Melungeon Records

music from artists who inhabit the margins where tradition collides with innovation

AOKI HUNSINGER JARMAN: TRIO
Intense, exquisite improvised chamber music drawing power from traditional Asian music, 20th c. classical, and free jazz by three pioneers.
Recommended if you like Evan Parker, Pharoah.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
KELLY KESSLER & THE WICHITA SHUT-INS FEAT. LAWRENCE PETERS: Life of Regret EP
"Melungeon Record's first offering is this ambling crooner of an EP by local twanger extraordinaire Kessler. It's whiskey-toned and melancholy just the way we like." Chicago Magazine Freewheeling, heartfelt,smart country without the polish.
Recommended if you like Ray Price, The Band, Gillian Welch.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $3.97
KELLY KESSLER: The Salt of Your Skin
"This is the record I would make if I was alive in 2006. I'd get Hank Senior, Harry Smith and Kitty Wells in here and we'd get it done." -Riley Puckett...New frontiers of country and roots music from a pioneer of the Chicago altcountry renaissance
Recommended if you like Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Hazel Dickens.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.97