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R&J Records

American independent record label

Summary

American independent record label

Field	Value
name	R&J Records
image	R-and-j-records.jpg
founded
founder	James Stroud, Rick Carter
distributor	RED Distribution
genre	Country
country	U.S.
location	Nashville, Tennessee
website

R&J Records is an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in May 2011 by James Stroud and Rick Carter. Stroud is a record producer and former president of Giant Records and DreamWorks Records. In 2008, Stroud launched Stroudavarious Records and signed many artists to that label. Most Stroudavarious artists' contracts were moved to the new label, whereas some other previous artists signed with Stroudavarious have moved to other record labels.

Stroudavarious Records

Stroud founded Stroudavarious Records in July 2008. The label's roster consisted of new artists and artists who had signed to major labels. It had many artists signed to Stroudavarious, including Aaron Lewis, LoCash Cowboys, Shelly Fairchild, Shea Fisher, Houston County, Blaine Larsen (Treehouse), Richie McDonald, Anthony Smith and Darryl Worley. BamaJam included Tracy Lawrence, Blackberry Smoke and Matt Kennon. Country Crossing included John Anderson, Aaron Tippin, Louise Mandrell, Lee Greenwood and Lorrie Morgan. Emrose signed Margaret Durante.

R&J/DMP/Emrose

James Stroud announced on May 17, 2011 the launching of the Nashville-based R&J Records. The same executive team that ran Stroudavarious Records ran the new label. Besides R&J Records, there were two concurrent labels: DMP Records and Emrose Records.

R&J was "restructured" in April 2012, with Andy Gibson transferring to Curb Records and Maggie Rose (formerly known as Margaret Durante) moving to RPM Entertainment.

Roster

R&J Records

Alexa Carter
Heartland
Aaron Lewis
LoCash Cowboys

DMP Records

Andy Gibson
Rob Lane

Emrose Records

Margaret Durante

References

(2008-07-21). "Stroudavarious Records launches". [[Country Standard Time]].
Bjorke, Matt. (23 April 2012). "R&J Records To Close; Andy Gibson To Curb". Roughstock.
Freeman, Jon. (23 April 2012). "R&J Records Closing". Music Row.
(2012-05-29). "Siman Launches RPM Entertainment : MusicRow – Nashville's Music Industry Publication – News, Songs From Music City". Musicrow.com.

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