CHAMPAIGN– A local record company has won two Grammy awards.
Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, the owners and founders of Archeophone Records were recognized at Sunday night’s 67th Grammy Awards, winning Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes for “Centennial: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band.”
Another album, “After Midnight” was also nominated for Best Album Notes.
Archeophone Records has been preserving, restoring, and publishing recordings from the acoustic era of sound—the years from 1890 through 1925 when records were made into the acoustic horn, that is, without electricity.
Henessey and Martin spoke to The 21st show about their Grammy nominations in November.
“It’s an amazing feeling to and a point of pride to have your work recognized as the best by your peers, ” Hennessy said. “We’re proud to be producing that kind of serious work.”
Archeophone Records last won a Grammy in 2006 for Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, which was recognized for Best Historical Album.
Editor’s Note: This story has been revised to note that Archeophone Records has won two Grammy awards: Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes.