake, Eliza Gilkyson, Loudon Wainwright III, Robin and Linda Williams, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott are among the dozens of performers who have released music through Red House. Bruce "Utah" Duncan Phillips ( May 15 1935 &ndash May 23 2008) was a labor organizer Folk singer, storyteller Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is a well-known American folk singer and Singer-songwriter who has been writing Norman Blake (born March 10, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a Grammy -nominated instrumentalist vocalist and Songwriter Eliza Gilkyson (born in Hollywood, California about 1950) is an Austin Texas based folk musician Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American Songwriter, Folk singer, Humorist, and Robin and Linda Williams are a husband-and-wife folk music duo Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer Elliot's South Coast won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 1996. The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was first awarded in 1987 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Other recordings from the label have racked up about a dozen Indie Awards from the Association for Independent Music (AFIM) and the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD). The American Association of Independent Music, or A2IM, is a non-profit Trade Organization representing Independent music and Independent The American Association of Independent Music, or A2IM, is a non-profit Trade Organization representing Independent music and Independent The label has released a number of compilation albums, including A Nod to Bob, which is described by Red House as a tribute from a Minnesota label to a favorite native son. A Nod to Bob An Artist's Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Bithday is a 2001 tribute to Bob Dylan by artists on the Red House Records label
Feldman continued to head the company until his health deteriorated in late 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A few weeks after leaving work, he died on January 11, 2006 at the age of 56. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [2]
Red House Records has recently signed Storyhill, an acoustic duo originally from Bozeman Montana. Storyhill is a American folk duo composed of Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson
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- ^ Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen (2002-11-24). This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also This is a list of notable Electronic music See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Industry Profile: Bob Feldman. CelebrityAccess. Retrieved on 2006-04-08. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
- ^ Bream, Jon. "Folk-music impresario Bob Feldman dies", Star Tribune, 2006-01-12. The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Retrieved on 2006-04-08. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
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