Record Label (OD)

Due our song being folk, we decided as a group that it would only be right to include a record label with a history of folk artists. As we chose Ben Howard, we decided it would be good to have the same record label as the one he is under and therefore we chose Island Records, the company which gave us permission to use the song for educational purposes.

Island records was founded by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall and Leslie Kong in Jamaica in 1959, and includes artists such as Ben Howard, Bombay Bicycle Club, Gotye and Florence and the Machine which are all associated with folk music. Because of Island Records history and assigned folk artists I believe this is a reliable record label to use as they know the folk music industry.