16 Facts About Rounder Records

Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin.

Rounder Records was founded by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton Levy.

Rounder Records released the Destroyer's second album, Move it on Over, in 1978.

Irwin described Thorogood's success as a "watershed" moment for Rounder Records, stating that while it did not change the founder's interest or mission, it made clear that the label needed to expand both its staff and its distribution.

Rounder Records recorded Thorogood's fourth record, Bad to the Bone, and released it through a joint venture with EMI.

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At the close of the decade, Rounder Records moved from their Somerville office to a larger office in Cambridge.

In 1979, Rounder Records's employees decided to unionize, and Nowlin, Levy, and Irwin were strongly opposed.

In 1984, Rounder acquired the traditional and folk music label Philo Records.

Rounder Records first heard Alison Krauss in 1984 on a demo of the band Classical Grass, later known as Union Station, and Krauss—who mainly played fiddle and contributed vocal harmonies—sang lead on a gospel song.

Rounder Records released I've Got That Old Feeling, Krauss' second solo album, in 1990.

In 1991, producer Ron Levy partnered with Rounder Records to create and distribute the Bullseye Blues label, releasing music from Lowell Fulson, Smokin' Joe Kubek and Charles Brown.

Rounder Records acquired the children's label, Music for Little People, in 1994.

In 2002, Rounder Records signed a deal with Provident Music Distribution to sell Rounder Records products to Christian retailers, and began marketing the recordings of jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis's Marsalis Music label.

In 2009, Rounder Records reissued a series of 1920s and 1930s Carter Family recordings.

In 2014, Rounder Records moved from Cambridge to Nashville, Concord's base of operations.

Rounder Records released two albums as a solo artist, Vestavia in and Everyday Life in 2007.