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-releases of seminal albums by artists including Carter Family, Jelly Roll Morton, Lead Belly, and Woody Guthrie. "Championing and preserving the music of artists whose music falls outside of the mainstream," Rounder releases have won 54 Grammy Awards representing diverse genres, from bluegrass, folk, reggae, and gospel to pop, rock, Americana, polka, and world music. Acquired by Concord in 2010, Rounder is based in Nashville. In 2016, the founders of Rounder (Levy, Irwin and Nowlin) were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
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Artists on Rounder Records
Béla Fleck
b. 1958 · American banjo player
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
1934–2020 · American jazz pianist and educator (1934–2020)
Madeleine Peyroux
b. 1973 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Mark O'Connor
b. 1961 · American fiddle player
Tony Rice
1951–2020 · American bluegrass musician (1951–2020)
Leon Redbone
1949–2019 · musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)
Pierre Bensusan
b. 1957 · French musician
Germaine Bazzle
b. 1932 · New Orleans jazz musician
Tuts Washington
1907–1984 · American Louisiana blues pianist
Bob French
1937–2012 · American jazz drummer (1937–2012)