One Vision Music Group Inks With The Orchard

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One Vision Music Group has signed an agreement with The Orchard to handle the label’s global physical and digital distribution.

A subsidiary of the multimedia entertainment and development company Visionary Media Group, One Vision Music Group will be launching American Idol finalist Kree Harrison‘s new project Chosen Family Tree this summer via the partnership.

“The Orchard’s perspective on business was non-conventional to say the least,” says Visionary Media Group CEO Cory B. Savage. “Their outside of the box strategies when distributing music is what attracted us most when we were choosing a distribution partner. Visionary Media Group/One Vision Music Group has many of the same core values. Believing in the art and the artist is our first priority. We are excited for our journey with The Orchard and for our future successes.”

Warner Chappell Music Signs Publishing Deal With Karley Scott Collins

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Pictured (L-R): Jessi Vaughn (WCM), Karley Scott Collins, Ben Vaughn (WCM), Scott Safford (Safford Motley)

Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Karley Scott Collins.

Collins is represented by CAA’s Darin Murphy. Collins began acting at a young age and earned roles on ABC’s Once Upon A Time and When You Find Me. She began writing her own songs at age 9 and in 2018, she began making trips to Nashville to pursue a career in music.

Collins said, “I pour my heart and soul into all of my songs, and it was really important to me to have a team behind me who valued those songs as much as I do. Ben, Jessi, and the WCM team genuinely love songs and the people who write them, and have done some incredible things for music and songwriters in this city and beyond. I’m so excited to have the best team in the business as my partner; and I look forward to everything we’ll do together in the future.”

Ben Vaughn, President & CEO WCM Nashville added, “From the moment we heard the depth and breadth of Karley’s lyrics and melodies we knew we had to represent her songs. She has something meaningful to say with her lyrics and has one of the most powerful instruments to say it with – her vocals.”

Monument Records Adds Radio Promotion Team

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Top (L-R): Katie McCartney and Drew Bland. Bottom (L-R): Lisa Mastrianni and Katelyn Lester

Monument Records, led by Jason Owen and Shane McAnally, has added an in-house promotion team, led by Drew Bland, who will oversee executives based in various regions across the country.

Katie McCartney has been promoted to General Manager, while Lisa Mastrianni joins as Director, Regional Promotion and Katelyn Lester joins as Manager, Regional Promotion. One additional regional will be announced in the coming weeks.

“There has never been a more crucial time to invest in music, and in the creative community we are all part of, and that’s what we’re doing with the expansion of Monument,” said Owen.

Bland comes to Monument Records from Seattle’s KKWF, where he was the Program Director. In Bland’s 15-year career in radio, he has programmed major market radio stations in Phoenix, Orlando and Seattle. He has won an ACM Award for Station of the Year and a CMA Award for his work.

“We wanted a head of promotion that will approach radio as we approach everything we do, with a unique and limitless view. Drew’s background as a PD, and his overall vision for what a promotion staff can do, made him an obvious choice,” said McAnally.

“I am grateful to be joining Monument Records at this exciting time. It’s thrilling to start this new career chapter combining my programming background to the incredible team led by the most progressive professionals in the business” said Bland. “I can’t wait to leave the house and hit the road with our amazing regional team and dynamic artists to visit each market.”

McCartney joined Monument in 2017 to help re-launch the imprint, she had previously spent time at Universal Music Nashville, Sony Music Nashville, and Lyric Street Records, among others, and has worked on major marketing campaigns for superstar acts such as Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Shania Twain, Lauren Alaina, and Brothers Osborne. As General Manager, she oversees the team and all label operations.

“In an ever shifting landscape, it was important to keep the team small and nimble, and most importantly to find individuals that have unique views on how to thoroughly infiltrate markets on the ground level,” said McCartney.

The team will begin promoting Walker Hayes’ new single “Trash My Heart,” which releases digitally on April 24 and impacts radio in June.

Now Open! New Submissions For MusicRow’s 2020 Annual Artist Roster Print Issue

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Submissions for MusicRow‘s upcoming Artist Roster print issue are now being accepted through next Wednesday, April 29, 2020 with the official form below. Previously included labels and companies will be solicited separately.

This issue includes company listings and rosters for Nashville record labels, managers, publicists, lawyers, talent agents, publicity and artist services companies (business managers, digital music, legal, marketing, radio promotion, and organizations).

Submissions are now closed.

For impactful advertising opportunities in the Artist Roster print issue, email Sherod Robertson at [email protected]. Rate card information is available here.

Morgan Evans Launches ‘The Highway 1 Sessions’ Docuseries

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Morgan Evans.

Morgan Evans will release a new docuseries titled The Highway 1 Sessions, which brings Evans’ fans along with him for a trip along California’s Pacific Coast Highway.

