left to right, Hugh Moore, Benny Martin, and John Hartford on John's porch

WHO IS "OMS Records?"

A fun label for Bluegrass music and "Classic Country" enthusiasts.

ALL OF OUR RELEASES HAVE SOLD UNDER 1 MILLION COPIES TO DATE! 

OMS Records is an independent record label based in Raleigh NC that features bluegrass and classic country music. The label was founded  in 1999. The label's inaugural release was by the legendary Benny Martin who was coaxed by his friend and OMS Records founder Hugh Moore from a long retirement to record a two-part masterpiece for the label entitled "The ‘Big Tiger' Roars Again."

The second release was in 2000 by Grand Ole Opry star Johnny Russell who died in 2001. Johnny had been a popular host of the Opry and a hit making songwriter, and was a natural sophomore release for OMS Records. "Actin' Naturally" was a critically-acclaimed all-acoustic rendering of Johnny's famous song repertoire, and featured guests including Earl Scruggs, Marty Stuart, and Buck Owens.

The label has continued to release 3-4 releases a year including high profile releases by legends like fiddle legends Vassar Clements and Kenny Baker, singer Bobby Osborne, and dDobro king Josh Graves. In addition, there have been releases by younger artists Pam Gadd, Billy Troy, and Bill Henry.

In its short history the label has released what we believe will be remembered as some of the most creative acoustic and classic country music. We are proud of each release to date.

Linda Moore runs the company on a day to day basis and is the primary contact for retailers, artists, and customers. The goal for the company is to continue to release a few high quality releases each year. We are not attempting to set any records with our sales, and we proudly boast of "under a million sold" on each of our releases to date.

We hope you will enjoy our music and our website and that you will want to purchase all of our releases. After all, if we are going to continue to sell "under a million," we need the support of loyal listeners like you.

Thanks for listening!