Label Look: Single Lock Records Aims to Expand While Boosting Alabama’s Rich Music Scene

Florence, Alabama isn’t the first name that comes to mind when discussing the major hubs of American music. But the city, located on the banks of the Tennessee River, serves as one of the nerve centers for the Shoals region of the state that carries a long lineage of music history, as home to the legendary FAME Studios, the Muscle Shoals sound and, since 2013, scrappy indie label Single Lock Records.Born out of necessity and founded by musicians in the local circuit, its four co-owners &md