Grammy Win for Local Record Label
Woodbury, TN— Just five years into its existence, The Arts Center of Cannon County’s in-house record label, Spring Fed Records, won their first Grammy for Best Album Notes. The award winning liner notes, written by Bruce Nemerov were for the CD John Work III: Recording Black Culture, a CD featuring Work’s personal field recordings of sacred harp
singing, quartets, string bands, blues and gospel singing recorded in the earlier part of the 20th century. Bruce states “this Grammy award validates Professor Work’s view of black music and I’m honored to be able to get his view out to the public through this recording.”
Co-producer Arts Center Folklorist Evan Hatch expressed his reaction to the win as, “I’m stoked! The Grammy nod is icing on the cake and we’re just happy that this will provide a wider audience for John Work and his great contributions to the folk music field.”
“We are honored to have been recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and we’re even more excited about the awareness that this brings to the contributions that Dr. John Work III made to our American musical heritage”, Arts Center’s Executive Director Donald Fann commented. “Our goal is to continue to preserve important works through the production of vital historical recordings. Congratulation to Bruce for his priceless contributions both to this recording project and to our organization in general.”
Begun in 2002 at the Arts Center of Cannon County, Spring Fed Records has produced 25 CD titles and 3 DVDs in five years including 6 new Davis Unlimited titles that will be available March 1st. Spring Fed Records mission is to make available great, obscure traditional music recordings for a larger market. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Folklife Program of the Tennessee Arts Commission, Spring Fed Records actively seeks out historic field recordings, live performances, interviews and limited pressings, tied to Tennessee’s rich musical heritage to re-master and issue for commercial release.
For more information on Spring Fed Records contact The Arts Center of Cannon County at 615-563-(ARTS) 2787 or 1-800-235-9073. Office hours are 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m., Monday through Saturday. You may also check our website at www.springfedrecords.com or the Arts Center’s website at www.artscenterofcc.com.
