Naxos of America Announced Distribution of Six Labels to the North American Market

FRANKLIN, TN--(Marketwired - May 2, 2013) - Throughout the months of April and May 2013, Naxos of America will launch six labels in the US and Canada. The genres of these labels vary from rock to classical.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV and Digital Media in the world. Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, hi-def and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, U2, and Paul McCartney. Eagle is a GRAMMY ® Award winning company and has received over 30 Multi-Platinum, over 50 Platinum albums worldwide.

Plus Loin Music is a jazz label that was founded in France in 2007. The success of the label in record production, music publishing and concert production have led to further activities, including the creation of a festival -- Jazz à l'Étage -- in Rennes, Brittany, beginning in 2010.

The idea behind Bernhard Drobig's new Fra Bernardo label is to create an unmistakable profile in the early classical music sector: young artists and ensembles are offered an international platform to present repertoire that is outside the classical mainstream.

Single Noon Records was founded upon the belief that music can bring its listeners and its performers more meaningful existences. To that end, as an independent label, Single Noon can strive to release creative and exceptionally personal music unbound by conventional restrictions on genre and categorization.

Edition Lilac is an American classical music label specializing in recordings of music from the Baroque, Renaissance and Classical eras, performed on period instruments and using historical techniques.

Since the first release in 1993, Maguelone Music's catalog has grown to over 85 titles including recorings under three collections; Mélodiste Français, the works of Reynaldo Hahn and the works of André Jolivet.

Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, Naxos of America (www.naxosusa.com) is the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. and Canada. Specializing in state-of-the-art distribution, marketing and promotion, Naxos of America distributes nearly 35,000 titles on CD and DVD to traditional brick and mortar retail, as well as offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to consumer direct fulfillment.