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Blue Élan Records is an
independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
based in
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. It was founded by entertainment and insurance lawyer Kirk Pasich, and his son, musician Connor Pasich, in 2014. Stylistically, the label's releases cover
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and
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, Americana,
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,
Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...
,
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, and others. Their artist roster also ranges in age and industry history.


History

Kirk founded the label with his son, Connor, to release
Cindy Alexander Cynthia Ann Plotkin known professionally as Cindy Alexander is an American indie singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Big Sur, California. Alexander has toured the United States, Japan, Europe, and Islands a ...
's sixth album, ''Curve.'' After contacting artist
Cindy Alexander Cynthia Ann Plotkin known professionally as Cindy Alexander is an American indie singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Big Sur, California. Alexander has toured the United States, Japan, Europe, and Islands a ...
, whom Kirk had met during the production of StarTomorrow, about her recent cancer treatment, she invited him to visit her studio where she was recording her next album. Shortly after their meeting, the label was formed, and ''Curve'' released via Blue Élan Records in 2014. Over the next four years, Blue Élan added
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on ''Billboard'' magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and th ...
,
Janiva Magness Janiva Magness (born January 30, 1957) is an American Grammy Award nominated blues, soul, and Americana singer, songwriter, and author. To date she has released 16 albums. The Blues Foundation named Magness the B.B. King Entertainer of the Yea ...
, Jesse Dayton, Rod Melancon, and others to the roster, including Gerry Beckley and Rusty Young. The label gained further attention in 2017 when Janiva Magness earned a Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy nomination for her Blue Élan release, '' Love Wins Again''. The label has partnered with the Alliance for Children's Rights on multiple occasions, a legal fund to help children in poverty access free services to legal aid.


Artists

* Amy Wilcox * Bob Gentry * Boxing Gandhis * Bryan Stephens * Car Astor * Chelsea Williams *
Cherie Currie Cherie Ann Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of the Runaways, a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. She later became a solo artist. Currie and h ...
& Brie Darling *
Cindy Alexander Cynthia Ann Plotkin known professionally as Cindy Alexander is an American indie singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in Big Sur, California. Alexander has toured the United States, Japan, Europe, and Islands a ...
* Colin Devlin * Cory Branan * Gina Sicilia *
Janiva Magness Janiva Magness (born January 30, 1957) is an American Grammy Award nominated blues, soul, and Americana singer, songwriter, and author. To date she has released 16 albums. The Blues Foundation named Magness the B.B. King Entertainer of the Yea ...
*
Jon Anderson Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 25 October 1944) is a British, and latterly American, singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassis ...
* Jesse Dayton * Lisa Lambe * Mint Trip * Mustangs of the West * Natalie Gelman * Ozomatli * Red Wanting Blue *Rod Gator *
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on ''Billboard'' magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and th ...
* Roan Yellowthorn * Rusty Young * The Rembrandts * Scout Durwood * Soul Asylum * The Vegabonds * The Devlins


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* {{Authority control Alternative rock record labels Indie rock record labels Record labels established in 2014 American independent record labels