# Single Lock Records

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{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name     = Single Lock Records
| image    = Single Lock Records logo.png
| founded  = {{start date|2013}}
| country  = U.S.
| location = [Florence, Alabama](/source/Florence%2C_Alabama)<br>[New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana)
| website  = {{URL|www.singlelock.com}}
}}

'''Single Lock Records''' is an American [record label](/source/record_label) based in [Florence, Alabama](/source/Florence%2C_Alabama). It was founded by Ben Tanner ([Alabama Shakes](/source/Alabama_Shakes)), [John Paul White](/source/John_Paul_White) and Will Trapp in 2013 to release music from [The Shoals](/source/The_Shoals) region of [Alabama](/source/Alabama),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singlelock.com/about-us/|title=Single Lock Records - Who We Are|work=Single Lock Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://weldbham.com/blog/2014/08/21/rejuvenating-the-shoals/|title=Rejuvenating the Shoals|work=Weld for Birmingham}}</ref> but has since expanded its reach worldwide. Today, the label is overseen by the team of Reed Watson, Ben Tanner and Addy Kimbrell, with offices in Florence, Alabama and [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersoutherner.com/2020/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-single-lock-records-muscle-shoals-alabama|title=On the Shoulders of Giants}}</ref>

The label saw its first [Billboard 200](/source/Billboard_200) chart entry in 2014 with the release of ''Half The City'' by [St. Paul and The Broken Bones](/source/St._Paul_and_The_Broken_Bones).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5915847/st-paul-the-broken-bones/chart?sort=timeon&f=305|title=St. Paul & the Broken Bones - Chart history|website=Billboard.com}}</ref>  It has released charting records by [Cedric Burnside](/source/Cedric_Burnside), [Dylan LeBlanc](/source/Dylan_LeBlanc), [Nicole Atkins](/source/Nicole_Atkins), Penny & Sparrow, and [John Paul White](/source/John_Paul_White).

The label saw its first [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) nomination in 2018 when [Cedric Burnside](/source/Cedric_Burnside)'s ''Benton County Relic'' was nominated for [Best Traditional Blues Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Traditional_Blues_Album) at the [61st Annual Grammy Awards](/source/61st_Annual_Grammy_Awards).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2018/12/07/these-two-mississippi-blues-artists-have-been-nominated-2019-grammy-awards-cedric-burnside/2237564002/|title = These 3 Mississippi artists have been nominated for 2019 Grammy awards}}</ref>

The label saw its first [Americana Award](/source/Americana_Award) nomination in 2019 when [Erin Rae](/source/Erin_Rae) was nominated for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanamusic.org/news/americana-announces-its-2019-honors-awards-nominees|title = Americana Announces Its 2019 Honors & Awards Nominees|date = 14 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, ''[The Bitter Southerner](/source/The_Bitter_Southerner)'' wrote about the label, "Single Lock, as a noun, a commodity, a philosophy, is a collection of great music from all influences and sensibilities, music made without narrow boundaries, without dollar-focused directives, and with 100% artist integrity at its core. You don't have to be an A+ music aesthete or discophile to get it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersoutherner.com/2020/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-single-lock-records-muscle-shoals-alabama|title=On the Shoulders of Giants}}</ref>

In 2021, the label earned three [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) nominations for releases by [Cedric Burnside](/source/Cedric_Burnside), [Cha Wa](/source/Cha_Wa) and [The Blind Boys of Alabama](/source/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/life/2021/11/grammy-awards-2022-nominees-include-jason-isbell-walker-hayes-blind-boys-of-alabama.html|title=AL.com|date=23 November 2021}}</ref> Cedric Burnside's "I Be Trying" won Best Traditional Blues Album at the 64th GRAMMY Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/arts/music/grammys-winners.html|title=Grammys 2022 Winners: The Complete List|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 April 2022|last1=Gonzalez|first1=Shivani}}</ref>

==Roster==
* [Nicole Atkins](/source/Nicole_Atkins) (Nashville, Tennessee)
* The Bear (Florence, Alabama)
* [Belle Adair](/source/Belle_Adair_(band)) (Florence, Alabama)
* [The Blind Boys of Alabama](/source/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama) (Talladega, Alabama)
* [Cedric Burnside](/source/Cedric_Burnside) (Holly Springs, Mississippi)
* Cha Wa (New Orleans, Louisiana)
* [Mia Dyson](/source/Mia_Dyson) ([Torquay, Victoria](/source/Torquay%2C_Victoria), Australia / Los Angeles, California)
* Caleb Elliott (Shreveport, Louisiana)
* [Erin Rae](/source/Erin_Rae) (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Exotic Dangers (Florence, Alabama)
* [Donnie Fritts](/source/Donnie_Fritts) (Florence, Alabama)
* Duquette Johnston (Birmingham, Alabama)
* The Kernal (Jackson, Tennessee)
* [Dylan LeBlanc](/source/Dylan_LeBlanc) (Florence, Alabama)
* [Lera Lynn](/source/Lera_Lynn) (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Penny & Sparrow (Florence, Alabama)
* [The Pine Hill Haints](/source/The_Pine_Hill_Haints) (Florence, Alabama)
* The Pollies (Florence, Alabama)
* The Prescriptions (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Rock Eupora (Nashville, Tennessee)
* [Steelism](/source/Steelism) (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Space Tyger (Florence, Alabama)
* Speckled Bird (Florence, Alabama)
* [St. Paul and The Broken Bones](/source/St._Paul_and_The_Broken_Bones) (Birmingham, Alabama)
* [John Paul White](/source/John_Paul_White) (Florence, Alabama)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.singlelock.com}}

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Category:American independent record labels
Category:Florence, Alabama
Category:Record labels established in 2013
Category:2013 establishments in Alabama

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