Revenant Records

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{{short description|Record label set up by John Fahey}}

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| founder = John Fahey, Dean Blackwood

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| genre = Folk, blues

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| location = Austin, Texas

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Revenant Records is an American independent record label based in Austin, Texas, which concentrates on folk and blues. Revenant was formed in 1996 by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood.{{cite journal|last = Dean|first = Eddie|title = In Memory of Blind Thomas of Old Takoma|journal = Washington City Paper|date = March 9–15, 2001|url = http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/special/fahey030901.html|accessdate = January 5, 2010|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030212200500/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/special/fahey030901.html|archivedate = February 12, 2003}} Revenant's 2001 box set, Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton, won three Grammy Awards in 2003.

Revenant gained fame among free jazz fans in 2004 when it released Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-70), a 9-CD box set of rare and unissued recordings and interviews by saxophonist Albert Ayler.

Other notable releases from Revenant are Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (2000) and John Fahey's posthumous album Red Cross (2003).