Riser House Inks Distribution Deal With Sony RED

(L-R:) Stephanie Hudacek (Soundly), Jennifer Johnson (Riser House)
Back L-R: Samantha Cantu (Soundly), Jason VanAuken (Riser House), Kristen Ashley (Riser House), Dewayne Brown (RED), Megan Schultz (Riser House), Lexi Sutherland (Riser House)

Riser House Entertainment and Sony RED Music have joined forces in a global distribution deal for both digital and physical distribution. Riser House Records artist Mitchell Tenpenny will release the team’s first EP Linden Ave on July 14.

“Dewayne Brown and the Sony RED team have been excellent partners during our launch period,” says Riser House Records President Jennifer Johnson. “They have provided a wealth of knowledge in every facet of our building page. Stephanie Hudacek at Soundly Music is a force. If you don’t know her; you should.”

“We at Sony Red Music Entertainment are very proud to be in partnership with Jennifer Johnson and Riser House along with Stephanie Hudacek and Soundly Music for distribution of all future and present content,” says Sony RED Label & Artist Distribution and Development’s Dewayne Brown. “We feel that these two women hold the future as the new face of country music in Nashville.”

Riser House opened in October 2016, and has also worked with singer-songwriters including Michael Whitworth and Dallas Wilson.

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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