BMG launched Renew Records in 2020, a new recordings label to focus on an eclectic mix of artists and special projects rooted in American-roots and Americana music.

Renew Records is an integral part of a BMG roster of US-based labels which include Nashville’s Broken Bow Records, Stoney Creek Records and Wheelhouse Records, New York pop label S-Curve Records and Los Angeles’ rock label Rise Records and hip-hop label RBC Records, operating alongside the core BMG label. 

The venture capitalizes on BMG’s unparalleled position at the forefront of American-roots and Americana music, representing many of the most notable artists and songwriters in the genre including contemporaries Dave Alvin, Wilco, Calexico, Delta Spirit, Valerie June, Devendra Banhart, Larkin Poe, Nathaniel Rateliff, Amanda Shires, Hurray For The Riff Raff, alongside luminaries Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Woody Guthrie, Jim Croce, Hank Williams, and Willie Dixon, among others.

Renew Records’ release schedule kicked off with the first solo record from Elephant Revival frontman Daniel Rodriguez titled Sojourn Of a Burning Sun and an all-star tribute album Wilcovered featuring a wide-range of artists, interpreting and covering songs from Wilco’s celebrated catalog, including Billy Gibbons, Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Parquet Courts, and many more.

Additional upcoming releases include a new album from The Suitcase Junket; an Americana-inspired railroad compilation, featuring well-known and original train songs from Dave Alvin, I See Hawks in LA’s Rob Waller, Carla Olson, and more; and a never-before-released Johnny Cash live album recorded in 1968 at the historic Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco (since renamed the Fillmore West) a week before the release of Live at Folsom Prison.