| MapleMusic Recordings | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | MapleCore Ltd. |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Skydiggers Grant Dexter |
| Distributor(s) | MapleMusic.com |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Official Website | MapleMusic Recordings |
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MapleMusic Recordings is a Toronto based record label.
The MapleMusic Recordings label is a project of Canadian roots rock band Skydiggers and entrepreneur Grant Dexter. Other artists who have released albums on MapleMusic include David Usher, Colin James, Boy, The Dears, Jason Bajada, Martha Wainwright, Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate), Gordon Downie, Joel Plaskett, Spirit of the West, Ridley Bent, Kinnie Starr, and the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir.
MapleMusic released Radiohead's album In Rainbows in Canada, along with ATO in the US and XL in the UK.[1]
Two singer-songwriters, however, have been particularly responsible for MapleMusic Recordings's success: Sam Roberts, who was transformed from a struggling independent musician to a Canadian rock icon practically overnight by his 2001 MapleMusic Recordings debut, The Inhuman Condition, and Kathleen Edwards, whose album Failer made her a critical favourite in 2003.
MapleMusic Recordings' brick and mortar business is distributed and marketed in Canada by Universal Music Canada.
In 1999 MapleMusic Recordings collaborated with Cowboy Junkies to create MapleMusic.com as an e-commerce portal. The Cowboy Junkies were the first act to sell their music through the Canadian online retailer.[2]
The e-commerce portal cooperates with a number of Canadian artists not otherwise associated with the MapleMusic Recordings label to sell their CDs and merchandise through the site.