E-Squared Records

E-Squared Records was an record label founded in 1996 by singer-songwriter and producer Steve Earle and seasoned music executive Jack Emerson. The label produced a series of albums by Earle, starting with 1996's "I Feel Alright". Warner Bros. supported the label on many early releases. Earle and Emerson soon began signing and releasing additional artists such as the V-roys, Bap Kennedy, and Cheri Knight. According to "Billboard" the label developed a reputation for "releasing fine albums by artists who excel at songcraft and whose music is happily uncategorizable - hovering around rock, country and pop but never landing in any one camp." [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Oct_27/ai_56951080 "Artemis Records Signs Steve Earle; Announces Co-Venture With E-Squared"] , "Business Wire", October 27, 1999]

Late in 1999, following the success of Steve Earle's collaboration with the Del McCoury Band, "The Mountain", a co-venture was announced between E-Squared and Artemis Records. Artemis began providing support to E-Squared in areas of marketing, promotion, publicity and sales and in turn E-Squared began to act as an artist and repertoire source for Artemis.

E-Squared may have ceased operations sometime not long after the death of Jack Emerson on November 22, 2003. [George Graham, [http://georgegraham.com/reviews/obit2003.html "The 2003 Musical Obituaries"] ] [Peter Guralnick, James Barber, [http://www.praxisrecordings.com/jwe/memorial.html "Jack Emerson, 1960-2003, Memorial"] at praxisrecordings.com] The label's web site appears to have gone off-line in 2003, [ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.e2records.com/ Internet archives of e2records.com] ] and Earle's 2004 album "The Revolution Starts Now" appears to be his last release on E-Squared (his 2007 album, "Washington Square Serenade" has been released on New West Records).

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