Folk-Legacy Records was 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 ...
specializing in traditional and contemporary
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
of the English-speaking world. It was founded in 1961 by Sandy and Caroline Paton and Lee Baker Haggerty.
The label recorded
Frank Proffitt
Frank Noah Proffitt (June 1, 1913 – November 24, 1965) was an Appalachian old time banjoist who preserved the song " Tom Dooley" in the form we know it today and was a key figure in inspiring musicians of the 1960s and 1970s to play the trad ...
and released a memorial album after his death. Folk-Legacy has produced more than 120 recordings. Recording and cover photographs were done by
Sandy Paton while Haggerty was the business manager. Sandy and Caroline were singers in their own right, having been designated the
Connecticut State Troubadours for 1993–1994. They lived in
Sharon, Connecticut
Sharon is a New England town, town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, in the northwest corner of the state. At the time of the United States 2020 Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population ...
until Sandy's death in 2009.
In 2019, the label's collection was transferred to
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was f ...
.
Early years
Master List / Discography
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Official site
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American independent record labels
Record labels established in 1961
Folk record labels
Sharon, Connecticut