Single Lock Records

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Single Lock Records
New Orleans, Louisiana
Official websitewww.singlelock.com

Single Lock Records is an American

New Orleans, Louisiana.[3]

The label saw its first Billboard 200 chart entry in 2014 with the release of Half The City by St. Paul and The Broken Bones.[4] It has released charting records by Cedric Burnside, Dylan LeBlanc, Nicole Atkins, Penny & Sparrow, and John Paul White.

The label saw its first

Grammy Award nomination in 2018 when Cedric Burnside's Benton County Relic was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[5]

The label saw its first Americana Award nomination in 2019 when Erin Rae was nominated for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards.[6]

In 2020, The Bitter Southerner wrote about the label, "Single Lock, as a noun, a commodity, a philosophy, is a collection of great music from all influences and sensibilities, music made without narrow boundaries, without dollar-focused directives, and with 100% artist integrity at its core. You don't have to be an A+ music aesthete or discophile to get it."[7]

In 2021, the label earned three

Grammy Award nominations for releases by Cedric Burnside, Cha Wa and The Blind Boys of Alabama.[8] Cedric Burnside's "I Be Trying" won Best Traditional Blues Album at the 64th GRAMMY Awards.[9]

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Single Lock Records - Who We Are". Single Lock Records.
  2. ^ "Rejuvenating the Shoals". Weld for Birmingham.
  3. ^ "On the Shoulders of Giants".
  4. ^ "St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Chart history". Billboard.com.
  5. ^ "These 3 Mississippi artists have been nominated for 2019 Grammy awards".
  6. ^ "Americana Announces Its 2019 Honors & Awards Nominees". 14 May 2019.
  7. ^ "On the Shoulders of Giants".
  8. ^ "AL.com". 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ Gonzalez, Shivani (3 April 2022). "Grammys 2022 Winners: The Complete List". The New York Times.

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