Parent company Entertainment One Distributor(s) ADA (physical) Location Nashville, Tennessee Founded 2001 Parent organization Entertainment One | Founder Scott Robinson Genre Various Official website Dualtone.com Country of origin United States of America | |
Artists The Lumineers, Guy Clark, Shakey Graves, Shovels & Rope, Robert Earl Keen Albums The Lumineers, Cleopatra, My Favorite Picture of You, Stadium Cake, Into the Wide | ||
Dualtone Records is an American-based independent record label specializing in folk, singer/songwriter, Americana and indie rock. It was founded in 2001 by Scott Robinson and Dan Herrington. The company is currently run by Robinson and the label's President, Paul Roper. The label's albums are distributed physically by the Alternative Distribution Alliance. On January 20, 2016 Entertainment One acquired Dualtone Records.
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Independent Label
The independent label has been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, garnering four wins. Key releases include albums from The Lumineers, Brett Dennen, Shovels & Rope, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, June Carter Cash, Guy Clark, Matraca Berg, Bobby Bare, Charlie Robison and also offers a stellar line of vintage re-issues by Daniel Johnston, The Silos, The Reivers and Townes Van Zandt. Also in the catalog are tributes to Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and The Carter Family, which feature new recordings from artists such as Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Henry Rollins and Johnny Cash.
2011 releases by the label have debuted on USA Billboard 200 with Brett Dennen's "Loverboy" debuting at #54, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Chasing Someday" at #156 and Guy Clark's "Songs and Stories" at #128. 2012 releases include The Lumineers, Shovels & Rope, Elenowen, Fort Atlantic, Little Comets & The Dirty Guv'nahs. The Lumineers album was certified platinum in the US on February 20, 2013. 2013 releases included Ivan & Alyosha's "All the Times We Had", and Little Comets's "Life is Elsewhere".
In 2014, Guy Clark's "My Favorite Picture of You" won the GRAMMY for Best Folk Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards. New releases for 2014 include Noah Gundersen's debut full-length album "Ledges", which debuted at #100 on The Billboard Top 200, and Simone Felice's "Strangers". The Felice Brothers have also signed on to release their new album through Dualtone in 2014. 2015 albums include Langhorne Slim & The Law, Noah Gundersen, Robert Earl Keen and Wild Child. The Lumineers second album Cleopatra was the first album of 2016 from an independent label to debut at #1 with over 120,000 albums sold. In October 2016 on Chuck Berry's 90th birthday, Dualtone announced an album of new material coming in 2017.
The label has also provided radio services for a select number of artists including The Civil Wars, Sugar & The Hi Lows and Lindsay Buckingham.