• Rounder opens Nashville offices

    Rounder Records has completed its move to Nashville, as was first announced last Fall. Their facility in Burlington, MA has now been closed, though founding partners Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton Levy will continue to work from their homes

  • Rounder rolling to Nashville

    We had a lovely chat this afternoon here in Raleigh with the crew from Rounder Records, owners Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton Levy, and Regina Joskow, Director of Publicity. They stopped by to share the news that the label will

  • Bluegrass Sales Up?

    Good news has been in short supply for the recorded music industry since the turn of the century. With retailers closing up shop and digital distribution (legal and illegal) eating into label revenues for more than a decade, crying the

  • Rounder Way Back Wednesdays

    Rounder Records has recently begun a weekly series of remembrances on their official blog from the early days of their 40 years in bluegrass, old time and roots music. They are calling the feature Way Back Wednesday, and post a new

  • A Bluegrass Gospel Songbook

    Rounder Records is set to release A Bluegrass Gospel Songbook on March 1, 2011. No, it's not an actual book, it's a CD. The disc features 13 tracks from some of the most loved bluegrass artists of recent years. There's not

  • Rounder acquired by Concord Music Group

    We have just received information that Rounder Records has been acquired by a major independent California-based entity, Concord Music Group. Rounder is the home of such noted artists as Alison Krauss & Union Station, JD Crowe & The New South,

  • Rounder Records profiled on Kickin’ Canadian Grass

    Terry Poirier, host of Kickin' Canadian Grass on WorldWideBluegrass.com, will be airing a special Rounder Records 40th Anniversary episode on Monday evening (12/14). He'll feature plenty of music from Rounder's catalog, plus an interview with Ken Irwin, one of the founders