Jim Olsen and Mark Thayer founded the label in 1995 to promote acoustic musicians who were playing in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Signature recorded Josh Ritter, Erin McKeown, Mary Gauthier, and Lori McKenna.
Thayer established the Signature Sounds Recording Studio in 1982 and created the label with Olsen in 1995.
[1] The label's main office moved in 2012 from its original location in Whately, Massachusetts to a more prominent site in downtown Northampton.
The new offices include an intimate music venue, called The Parlor Room, in which concerts are held regularly.