Rounder Records
Labels / Record Companies
Rounder Records was founded in 1970 in a Somerville, Massachusetts, by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton Levy andwent on to become one of the most important bluegrass labels. Its landmarks include J.D. Crowe & the New South's 1975 album, known by its catalog number "Rounder 0044"; early records by Hazel & Alice and Ola Belle Reed; and the career of Alison Krauss, whom Irwin signed at 14. Concord bought Rounder in 2010 and moved it to Nashville in 2014.