Mountain Home Records

Mountain Home Records is a record label based in Arden, North Carolina specializing in bluegrass music.

Mountain Home Records
Parent companyCrossroads Label Group
Founded1991 (1991)
FounderMickey Gamble, Tim Surrett[1]
Distributor(s)Syntax Distribution
GenreBluegrass, country
Country of originU.S.
LocationArden, North Carolina
Official websitemountainhomemusiccompany.com

History

Crossroads was launched in 1984 as a recording studio, Tim Surrett and Mickey Gamble started Mountain Home as a subsidiary label in 1993 at first to release bluegrass gospel music.[2] Soon the label broadened its scope to include secular music, as well.[3]

At the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, Mountain Home artists received six awards.[4] At the 2017 IBMA Awards, Mountain Home artists garnered 20 award nominations.[5]

Pisgah Ridge Records, an imprint of Mountain Home Records established in 2012, is dedicated to special projects and development of new artists.[6]

Artists

Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the Mountain Home label.

See also

References
  1. "Tim Surrett: Balsam Range". Evans Drumheads. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. McLellan, Lea (July 28, 2014). "Laying Down The Tracks: Local Recording Studios Offer Top-Tier Quality". Mountain Xpress. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  3. Rifkin, Carol (January 20, 2015). "The busy home, work life of Balsam Range's Tim Surrett". Asheville Citizen-Times. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. "Beyond the Recognition: The Effect of Awards on Music Careers". Cybergrass. April 4, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  5. Viau, Carol (August 10, 2017). "Roots Music - and Recording - Flourish in WNC". Blitmore Beacon. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  6. Lawless, John (January 4, 2012). "Crossroads announces Pisgah Ridge Records". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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