Editing Rounder Records (section)

{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Rounder Records
| image       = Rounder Records logo.png
| parent      = [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord]]
| founded     = {{start date and age|1970}}
| founder     = Ken Irwin<br />Bill Nowlin<br />Marian Leighton Levy 
| distributor = [[Decca Records]]
| genre       = Various
| country     = U.S.
| location    = [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| website     = {{URL|www.rounder.com}}
}}
'''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 such as the [[Carter Family]], [[Jelly Roll Morton]], [[Lead Belly]], and [[Woody Guthrie]].<ref name="WaPo 40">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2010/03/01/rounder-records-40th-anniversary-concert-pbs/|title='Round the Block: 'Rounder Records 40th Anniversary Concert'|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> "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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2015/12/exclusive-45-years-of-rounder-records/|title=Exclusive: 45 Years of Rounder Records|date=2015-12-21|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> Acquired by [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord]] in 2010, Rounder is based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/04/14/mass-roots-label-rounder-records-sold/|title=Mass. roots label Rounder Records sold|date=2010-04-14|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> In 2016, The Rounder Founders (Levy, Irwin and Nowlin) were inducted into the [[International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame]].