Archeophone Records

13/02/2025

Here's one more before we go: the official Recording Academy / GRAMMYs photo of our Dream Team--Rich Martin, Ricky Riccardi, and Meagan Hennessey at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 2, 2025. Acclaimed photographer Rankin really got us cracked up by putting us in funny poses, which is pretty evident on our faces. He's good! Thank you all for watching, and now back to making new records!

(Photo courtesy of Rankin for the Recording Academy)

12/02/2025

Here at last . . . our official Recording Academy / GRAMMYs photo, from the incomparable Rankin! Can you tell we were having fun? Thanks to all involved!

(Courtesy of Rankin for the Recording Academy)

11/02/2025

Have you seen or heard the acceptance speeches at last Sunday's Recording Academy / GRAMMYs by Ricky Riccardi (Best Album Notes) and Rich Martin and Meagan Hennessey (Best Historical Album)? Here's the link to both of them in sequence. After you've watched that, look around for other awards and acceptances from the Premiere Ceremony you may have missed with this really cool feature the Academy has made available. (But don't read the comments section.)

Save the date: The 2025 GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony streams live Sunday, Feb. 2, starting at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET on live.GRAMMY.com and the Recording Ac...

09/02/2025

We're doing this in reverse order. Last Saturday night at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in L.A. the Recording Academy / GRAMMYs held its Special Merit Ceremony and Nominees' Reception. It was the thrill of a lifetime to meet and spend a few minutes with honorees Taj Mahal (!) and Glyn Johns (!!). Ask any ordinary nominee and they will say the Saturday gig is the best part of the weekend.

Here's the evidence we were there. First picture, left to right, are Margaret and Ricky Riccardi, Meagan Hennessey, and Rich Martin. The Team! Next is a goofy thing they made us do, and the third pic is Rich and Meagan next to Pat Gallery and John Levin. They hosted us all weekend and we hosted them at the Sat. event! It was a truly great evening.

06/02/2025

Here we all are being interviewed backstage after accepting our awards!

**[Watch highlights from the 2025 GRAMMYs, including full GRAMMYs performances.](https://live.grammy.com/)** **[See the full 2025 GRAMMYs winners and nominees list.](https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list)**

05/02/2025

So, this thing happened. Sunday, 2-2-2025, at the 67th Annual Recording Academy / GRAMMYs, "Centennial" took home two GRAMMY Awards: Best Album Notes for Ricky Riccardi and Best Historical Album for Meagan Hennessey and Rich Martin. We are thrilled beyond belief and so proud of this accomplishment. Thank you to the Academy, to the voters, to all those who helped us make this release happen, and to King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band!

31/01/2025

Thanks to the reviewers who voted for "Centennial" in this year's annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll--good enough for the 18th spot among a record number of "Rara Avis" (reissues/historical releases).

We appreciate you: Joe Bebco, Larry Birnbaum, Will Friedwald, George Grella, David Kunian, Peter Margasak, Thomas Staudter, Mark Stryker, Bob Weinberg, Michael J. West.

Now to try to reach the scores of critics who never heard of the compilation! Have a good weekend, y'all!

The creative force behind jazz is so strong and so universal that the music will continue to sustain us through whatever perils and calamities the upper echelons of business and politics land us in.

23/01/2025

Thanks to Smile Politely and Amy Penne for this warm and wonderful portrait of Meagan and Rich at home talking about the work of Archeophone Records. We appreciate your taking interest in us!

To call Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin an adorable couple sounds trite given the impressive gravity of their creative projects, but spend ten minutes with them and it’s clear — their preservation work is inseparable ...

18/01/2025

This month's "Record Collector" (UK) has a little feature on our Vasnier single, which was only just brought to our attention by German broadcaster Carsten Schaefer. We're not really sure what they are imagining as a "jukebox"--probably a coin-op cylinder player, which may have been the way anyone heard "Thompson's Old Gray Mule" in 1891. Thanks for the coverage!

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas, everyone!

18/12/2024

Check out this video feature by the BBC on "Thompson's Old Gray Mule" by Louis Vasnier, now available on Archeophone's "Genius of the Seventh Ward." Thanks to Ellenoor Shameli for putting it together. You get to see John Levin, Meagan Hennessey, and Rich Martin talking about discovering, restoring, and interpreting this one-of-a-kind artifact from 1891.

We appreciate the coverage!

A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania.

16/12/2024

"Centennial" has been named the #1 Best of 2024’s Box Sets & Expanded Releases at The Vinyl District! Thank you, Joseph Neff, and the rest of the crew at TVD.

The GRAMMY-nominated landmark set is still on sale at archeophone.com

https://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/graded-on-a-curve-the-best-of-2024s-box-sets-expanded-releases/

No bones about it, we are on the cusp of a tumultuous time in a world already fraught with troubles, stress, and strife. But understanding that the path forward will be a struggle, let’s reco…

13/12/2024

Day 12 of our 12 Days: You Pick 'Em Yearbooks, 3 for $42. We've got 17 titles to choose from--see the list of releases and grab the deal here: https://www.archeophone.com/store/releases/329-day-12

12/12/2024

Day 11 of our 12 Days: At the Minstrel Show & Monarchs of Minstrelsy for $35. Get the deal here: https://www.archeophone.com/store/releases/328-day-11

11/12/2024

Day 10 of our 12 Days: Get "Real Ragtime" and "Stomp and Swerve" for $25. Grab today's deal: https://www.archeophone.com/store/releases/327-day-10