Severn Records
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | David Earl |
| Distributor(s) | US: City Hall Records Europe: Continental Record Services International: iTunes Store |
| Genre | Blues, jazz, soul |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Annapolis, MD |
Severn Records is an American independent record label that concentrates on blues music. Since its founding in 1998, Severn has issued more than 60 albums. Its motto is "Roots Music for the 21st Century".
On July 11, 1997, a company named Echo Records was incorporated in Maryland by David Earl. By the time of its founding and first releases in 1998, the new company had changed its name to Severn Records. This change eliminated any possibility of confusion with Ecko Records.
Severn released three albums in 1998: Darrell Nulisch's The Whole Truth, Big Joe Maher'sI'm Still Swinging, and Benjie Porecki's Servin' It Up. The demise of Black Top Records had left the first two of these artists available to record on the new label. Subsequently, they have recorded six more albums with Severn. Porecki has recorded two more albums and provided keyboard backup on many Severn projects. In 1999, Severn reissued Steve Guyger'sPast Life Blues. To produce these four albums, as well as ten more early ones, Severn made use of recording, mixing and mastering facilities at several commercial studios. Eventually, all these functions were carried out at a studio in the basement of Earl's house on the Severn River in Crownsville, MD.
In 2001, Severn Records moved to Severn, MD. Here, its new offices were fitted out with better equipment, isolation booths, and rehearsal space. These facilities improved the production of albums and attracted new musicians to the label. These include: Mike Morgan, Sugar Ray Norcia, Lou Pride, and Tad Robinson. Together with the four founding artists, they have created the core albums of the Severn discography.
Soon, unaffiliated musicians came to use Severn's facilities and personnel for their own recording projects. One of these was Norwegian accordion player J. T. Lauritsen, who recorded his album Squeezboxing in 2006. Another project, in 2006, was Mikey Jr's Look Inside My Pocket.
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