Rounder

Headquarters: Cambridge, Mass.

Founded: 1970

Founded by: Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):
 * World
 * Folk
 * Roots
 * Alt. Country
 * Bluegrass
 * Rock
 * Pop

Active Roster

 * Brave Combo
 * Alison Krauss
 * Béla Fleck
 * Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
 * Nanci Griffith
 * Tony Rice
 * They Might Be Giants
 * Doc Watson
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Buckwheat Zydeco
 * Norman Blake
 * Cowboy Junkies

Inactive Roster

 * Harry Connick, Jr.
 * John Linnell
 * George Thorogood
 * The Woodys

Key Releases

 * John Linnell - State Songs
 * Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You
 * Brave Combo - Polkas For A Gloomy World

Biography
Rounder was founded in 1970 to release folk and roots based music, and has grown into one of the largest independent American record labels, and now has a few sub-labels and releases music from different genres as well. The label was, with Rykodisc one of the first American labels to embrace the compact disc format, and has had many successful artists on their roster. They also used to act as a distributor for many other labels, though they've cut back that aspect of their business to focus on their own releases.