Records Nashville Adds Chele Fassig & Laurel Kittleson-Cobb

Records Nashville, the Music City division of Barry Weiss‘ label Records, has expanded its team with two new staffing additions.

Chele Fassig will take on the role of Promotion Manager, reporting to Records Nashville co-heads of promotion, Jamice Jennings and Andy Elliott. She joins the company with over 28 years of experience in the radio industry.

Fassig began her career in Decatur, Illinois at WDZQ. After stops at WNAP and WGRL, Fassig joined WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she remained the marketing, promotion and NTR director for over 25 years. She currently serves in a Senior Media Consultant role for Beasley and officially starts in her new role on Sept. 22. Fassig can be reached at chele@recordsco.com / (704) 724-1166.

Laurel Kittleson-Cobb has been brought on as A&R Consultant. Formerly the VP of Artist Development and A&R at Curb Records, she recently launched Rainier Entertainment, a consulting company for A&R, artist development and publishing. Kittleson-Cobb’s prior stops include Big Machine Label Group, Show Dog-Universal Records and Elevation Music Publishing. She can be reached at laurel@rainierentertainment.com.

“We’re excited to continue to build out the team at Records Nashville,” comments Weiss, Partner and Co-Founder of Records. “Chele and Laurel are great additions to help take the label to the next level. Let’s go!”

Records Nashville’s roster includes chart-topping Platinum singer-songwriter Matt Stell; breakout artists George Birge, Chris Bandi, Jennifer Smestad, and Lathan Warlick; and Nelly, whose recently released Heartland album is currently Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country albums chart.