Artemis Records Signs Steve Earle; Announces Co-Venture With E-Squared.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1999-- Artemis Records Artemis Records was a New York-based independent record label, founded in July 1999 by former chairman/CEO Danny Goldberg and closed in January of 2004. The label, distributed by Koch Entertainment, was home to a diverse group of artists including Crossbreed, Steve Earle, , a division of Sheridan Square Entertainment, has signed six time Grammy-nominated recording artist Steve Earle Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and country music, as well as for his many political views. He is also a published writer, a political activist and has written and directed a play. and has entered into a label co-venture with E-Squared, the maverick independent label owned by Earle and his partner Jack Emerson. This announcement was made today by Danny Goldberg Danny Goldberg, President of Gold Village Entertainment (GVE), has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company President, public relations man, and journalist since the late 1960s. He has returned to personal management. , President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Artemis Records along with Earle and Emerson. E-Squared, founded in 1996, will continue to be based in Nashville, TN. Most recently, the label has enjoyed success with The Mountain, the much lauded bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. album by Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up, adding McCoury's sons, Ronnie . The label has developed a reputation of "releasing fine albums by artists who excel at Verb 1. excel at - be good at; "She shines at math" shine at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" songcraft and whose music is happily uncategorizable - hovering around rock, country and pop but never landing in any one camp." (Billboard) Other releases to date include The V-roys' Just Add Ice and All About Town, Cheri Knight's The Northeast Kingdom and Bap Kennedy's Domestic Blues. E-Squared has previously been distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. ) in the United States. Artemis Records will provide support in the areas of marketing, promotion, publicity and sales to E-Squared, which will act as an artist and repertoire source for Artemis. E Squared will be distributed domestically by RED, which currently distributes all Artemis releases in the United States. Upon making this announcement, Mr. Earle and Mr. Emerson explain, "E-Squared's new alliance with Danny Goldberg's team at Artemis Records will allow us to provide our artists with a better opportunity to expand their audience while continuing to offer a nurturing, stable, creative environment." Commented Mr. Goldberg, "This deal fulfills a long time dream of mine to work with Steve Earle, one of the great renaissance men in the music world. I am also thrilled to work with Steve and Jack Emerson on E-Squared which I expect to be a significant source of exciting new artists." The first band tapped to reap the benefits of the combined resources of E-Squared and Artemis is Marah from Philadelphia. They are currently mixing the follow-up to their critically acclaimed indie debut Let's Cut The Crap And Hook Up Later On Tonight. The record is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2000 release. Steve Earle will return to the studio in November to record his tenth studio album and his first for E-Squared/Artemis. In typical Earle style, it promises to incorporate his various influences and passions and certainly to be full of surprises. Currently untitled, the record is scheduled for late Spring 2000. |
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