About

Open Road Recordings is a full service record company dedicated to country music, offering marketing, promotion, publicity, A&R and licensing services to its roster. Open Road Recordings represents emerging talent, established artists and international acts – the label is home to JUNO and Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Award-winning groups Doc Walker, Emerson Drive and The Road Hammers (certified Gold in Canada), classic Canadian roots group Prairie Oyster, break out success stories including Dean Brody, The Higgins, Ridley Bent and Tara Oram.

Open Road is the Canadian representative of Big Machine Records and The Valory Music Co., home to Taylor Swift (certified 6x platinum in Canada), Reba, Rascal Flatts, Jewel, Steel Magnolia, Justin Moore, Jimmy Wayne, Jack Ingram, Trisha Yearwood, and more.

Founded by Ron Kitchener in 2004, Open Road Recordings has been the recipient of the Canadian Country Music Association’s awards for Independent Record Company of the Year (2004-2006) and Record Company of the Year (2009). Open Road Recordings is distributed by Universal Music Canada.