Waterbug Records
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Waterbug Records is a small independent record label
based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
specializing in singer-songwriter
s and traditional folk music
ians who do original research. The label was founded as an artist cooperative
label in 1992
by singer-songwriter Andrew Calhoun
. Calhoun described the label in a column written for Sing Out!
: "Waterbug is largely an artists' co-op. All the artists own their recordings and publishing rights. Twenty artists contributed a song and part of the cost of manufacturing a label sampler, which each of us sell from the stage for $5. We are working cooperatively to help each other get heard."
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn is an affluent village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the village population was 26,999.-Geography:...
specializing in singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
s and traditional folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
ians who do original research. The label was founded as an artist cooperative
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
label in 1992
1992 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....
by singer-songwriter Andrew Calhoun
Andrew Calhoun
Andrew Calhoun is an American folk singer/songwriter. He was inspired to become a musician when his mother brought home a couple of her hippie students who played guitar. Early influences include Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joseph Conrad,...
. Calhoun described the label in a column written for Sing Out!
Sing Out!
Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that has been published since May 1950.-Background:Sing Out! is the primary publication of the tax exempt, not-for-profit, educational corporation of the same name...
: "Waterbug is largely an artists' co-op. All the artists own their recordings and publishing rights. Twenty artists contributed a song and part of the cost of manufacturing a label sampler, which each of us sell from the stage for $5. We are working cooperatively to help each other get heard."
Artists with Releases on Waterbug Records
- Geoff BartleyGeoff BartleyGeoff Bartley is an American acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter whose musical style combines roots, blues, jazz, and traditional folk. He began performing in 1969 and lives in the Boston area. He can be seen every Monday night hosting an open mic night at in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
- Randy BlackRandy BlackRandy Black is a Canadian-born rock drummer and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, and Primal Fear...
- Chuck BrodskyChuck BrodskyChuck Brodsky is an American musician and singer-songwriter currently living in Asheville, North Carolina. He is particularly known for his often humorous and political lyrics, as well as his songs about baseball, such as "The Ballad of Eddie Klepp" and "Moe Berg: The Song"...
- Jonathan Byrd
- Andrew CalhounAndrew CalhounAndrew Calhoun is an American folk singer/songwriter. He was inspired to become a musician when his mother brought home a couple of her hippie students who played guitar. Early influences include Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joseph Conrad,...
- Lui CollinsLui CollinsLui Collins is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter. She attended the University of Connecticut and played her first gigs as a student there. She began touring in the mid-1970s as part of a duo with Horace Williams, Jr.. Her first two albums consisted of cover songs, after which she moved on to...
- Erin Corday
- Mark Dvorak
- Kat Eggleston
- Steve Fisher
- Gina Forsyth
- Bob FrankeBob FrankeBob Franke is an American folk singer/songwriter.-Biography:He began his career in 1965, while a student at the University of Michigan, and performed at The Ark, a coffeehouse in Ann Arbor....
- Annie GallupAnnie GallupAnnie Gallup is an American folk singer/songwriter who used to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan but moved to Santa Barbara, California in 2009. She attended the University of Michigan School of Art. Her song Circle was covered by Chuck Brodsky on his album "Radio". She covered Rachel Bissex's song...
- Sara Grey
- Julie Henigan
- Therese Honey
- Michael Jerling
- Louis Ledford
- Rick Lee
- Jenn Lindsay
- Kate MacLeod
- Karen MalKaren MalKaren Mal is an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. She is best known for her strikingly open, child-like voice and her poetic and somewhat didactic songwriting. She is also known in the industry as a first-call session singer with a gift for harmony...
- James McCandless and Julianne Macarus
- Kate McDonnell
- Michael McNevin
- Mary Melena
- Anaïs MitchellAnais MitchellAnaïs Mitchell is an American singer-songwriter.-Early life:Anaïs Mitchell grew up on a farm in Addison County, Vermont and attended Middlebury College. Her father is a novelist and a retired college professor....
- Chris MooreChris MooreChris Moore is an American film producer.-Early life:Moore received a BA in American History from Harvard University.-Career:Moore has produced the American Pie films, Reindeer Games starring Ben Affleck, Joyride, The Adjustment Bureau , and the Academy Award-winning Good Will Hunting...
- Sam Pacetti
- Tom PayneTom PayneTom Payne may refer to:*Tom Payne , American basketball player*Tom Payne , English actor*Tom Payne , Brazilian film director*Tom Payne , Australian television newsreader...
- William Pint and Felicia DaleWilliam Pint and Felicia DaleWilliam Pint and Felicia Dale , are folk musicians based in Seattle. Known primarily for nautical music and sea chanties, they are among the best-known performers in that genre in the United States. Their albums have been favorably reviewed in Dirty Linen magazine, Sing Out! Magazine, and Folk...
- Rachel Ries
- Shinobu SatoShinobu satoShinobu Sato , is a Japanese classical artist. Shinobu debuted in 1988 with the tape Red Dragonfly: World Music on Guitar, which was released on audio CD in 1992. His second major album, Little Signs of Autumn was released on audio CD in 1994.-Early life:Shinobu was born in Kobe, Japan, and began...
- Danny SchmidtDanny SchmidtDanny Schmidt is an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas where he was born and raised and now lives with fellow musician and singer-songwriter Carrie Elkin.-Biography:...
- Cosy SheridanCosy SheridanCosy Sheridan is an American folk singer/songwriter. Sheridan graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. Her songs cover political topics such as AIDS, prostitution, women's body image, and environmentalism, as well as tending toward the humorous: her song Turboyeast, about vaginal yeast infections,...
- Susan Shore
- Leslie Smith
- Devon SprouleDevon SprouleDevon Sproule is a musician based for many years in Charlottesville, Virginia. She married musician and singer-songwriter Paul Curreri in 2005. She shared the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award for 2009 with Oren Lavie...
- Sons of the Never WrongSons of the Never WrongThe Sons of the Never Wrong is a Chicago-based folk music trio; founded in 1992. Current band members are Bruce Roper, Deborah Lader , and Sue Demel.- Discography :* Three Good Reasons Waterbug Records...
- Art ThiemeArt ThiemeArthur "Art" Thieme is an American folk musician.He was assistant manager of the Old Town Folklore Center in Chicago - 1964-1965 & 1966 , ran The Folk Art Shop in Depoe Bay, Oregon with his wife Carol in 1967 & 1968, sang all over the country for many years -including 37 years singing at the No...
- Sloan WainwrightSloan WainwrightSloan Wainwright is an artist and member of the American independent music scene. Her musical style consists of a combination of folk, rock, jazz, and blues, an approach which owes itself to her time writing and performing throughout the Greenwich Village.-Family:Sloan Wainwright is a younger...