- Black Hen Music
infobox record label
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founded = 1995
genre = Various
country =Canada
url = [http://www.blackhenmusic.com/ Black Hen Music]Black Hen Music, of Vancouver, British Columbia, is an
independent record label founded in 1995 byrecord producer andmusician Steve Dawson, originally of the band,Zubot and Dawson . Black Hen Music began releasing albums in 1996 and is currently distributed in Canada byKoch Distribution , and inEurope and theUK byRounder Records .Black Hen is dedicated to producing music that is diverse, eclectic and primarily acoustic-based. Since its inception, Black Hen has released over 30 albums and continues to expand its roster.
Awards
Black Hen artists have received the following awards and nominations:
*4
Juno Awards
*8 Juno Nominations
*1 Maple Blues Award
*3 [http://www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/ Canadian Folk Music Awards]
*1SOCAN #1 Award
*1 Grand Prix de Jazz de Montreal
*5 [http://www.musicbc.org/html/ West Coast Music Awards]
*15 [http://www.musicbc.org/html/ West Coast Music Award nominations]
*2 Canadian Independent Music AwardsArtists (past and present)
* Jim Byrnes
*John Wort Hannam
*Cara Luft
* [http://www.myspace.com/stevedawson05 Steve Dawson]
*Jenny Whiteley
* [http://www.blackhenmusic.com/artists/old_man_luedecke/index.html Old Man Luedecke]
*Coco Love Alcorn
* [http://www.lindamcrae.com/ Linda McRae]
*Zubot and Dawson
* [http://www.blackhenmusic.com/artists/joey_wright/index.html Joey Wright]
* [http://www.blackhenmusic.com/artists/great_uncles/index.html Great Uncles of the Revolution]
* [http://www.shuylerjansen.com/ Shuyler Jansen]
*Geoff Berner
* [http://www.davidwall.ca/ David Wall]
* [http://bottleneckband.com/ Bottleneck]
* [http://www.blackhenmusic.com/artists/don_rooke/index.html Don Rooke]
* [http://www.christarry.com/ Chris Tarry]
* [http://www.andrewdowning.com/ Andrew Downing]ee also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.blackhenmusic.com Official site]
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