
Blue Corn Music
Encyclopedia
Blue Corn Music is a blues
, Americana
, bluegrass
, and roots music
record label
. It was founded in 2001 by label president Denby Auble. Since its inception Blue Corn Music has released 23 albums by some 14 artists, most notable of whom is the Grammy Award nominated
Ruthie Foster
. Blue Corn Music recently celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 21, 2011 at Antone's in Austin which featured performances by label artists Ruthie Foster
, Hadden Sayers, and the Austin Lounge Lizards
.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
, bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
, and roots music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. It was founded in 2001 by label president Denby Auble. Since its inception Blue Corn Music has released 23 albums by some 14 artists, most notable of whom is the Grammy Award nominated
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music.Foster is from Gause, Texas and comes from a family of gospel singers. She studied music at McLennan Community College and then worked in the US Navy, where she started performing. Her debut was released in 1997 and she has...
. Blue Corn Music recently celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 21, 2011 at Antone's in Austin which featured performances by label artists Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music.Foster is from Gause, Texas and comes from a family of gospel singers. She studied music at McLennan Community College and then worked in the US Navy, where she started performing. Her debut was released in 1997 and she has...
, Hadden Sayers, and the Austin Lounge Lizards
Austin Lounge Lizards
The Austin Lounge Lizards are a band from Austin, Texas formed in 1980. The band includes founding members Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, along with Darcie Deaville and Bruce Jones...
.
Blue Corn Music Artists
- Austin Lounge LizardsAustin Lounge LizardsThe Austin Lounge Lizards are a band from Austin, Texas formed in 1980. The band includes founding members Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, along with Darcie Deaville and Bruce Jones...
- Sarah BorgesSarah BorgesSarah Borges is a rock and roll musician from Taunton, Massachusetts, signed to Sugar Hill Records. Her music is described as "walking that fine line between punk and country"....
- Billy and Bryn Bright
- Adam CarrollAdam CarrollAdam Carroll is a Northern Irish racing driver. He currently races in the GP2 Series for Super Nova and in Auto GP for Campos Racing, making his debut with pole position at Donington Park...
- Susan CowsillSusan CowsillSusan Claire Cowsill is a musician, vocalist and songwriter. She is the youngest member of The Cowsills and the only daughter of parents Bud and Barbara Cowsill.-The Cowsills:...
- Ruthie FosterRuthie FosterRuthie Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music.Foster is from Gause, Texas and comes from a family of gospel singers. She studied music at McLennan Community College and then worked in the US Navy, where she started performing. Her debut was released in 1997 and she has...
- Caroline HerringCaroline HerringCaroline Herring is a country and folk singer-songwriter. Born in Canton, Mississippi, she has lived in Oxford, Mississippi and Austin, Texas, but now lives in Atlanta with her son, daughter, and husband. Many of her songs deal with slavery and her Mississippi upbringing...
- David Holt
- Gurf MorlixGurf MorlixGurf Morlix is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer residing for many years in Austin, Texas. He has worked with many of the best known performers of Americana and alternative country music. His most notable works include albums by Lucinda Williams, Robert...
- Jeff Plankenhorn
- Prairie Fire
- Hadden Sayers
- South Austin Jug Band
- Two High String Band