High Street Records
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High Street Records was a subsidiary label
of Windham Hill Records
from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include John Gorka
, Pierce Pettis
, Patty Larkin
, The Subdudes
, and Dots Will Echo
. Several singer-songwriters associated with High Street appeared on the 1989 Windham Hill compilation, Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music
and the 1992 follow-up on High Street, Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
of Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in Acoustic, New Age and Folk music. Originally founded in 1976 as an Independent record label by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson, Windham Hill was a successful and well-respected...
from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include John Gorka
John Gorka
John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."-Biography:...
, Pierce Pettis
Pierce Pettis
- Biography :A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Nashville, Pettis' musical career was started in 1979 when Joan Baez covered one of his songs, "Song at the End of the Movie", on her album Honest Lullaby...
, Patty Larkin
Patty Larkin
Patty Larkin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter. redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics...
, The Subdudes
The Subdudes
The Subdudes are an American roots rock group from New Orleans. Their music is a blending of American folk, swamp rock, New Orleans rhythm and blues, Louisiana blues, country, cajun, zydeco, funk, soul and gospel with harmonic vocals...
, and Dots Will Echo
Dots Will Echo
Dots Will Echo is an indie rock group formed in the late 80's. The band consisted of Nick Berry, Bob Albanese and Steve Meltzer.-History:Musician William Ackerman produced and released Dots Will Echo's first official album Dots Will Echo in 1991 on High Street Records...
. Several singer-songwriters associated with High Street appeared on the 1989 Windham Hill compilation, Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music
Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music
- Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters :The second volume was released several years after the first. As Will Ackerman's liner notes explain:...
and the 1992 follow-up on High Street, Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters.