Dualtone Records is an American record label specializing in

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, Americana, and

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. It was founded in 2001 by Scott Robinson and Dan Herrington. The company is run by Robinson and the label's president, Paul Roper. Albums are distributed by the

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. On January 20, 2016,

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acquired Dualtone Records. Later, Dualtone's parent company eOne Music was acquired by

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in June 2021, with eOne Music rebranded as

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in September 2021.

History

Dualtone has been nominated for sixteen

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s, winning four. The label celebrated its 20th year in 2021. First year in business brought a number 2 hit at country radio for David Ball's "Riding with Private Malone". The album ''Amigo'' went on to sell over 350,000 copies.

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's posthumous album ''Wildwood Flower'' was released in 2003. Including some of the final duets between her and husband

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, the album went on to win two GRAMMY awards.

Brett Dennen Brett Michael Dennen (born October 28, 1979) is an American folk/pop singer-songwriter from Central California. His seventh studio album, ''See the World'' was released in July 2021. Early life Dennen grew up in Central Valley, California in a s ...

's breakout album ''So Much More'' was released in 2006. "Ain't No Reason" from that album is now over 500,000 in all in sales. The label also released Dennen's second album ''Hope for the Hopeless'' in 2008 and ''Loverboy'' in 2011.

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' self-titled debut album was released in April 2012 and was certified platinum in the US on February 20, 2013. The album is now over 3 million all in sales. In 2014,

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's ''My Favorite Picture of You'' won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

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''And the War Came'' also was released in 2014. Shakey went on to win Best Emerging Artist at the 2015 Americana Awards. ''And the War Came'' is approaching 200,000 sold with breakout single ''Dearly Departed'' over 400,000.

' second album ''Cleopatra'' was the first album of 2016 from an independent label to debut at No. 1 with over 120,000 albums sold. The album is now over 1.5 million. In October 2016 on

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's 90th birthday, Dualtone announced an album of new material coming in 2017. Berry's 20th and final studio album, ''

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'', was released posthumously on June 9, 2017. In September 2017, Dualtone (via eOne and Ole) became the official US song publisher for Berry's catalogue. Mt. Joy was signed in 2017 and released their breakthrough single "Silver Lining" in November which went on to go to number 1 at AAA. The band's self titled album is over 160 million streams in the US. Recently the label has added

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, Angie McMahon, Hayes Carll,

Gregory Alan Isakov Gregory Alan Isakov (born October 19, 1979) is a South African-born American singer and songwriter currently based in Boulder, Colorado. Isakov and his family immigrated to the United States in 1986 and he was raised in Philadelphia. Isakov's m ...

Kathleen Edwards Kathleen Margaret Edwards (born July 11, 1978
) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, ''

and

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to the roster. Angie McMahon won the coveted Grulke prize at SXSW in 2019 and her breakout single "Slow Mover" was certified Gold in Australia.

's album ''Evening Machines'' landed at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Americana/Folk chart on release and went on to be nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Folk Album.

' third album ''III'' was released September 13, 2019 and debuted at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Chart.

Current roster

* Abraham Alexander *

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* Flipturn *

* Hayes Carll *

Kathleen Edwards Kathleen Margaret Edwards (born July 11, 1978
) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, ''

Langhorne Slim Langhorne Slim is an American singer-songwriter (born Sean Scolnick on August 20, 1980 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania). He attended high school at Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase ...

Robert Earl Keen Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American country singer and songwriter from Houston, Texas. Early life and education Keen was born and grew up in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, he was an avid reader who excelled in writing an ...

* Shovels & Rope * The Wild Reeds

References

External links

* {{Authority control American country music record labels American independent record labels MNRK Music Group Record labels established in 2001