BMG Signs Granville Automatic

Pictured: (L-R) Back Row: Chris Oglesby (BMG, VP-Creative), Sara Knabe (BMG, Sr. Creative Director), Daniel Lee (BMG, Sr. Creative Director), Kevin Lane (BMG, Creative Director); Front Row: Jim Zumwalt (Shackelford, Bowen, Zumwalt & Hayes), Elizabeth Elkins, Vanessa Olivarez, Kos Weaver (BMG, Exec. Vice President)

BMG has signed Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of the duo Granville Automatic to its roster. The pair co-wrote the current Billy Currington single Drinking Town With A Football Problem and have cuts on other upcoming releases. The duo is also prepping to release their third CD, An Army Without Music, set for release on Aug. 14.

Vocalist/songwriter Olivarez wrote and recorded a Top 10 single in Canada, has three cuts on Sugarland records and received a Dora nomination for her work in the Toronto production of Hairspray. She was also a top 12 finalist on American Idol.

Guitarist/songwriter Elkins is a Grand Prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest who has had songs on more than 40 television programs from Smallville to Jersey Shore and in the film Mean Girls 2.

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