Genre Various Location Edmonton, Alberta Founded 1976 | Country of origin Canada Headquarters Edmonton, Canada | |
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Distributor(s) Warner Music Canada
Alternative Distribution Alliance (US)
Continental Record Services (Europe)
Dixiefrog (Europe)
The Orchard (digital) Official website www.stonyplainrecords.com Founders Holger Petersen, Alvin Jahns Artists Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Ian Tyson, Jeff Healey, Amos Garrett Albums Mess of Blues, Horse Soldier! Horse Sol, Five Dollar Bill, Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland, Tripping Up the Stairs Profiles | ||
40 years of stony plain records making a career in roots and blues music
Stony Plain Records is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in roots music genres such as country, folk and blues. The label has released more than 300 albums.
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Not like a record company executive duke robillard on 40 years of stony plain records
History
Stony Plain was founded by Holger Petersen and Alvin Jahns in 1976. The label released their first album that year. Beginning in 1989, the label's releases were distributed by Warner Music Canada Peterson acted as the company's president for many years.
Stony Plain has previously licensed recordings from American labels Rounder Records, Sugar Hill Records, HighTone Records and Blind Pig Records for Canadian release. The label has also been the Canadian distributor for albums by American artists such as Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, and Emmylou Harris.
The label is still owned and operated by its founders Alvin Jahns and Holger Petersen. Petersen is also the author of two books of artist interviews and also hosts the weekly series Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio One, Radio Two and SiriusXM 169 and Natch'l Blues on the CKUA Radio Network.
In 2016 Story Plain celebrated its 40th anniversary by releasing a three-disc compilation album of highlights from its collection.
Selected Canadian artists
Ian Tyson, whose classic album Coyboyography was Stony Plain's first Platinum album; Corb Lund; Jeff Healey; Colin Linden; MonkeyJunk; Paul Reddick; Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne; Big Dave McLean, Downchild; Amos Garrett; Tim Hus; Jr Gone Wild; Long John Baldry; Harry Manx & Kevin Breit; Spirit Of The West; Valdy & Gary Fjellgaard; Jim Byrnes; and David Wilcox.
Selected international artists
Eric Bibb; Ronnie Earl; Duke Robillard; Maria Muldaur; Billy Boy Arnold; Rory Block; The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor Band; Walter "Shakey" Horton; Jay McShann; New Guitar Summit; Joe Louis Walker; Jimmy Witherspoon; Asleep At The Wheel; Rodney Crowell; Emmylou Harris; Steve Earle; James Burton; and Albert Lee.
Awards
Recognition for the label and its artists includes 11 Juno Awards, six Grammy Award nominations, several Blues Music Awards and W.C. Handy Blues Awards, nine Canadian Country Music Awards for Label of the Year, more than 30 Maple Blues Awards and a number of Western Canada Music Awards. Stony Plain Records has earned several Gold and Platinum records for releases by artists as Ian Tyson, Corb Lund and various Best Of compilations.
The label was the recipient of The Blues Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award in 2014.