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July 27, 2007
Music Industry Emerges In Bull City
Durham is Home to Numerous Record Labels and Recording Studios
Durham’s
long been known for world class musicians. Before drawing worldwide
attention to the Piedmont Blues, Blind Boy Fuller played music for workers on
the streets of the Tobacco Warehouse District, at tobacco auctions, and in
clubs. Country Music Hall of Famer Don Schlitz grew up in Durham
and penned “The Gambler.” Atlantic Records created
“The Drifters” as a band for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Clyde
McPhatter. Neenah Freelon won an emerging artist grant from the Durham
Arts Council before launching an Emmy nominated Jazz career and John D.
Loudermilk III grew up in sight of Erwin Mills before penning “Tobacco
Road.”
 Today,
thanks to the attention Barry Poss brought to Durham when he founded Sugar
Hill Records, the Bull City is also becoming nationally recognized
for recording studios and music labels. Quietly or not so
quietly, close to a dozen record labels and recording studios now call Durham
home.
Record
Labels:
- 307
Knox Records – Indy – Born in New
Jersey, but raised in Durham, NC.
- Merge Records – Indy – Label for
hugely popular Arcade Fire and Superchunk.
- Pox
World Empire -- Alt – Artist coop
label for The Sames, Torch Marauder, Jett Rink, Pleasant, Gerty, Razzle,
Tricky the Cosmonaut, and 3.2.3 Contact.
- Inspire Productions -- Jazz –
Owned by Veteran R&B musician Willie Hill.
- Ladyslipper
Music -- Indy - Label works to further new
musical and artistic directions for women musicians.
- Omnific Music
-- Gospel -- Music label established in 2005 to provide innovative
Gospel/Christian music.
Recording Studios:
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Durham Convention & Visitors
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