Tomorrow, Old Bear Records will release it's first fully instrumental album of original compositions by artists Ed Chilungu.  Ed is one of the most talented and interesting people that we’ve ever worked with.  When you sit in a room with him while he’s composing and...

Old Bear Records is excited that today we have released instrumentalist Ed Chilungu’s first single “Return” from his upcoming instrumental album “Soundtracks.”  Ed is a classically trained concert pianist who draws inspiration from jazz, classical, and modern worship...

Old Bear Records is excited to announce our newest artist signing, Kurtis Parks.  Kurtis has been a longtime friend to the community at Old Bear, and we couldn’t be happier to get to release his new Folk hymn project “Hymn Like” to you in October! Kurtis has an...

    Faith and circumstances are often at odds with one another. Wanting to understand why things are going the way they are, or why a certain season feels so hard, can make us question whether God is...

It remains our steadfast commitment to continue to keep opening up our doors so that you can see inside the world of Old Bear Records!  Today we have posted another installment of Bear Tracks, an Old Bear Records blog written by our very own Rich Kirkpatrick.  Dive...

Introducing Bear Tracks - The story and journey of Old Bear It's always been very important for the listeners of Old Bear Records to feel like they are insiders to our little community.  We believe that when we give our people, who love what we do the chance to speak...

Old Bear Records is excited to announce that Legend Ozora has signed with the label!  This is exciting for us as Legend is the first female artist that has been signed to Old Bear Records.  With a voice that is both haunting and mesmerizing; and songs that invite...

For the longest time we've wanted to start a podcast.  A behind the scenes type of podcast that'll take the Old Bear listener even further into our community of amazing creatives and artists.  We've been hard at work for the last 5 months gathering tape and tracking...

It has been 3 months since the release of Ian Zumback’s top 40 Billboard charting album, “The Table,” yet it is still finding favor with listeners and reviewers alike on a national and international level. Onemaninthemiddle.com, a society and culture website based out...

Old Bear Records love playlists.  We grew up creating and exchanging mix tapes with our friends.  We especially loved discovering new artists before they hit it big in the mainstream. Maybe that's why our slogan is "that upstream sound."  We love discovering and...