Industry Ink: 117 Entertainment, Beth Nielsen Chapman, ONErpm

117 Entertainment Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

Pictured, Back row (L-R): 117’s Max DaCosta and Heather Trotter, Bobby Bare, Lee Roy Parnell, Cherish Lee, John Berry, Marlon Hargis, Jeannie Seely, Tim Rushlow, Kendall Gary, Shane Owens, Sonny Lemaire, 117 VP Publicity; Bev Moser, Scott Brown, Steve Goetzman, JP Pennington. Front: 117 CEO/President; Zach Farnum. Photo: Denise Mattox

117 Entertainment Group held a celebration party Wednesday, May 2 for their one-year anniversary at SOUTH in Nashville, featuring several of the company’s clients performing for a standing room only crowd of industry VIP’s and friends.

Performing were Bobby Bare, John Berry, Lewis Brice, Scott Brown, Exile, Kendall Gary, Cherish Lee, Shane Owens,  Lee Roy Parnell and Tim Rushlow.

Beth Nielsen Chapman Raises Funds To Benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Pictured (L-R): St. Jude supporter Jim Stenson; Mycle Wastman, NBC’s The Voice; Beth Nielsen Chapman; songwriter Gordon Kennedy; songwriter Dan Navarro.
Photo: Jim Stenson

Beth Nielsen Chapman marked the release of her new album, Hearts of Glass, by co-hosting the St. Jude Songwriters Session in Seattle on Saturday, April 28. The event raised $225,397 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame known for songs like “This Kiss” and “Sand and Water,” Chapman was joined by songwriters Gordon Kennedy (“Change the World”), Dan Navarro (“We Belong”) and Mycle Wastman (NBC’s The Voice), with a special performance by St. Jude patient Addie Page Pratt.

Grae Area Records Teams With ONErpm

Pictured (L-R): Jarrod Cooper, VP, Strategy and Business Development/ONErpm; Harper Grae; Margaret Jacobi, Director, Artist & Creative Marketing/ ONErpm and Jennifer Bohler, Grae’s manager/Alliance Management.

Indie artist Harper Grae and her label Grae Area Records have partnered with ONErpm for exclusive global distribution of her upcoming music. The first single is scheduled for release in May.

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