American Dust
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American Dust is an independent record label operated out of Oakland, California
. Notable artists to have released records on American Dust include Department of Eagles
, Port O'Brien
and Awesome Color
.
In September 2009 the label released the Judee Sill
tribute album Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill
, featuring covers of Sill's songs by Beth Orton
, Bill Callahan, Ron Sexsmith
, Daniel Rossen
, Marissa Nadler
and Meg Baird
, among others.
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. Notable artists to have released records on American Dust include Department of Eagles
Department of Eagles
Department of Eagles is a band formed in 2000 by friends and New York University roommates Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicolaus...
, Port O'Brien
Port O'Brien
Port O'Brien are an American musical group combining elements of acoustic, folk and indie rock.They are named after a bay in Alaska featuring a now-abandoned cannery on Kodiak Island where founder member Van Pierszalowski's parents met...
and Awesome Color
Awesome Color
-History:The band was formed by Michigan natives Michael Troutman , Allison Busch , and Derek Stanton in Brooklyn, New York, in 2004...
.
In September 2009 the label released the Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill was an American singer and songwriter. The first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, she released two albums, then worked briefly as a cartoonist before dying of drug abuse in 1979.Her eponymous debut album was released in late 1971 and was followed around eighteen months...
tribute album Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill
Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill
Crayon Angel: A Tribute To The Music of Judee Sill is a tribute album to Judee Sill released in 2009.-Track listing:#Ron Sexsmith - "Crayon Angel"#Beth Orton - "Reach for the Sky"#Daniel Rossen - "Waterfall"#Frida Hyvönen - "Jesus Was a Cross Maker"...
, featuring covers of Sill's songs by Beth Orton
Beth Orton
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...
, Bill Callahan, Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
, Daniel Rossen
Daniel Rossen
Daniel Rossen is a singer/songwriter/guitarist for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock group, Grizzly Bear. He is also a member of the duo Department of Eagles.-Biography:...
, Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler is an American dream-folk singer-songwriter and fine artist based in Boston.-Early life:Marissa Nadler was exposed to art at a young age through her mother Pamela, an abstract painter, and her older brother Stuart, a guitarist and writer...
and Meg Baird
Meg Baird
Meg Baird is an American musician originally from New Jersey and currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known as a founding member and lead female vocalist for the Philadelphia folk rock band Espers. In 2007, Baird released her first solo LP Dear Companion on Drag City...
, among others.