Royal Potato Family | |
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Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Kevin Calabro, Marco Benevento |
Genre | Americana, rock, jazz |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | Brooklyn, New York |
Official website | www |
Royal Potato Family is an American independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. The label's roster includes Marco Benevento, Seth Walker, American Babies, Robert Walter, Holly Bowling, Lukas Nelson, Neal Casal, Mike Dillon, Allison Miller, Superhuman Happiness, and Nolatet. The label was founded in early 2009 by Kevin Calabro and Marco Benevento.
Royal Potato Family was created in 2009 by musician Marco Benevento and his manager/publicist Kevin Calabro as a method to release Benevento's music. Since Benevento's album Me Not Me, the label has added many other artists of varied musical genres, yet who are aligned with the founders' philosophy. "I’d like to think what makes us appealing to other artists as a home for their releases is that we’ve maintained our integrity over the years. We still honestly believe that music can make the world a better place. We want these records to be a soundtrack to people’s lives,” Calabro told NPR. [1] According to Jambase , Royal Potato Family "has built a roster of artists and delivered a catalog of releases worthy of taking note." [2]
Royal Potato Family records is staffed across the United States. [3]
The name Royal Potato Family came from a joke that Bob Dylan told Benevento's original drummer Matt Chamberlain. [4]
Kevin Calabro recorded a TED Talk about "The Music Turns You On" at TEDxChichester, February 18, 2011. [5]
On May 10, 2017, Calabro appeared on the Publicity Panel at the Relix magazine first-ever Live Music Conference at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York. [6]
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Year | Album | Artist |
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2017 | Life is Not a Football | Mike Dillon |
2017 | Woodstock Sessions | Marco Benevento |
2017 | Love & Murder | Leslie Mendelson |
2017 | Here on Earth | Jenny Scheinman |
2017 | Last of the Acid Cowboys | Evolfo |
2016 | Dropkick | Marco Benevento |
2016 | Functioning Broke | Mike Dillon |
2016 | Gotta Get Back | Seth Walker |
2016 | Otis Was a Polar Bear | Allison Miller/Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom |
2016 | Prometheus Risen | Matt Chamberlain & Brian Haas |
2016 | Epic Battle Between Light & Dark | American Babies |
2016 | Something Real | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
2016 | The Story of Fred Short | Marco Benevento |
2016 | The Nashville Session | The New Mastersounds |
2016 | Till the Day I Die | Burnell Pines |
2016 | Dogs | Nolatet |
2016 | Lower Alabama: The Loxley Sessions | Edward David Anderson |
2016 | 1-800-WOLF! | WOLF! |
2016 | Beathoven | Reed Mathis/Electric Beethoven |
2016 | The Wedge + Twist Reimagined For Solo Piano | Holly Bowling |
2016 | Better Left Unsung | Holly Bowling |
2015 | Distillation of a Dream: The Music of Phish Reimagined for Solo Piano | Holly Bowling |
2015 | Tweezer Reimagined for Solo Piano | Holly Bowling |
2015 | Arms & Hands | Kirk Knuffke |
2015 | Escape Velocity | Superhuman Happiness |
2015 | Made for Pleasure | The New Mastersounds |
2015 | Orphic Machine | Ben Goldberg |
2015 | Roots Rock 'n' Roll | 6 String Drag |
2015 | Mountains of the Moon | Neal Casal |
2015 | The Purge | DRKWAV |
2015 | WOLF! | WOLF! |
2015 | The Battle for Earth | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
2014 | Stark and Red EP | American Babies |
2014 | Band of Outsiders | Mike Dillon |
2014 | Conversations | Stanton Moore |
2014 | Field Notes | Wil Blades |
2014 | Lies & Wishes | Ed Anderson/Edward David Anderson |
2014 | Sky Still Blue | Seth Walker |
2014 | Swift | Marco Benevento |
2014 | This is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson, Vol.1 | Various Artists |
2014 | Worker | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
2013 | A Love Electric: The Naked Beat | Todd Clouser/Todd Clouser's A Love Electric |
2013 | Frames | Matt Chamberlain & Brian Haas |
2013 | Frames | Matt Chamberlain/Brian Haas |
2013 | Get Thy Bearings | Robert Walter/Robert Walter's 20th Congress |
2013 | Hands | Superhuman Happiness |
2013 | Knives and Teeth | American Babies |
2013 | Hands | Superhuman Happiness |
2013 | No Morphine No Lilies | Allison Miller/Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom |
2013 | Songs from the Vanished Frontier | Yellowbirds |
2013 | Willie Sugarcapps | Willie Sugarcapps |
2013 | Sexmob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota | Steven Bernstein |
2012 | Shimmy | Billy Martin & Wil Blades |
2012 | 20th Century Folk Selections | Todd Clouser/Todd Clouser's A Love Electric |
2012 | Gorelick | The Dead Kenny Gs |
2012 | Sweeten the Distance | Neal Casal |
2012 | TigerFace | Marco Benevento |
2012 | Time Can Change | Seth Walker |
2012 | Urn | Mike Dillon |
2012 | Bandalabra: Live at the Royal Room | Skerik |
2011 | Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil | Garage a Trois |
2011 | Dear Puppeteer | Nathan Moore |
2011 | MMVI | The Devil and the Sea |
2011 | MTO Plays Sly | Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra |
2011 | Operation Long Leash | The Dead Kenny Gs |
2011 | The Color | Yellowbirds |
2011 | The Lost Cause Minstrels | Grayson Capps |
2011 | The Physical EP | Superhuman Happiness |
2011 | Race Riot Suite | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
2010 | Between the Needles and Nightfall | Marco Benevento |
2010 | Live At the Triple Door | Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet |
2010 | Naked, Stoned, & Stabbed | Mushroom |
2010 | Stay Gold | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
2010 | The Rest of My Life | Yellowbirds |
2009 | One Day in Brooklyn | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey |
2009 | Leap of Faith | Seth Walker |
2009 | Power Patriot | Garage a Trois |
2009 | Ben Perowsky Presents: Moodswing Orchestra | Moodswing Orchestra |
2009 | Folk Singer | Nathan Moore |
2009 | Me Not Me | Marco Benevento |
2008 | Rott N Roll | Grayson Capps |
2008 | Invisible Baby | Marco Benevento |
2007 | Songbones | Grayson Capps |
2007 | Seth Walker | Seth Walker |
2006 | Wail & Ride | Grayson Capps |
2005 | Outre Mer | Garage a Trois |
2005 | If You Knew My Mind | Grayson Capps |
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