Mountain Home Records
{{Infobox record label
| name = Mountain Home Records
| parent = Crossroads Label Group
| founded = {{start date|1991}}
| founder = Mickey Gamble, Tim Surrett{{cite web |url=http://www.daddario.com/EvMobileArtistDetail.Page?ActiveID=3642&ArtistId=45561&sid=0832760e-fbf2-49a1-b252-805dee81833b|title=Tim Surrett: Balsam Range|work=Evans Drumheads|access-date=August 13, 2017}}
| distributor = Syntax Distribution
| country = U.S.
| location = Arden, North Carolina
| website = {{URL|mountainhomemusiccompany.com}}
}}
Mountain Home Records is a record label based in Arden, North Carolina specializing in bluegrass music.
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.{{cite news|last1=McLellan|first1=Lea|title=Laying Down The Tracks: Local Recording Studios Offer Top-Tier Quality|url=https://mountainx.com/arts/three-studio-profiles/|access-date=August 1, 2017|work=Mountain Xpress|date=July 28, 2014}} Soon the label broadened its scope to include secular music, as well.{{cite news|last1=Rifkin|first1=Carol|title=The busy home, work life of Balsam Range's Tim Surrett|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/01/19/busy-home-work-life-balsam-ranges-tim-surrett/21998217/|access-date=August 13, 2017|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=January 20, 2015}}
At the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, Mountain Home artists received six awards.{{cite news|title=Beyond the Recognition: The Effect of Awards on Music Careers|url=http://www.cybergrass.com/node/4120#sthash.ObIkQk9O.dpbs|access-date=October 16, 2014|work=Cybergrass|date=April 4, 2014}} At the 2017 IBMA Awards, Mountain Home artists garnered 20 award nominations.{{cite news|last1=Viau|first1=Carol|title=Roots Music - and Recording - Flourish in WNC|url=http://www.biltmorebeacon.com/features/roots-music-recording-flourish-wnc/|access-date=August 13, 2017
|work=Blitmore Beacon|date=August 10, 2017}}
Pisgah Ridge Records, an imprint of Mountain Home Records established in 2012, is dedicated to special projects and development of new artists.{{cite news|last1=Lawless|first1=John|title=Crossroads announces Pisgah Ridge Records|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/crossroads-announces-pisgah-ridge-records/|access-date=August 14, 2017|work=Bluegrass Today|date=January 4, 2012}}
Artists
Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the Mountain Home label.
- Darin and Brooke Aldridge
- Balsam Range
- Kristin Scott Benson
- John Bowman
- The Boxcars
- Dale Ann Bradley
- Gina Clowes
- Flatt Lonesome
- The Grascals
- Joe Isaacs / Family and Friends
- David Johnson
- Mark Johnson
- Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
- Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
- Lonesome River Band
- Michael Melito
- New Tradition
- Newfound Road
- NewTown
- Tony Rice
- Danny Roberts
- Rochesters
- Jerry Salley
- Larry Sparks
- Snyder Family Band
- Adam Steffey
- Donna Ulisse
See also
References
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External links
- {{URL|mountainhomemusiccompany.com/|Mountain Home website}}
- {{URL|crossroadslabelgroup.com/|Crossroads Label Group website}}
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