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    • Austin Derryberry & Trenton "Tater" Caruthers
    • Belen Escobedo
    • Bill Steber Archive
    • Billy Womack
    • Bruce Nemerov
    • Ed & Ella Haley
    • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
    • Fairfield Four
    • Felipe Pérez
    • Fiddling Tom Freeman
    • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
    • Hamper McBee
    • Howdy Forrester
    • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
    • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
    • Joe Keene
    • John Work III
    • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
    • Mississippi John Hurt
    • Risey Scruggs
    • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
    • Roy Harper
    • Sam and Kirk McGee
    • Uncle Dave Macon
    • Uncle Shuffelo
    • Walter Greer
  • DAVIS UNLIMITED
    • Bill Lowery
    • England Brothers
    • Flattops and Fiddles
    • Frazier Moss
    • Gillian Brothers
    • Indian Creek Delta Boys
    • J.T. Perkins
    • Ken Smelser
    • The Morgans
    • North Folk Rounders
    • Omer Forster
    • Perry County Music Makers
    • Robert and Claudene Nobley
    • Sharon Winters-Bounds
    • Vernon Solomon
    • Wally Bryson
    • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
    • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
  • ABOUT US

    • HOME
    • SPRING FED ARTISTS
      • Austin Derryberry & Trenton "Tater" Caruthers
      • Belen Escobedo
      • Bill Steber Archive
      • Billy Womack
      • Bruce Nemerov
      • Ed & Ella Haley
      • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
      • Fairfield Four
      • Felipe Pérez
      • Fiddling Tom Freeman
      • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
      • Hamper McBee
      • Howdy Forrester
      • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
      • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
      • Joe Keene
      • John Work III
      • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
      • Mississippi John Hurt
      • Risey Scruggs
      • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
      • Roy Harper
      • Sam and Kirk McGee
      • Uncle Dave Macon
      • Uncle Shuffelo
      • Walter Greer
    • DAVIS UNLIMITED
      • Bill Lowery
      • England Brothers
      • Flattops and Fiddles
      • Frazier Moss
      • Gillian Brothers
      • Indian Creek Delta Boys
      • J.T. Perkins
      • Ken Smelser
      • The Morgans
      • North Folk Rounders
      • Omer Forster
      • Perry County Music Makers
      • Robert and Claudene Nobley
      • Sharon Winters-Bounds
      • Vernon Solomon
      • Wally Bryson
      • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
      • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
    • ABOUT US

    Spring Fed Records is a non-profit record label operating as part of MTSU's Center for Popular Music in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It is dedicated to contemporary and classic artists who represent the various grassroots musical traditions of the American South and Midwest.

    Spring Fed Records' roster includes contemporary releases by Uncle Shuffelo, Belen Escobedo, and Trenton “Tater” Caruthers, alongside historic recordings from Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Book Binder, folklorist John Work III, the estate of John Hartford, the Fairfield Four, and Ed & Ella Haley. 

    Thank you for listening. 

    (Spring 2025) Spring Fed Records and MTSUs Center for Popular Music proudly announce the reissue of the legendary Blue Goose recordings of Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin, available for the first time in nearly 50 years. The albums Git-Fiddle Shuffle and Ragtime Millionaire are now available digitally everywhere. 

    Don't miss the Ltd. Ed. LP compilation: Better Times Down the Road: The Blue Goose Recordings 1975-77. Limited to 200 copies worldwide and compiled by Roy, Fats, and Paul Burch, the LP features audio restoration overseen by Martin Fisher for the Center for Popular Music and artwork by Nashville letterset printmaker and MTSU alumna Heather Moulder. Available exclusively through the MTSU Center for Popular Music and on tour with Roy Book Binder. Pick up the Limited Edition LP HERE. Read all about it!

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