Archive for October 14th, 2009:

 

Back in July Merge Records celebrated its 20th anniversary as an independent record label. Harper Studio noted the occasion and suggested that book publishers might learn something from Merge’s success. Here’s the background on this remarkable indie project, as given by NPR.

Merge was founded in 1989 in Chapell Hill, North Carolina, by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance (of the band Superchunk) with the purpose of documenting and making more broadly available the fruits of their own vibrant local music scene.

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