Cargo Records

• Tompkins Square

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• Label rosta:
  • A Broken Consort,
  • Ben Reynolds,
  • Brad Barr,
  • Charles Gayle,
  • Charlie Louvin,
  • Frank Fairfield,
  • GIUSEPPI LOGAN,
  • Harry Taussig,
  • Max Ochs,
  • Peter Walker,
  • Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette,
  • Powell St John -,
  • Ran Blake,
  • Richard Crandell,
  • Robbie Basho,
  • The Red Fox Chasers,

Tompkins Square

Since its inception four years ago, New York's Tompkins Square label has released 40 albums, received four Grammy nominations, and generated tons of fantastic press around the world.

The label releases 'old timey', folk, country, gospel and jazz recordings by artists new and old, including many titles in the 'American Primitive Guitar' genre. Highlights from the catalog include the landmark 3CD set 'People Take Warning ! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938', five albums by maverick UK guitarist James Blackshaw, and the 3CD raw post-war gospel set 'Fire In My Bones'.

Finally, the imprint has begun an aggressive campaign of documenting and reissuing rare recordings such as pianist Ran Blake, and saxophonist Charles Gayleand and new ones by younger players whose names are whispered about in awe in the underground communities where limited-edition CD and vinyl works are de rigeur.