BREAKING: Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment Taps Allison Jones As EVP Of A&R
Allison Jones.
Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment has tapped Allison Jones as EVP of A&R.
Jones joined Big Machine Label Group in 2008 and has been a key player in signing Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line, The Band Perry, Riley Green, Carly Pearce and Midland, while contributing to the development and success of Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Lady A and Taylor Swift.
Across her career, she has spent time as Head of A&R at multiple labels, including Giant Records, DreamWorks Nashville and Universal Music Group Nashville. Jones served as Toby Keith’s longtime A&R representative for more than a decade during the peak of his career, and she worked closely with Reba McEntire across multiple projects, including her GRAMMY Award-winning gospel album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope.
Jones has been recognized on Billboard’s Women In Music and Country Power Players lists, as well as on Country Aircheck’s Power 31 list and at Nashville Business Journal’s Women in Music City Awards.
“I’ve worked with Scott since 1997, when we opened DreamWorks Nashville together, and have spent the past 18 years at Big Machine in the trenches making history (with lots of celebrations and core memories made!),” says Jones. “I’m incredibly proud of the music we’ve created. It’s been an honor to be part of building one of the most impactful and successful labels in the history of the music business. Scott is a true visionary who never settles for anything less than winning. I’m incredibly excited and proud to do it all over again as we rebuild the new Big Machine!”
“Allison is the consummate A&R executive,” adds Founder, Chairman and CEO Scott Borchetta. “She knows every artist, every song, and every publisher, and is obsessed with being on the sharp end of pop culture. Big Machine simply would not be what it is today without Allison by my side, and I’m so thrilled that we get to continue together in this new season.”
