Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters
The second volume was released several years after the first. As Will Ackerman's liner notes explain:
When we released the first volume of Legacy, we were documenting the resurgence of a new folk music and the singer-songwriter. Tracy Chapman and Suzanne Vega heralded this renaissance and new voices like John Gorka are emerging as part of the next wave. Four of the artists on Legacy went on to major label distribution recording deals. And far from being a flash in the pan this musical movement is very much alive and flourishing. The intelligent lyric is back. The singer-songwriter is very much a force again in today's music scene. Legacy II presents some of the finest emerging talents now recording. You'll be hearing more from them, but this may be where you discover them first.
The first compilation also resulted in the formation of a new branch at Windam Hill, High Street Records, a label that was to do for singer-songwriters what Windam Hill had done for new age music. This second disc was introduced as a High Street Records release. High street also signed deals with some of the artist from the first compilation such as John Gorka and Pierce Pettis.
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