Windham Hill Records

Windham Hill Records is an American music label based in New York City .

The label is a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and as a record company specializes in the publication of music from the New Age and Folk Music sectors. In 1976 the label was founded by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then wife Anne Robinson. Windham Hill Records was particularly successful in the 1980s, but no longer sells records today.

The label was bought up by BMG in several partial sales between 1992 and 1996 and is now a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment . The Windham Hill offering is now distributed by Legacy Recordings . Private Music , also a subsidiary of BMG, has re-released a number of Windham Hill Records releases.

Famous artist

Michael Manring Lisa Lynne Night noise Mark Isham Ray Lynch David Arkenstone John Gorka Turtle Island String Quartet William Ackerman Alex de Grassi David Cullen Michael Hedges Tuck & Patti Philip Aaberg Joel DiBartolo

Philippe Saisse Mike Marshall Vangelis George Winston Jim Brickman Liz story Scott Cossu Yanni Pat Gorman Øystein Sevåg Barbara Higbie Tracy Silverman Darol Anger The nylons Shadow fax

Web links

• Windham Hill Records website (has stopped working since 2007, redirect to Legacy Recordings)
• History of the Windham Hill Records label from 1982-1989