Eight years ago, the Warner Music Nashville artist left his native Australia and went through a period of self-discovery as he navigated his way through the entertainment industry. In the new docuseries, he takes fans through that process with him. A Warner Music Nashville/Indigo Frame collaboration, the five-part limited series premieres tonight, April 22 at 8 p.m. CT, with a new episode every Wednesday on Evans’ YouTube channel.

“I feel like in times when you know you’re not in the right spot is when you really find out who you are,” Evans explains in the beginning scenes of the Patrick Tracy-directed project. “You know that it feels so wrong, so there must be something out there that’s at least more right than that.”

Since moving to Nashville and signing with Warner Music Nashville, he has been chosen as one of Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces of Country Music honorees, and has earned more than 450 million career streams, including his recent single “Diamonds.” He has also topped the charts with his previous singles “Kiss Somebody” and “Day Drunk,” which spent 25 weeks at No. 1 in Australia. Both tracks are from his debut project Things That We Drink To, which was named Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards in Australia.

 

SiriusXM To Launch ‘Stagecouch Weekend’ With Eric Church, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood

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SiriusXM and Goldenvoice are hosting SiriusXM’s Stagecouch Weekend, a special broadcast taking place over the original scheduled weekend for Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival April 24-26.

Stagecouch Weekend will feature exclusive, new performance sets from this year’s Stagecoach lineup and its headliners, broadcast each day from artists’ homes. Thomas Rhett headlines Friday’s broadcast, while Carrie Underwood closes things out on Saturday and Eric Church rounds out the weekend on Sunday.

Stagecouch Weekend will air on SiriusXM’s The Highway on Friday, April 24, Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 from 12:00 pm to 5 p.m. ET each day, followed by an encore broadcast each night, via satellite radios and on the SiriusXM app.

The three-day broadcast will also feature new ‘at-home’ Stagecoach performances from artists participating in this year’s festival including Ashley McBryde, Dustin Lynch, Gabby Barrett, Ingrid Andress, Jon Pardi, Midland, Old Dominion and more.

“In this challenging time, we want to continue to help bring artists and fans together, just as they would at Stagecoach,” said Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Music Programming, SiriusXM.  “With the amazing help of the many great Country music artists involved, this prestigious annual event will come to life like it never has before on The Highway.”

“Celebrating Stagecoach weekend with SiriusXM, all of our artists, partners, fans and community is something we all hold so dear to our hearts,” says Stagecoach Talent Buyer Stacy Vee.  “We couldn’t let this weekend in April go by quietly, so we decided to throw a house party. I hope everyone enjoys what we have put together!”

Michael Franti Urges Us To ‘Work Hard And Be Nice’ On New Album

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Michael Franti has announced his upcoming 11th studio album, Work Hard And Be Nice, will be released June 19 on Thirty Tigers. The project includes the lead songs, “How We Living,” and “I’m On Your Side,” both out today.

The award-winning film Stay Human, directed by Franti and coined by Woody Harrelson as “the film every human needs to watch right now,” will have its YouTube premiere, partnered with Levi’s, this evening, Wednesday, April 22 at 5 p.m. PT with a Q&A and acoustic performance with Franti via Instagram immediately following the screening.

“There is no better time for music that helps us laugh, cry, rage, soothe, dance and sing through the sea of emotions boiling inside each of us. How beautiful that we can come together today of all days, on Earth Day. While we may be physically distancing, socially I love how we’re coming together,” he said.  “I wrote ‘I’m On Your Side’ to share the message that despite the labels we put on each other to divide us into different groups and force us to choose sides, like political ideologies, gender, race, religion, sexuality and economic standing, we have a lot more in common than we do in difference. We all ‘stay awake at night wondering if we’ll be all right,’ or sit ‘…at the kitchen table counting up the bills to pay.’ And in each of those situations where we start to feel hopelessness creeping in, when we feel most alone in the battle, I want the listener to know, I feel it too. I’m there with you in spirit, without judgment, in solidarity and ‘I’m On Your Side.’”

In continued celebration of Earth Day and the announcement of Work Hard And Be Nice, Franti will join Earth Day Live on Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. PT, and on Friday, April 24, he will join Together We Breathe Hope, a free virtual concert benefiting the National Jewish Health COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.

Work Hard And Be Nice Track Listing:

  1. I Got You (Michael Franti & Chris Stevens)
  2. Sun and Moon (Michael Franti & Chris Stevens)
  3. Good Shit Happens (Michael Franti & Cappy Franti)
  4. I Can Still Feel You (Michael Franti & Carl Young)
  5. Start Small Think Big (Michael Franti, Chris Stevens. Brett Warren & Brad Warren)
  6. How We Living (Michael Franti & Tim Myers)
  7. Breaking Down The Door (Michael Franti & Tim Myers)
  8. The Friends Song (Michael Franti & Daniel Lubwama Kigozi)
  9. Lay It All Down (Michael Franti, Chris Stevens & James Yeary)
  10. P.S. I Love You (Michael Franti)
  11. Work Hard And Be Nice (Michael Franti & Jonathan Singleton)
  12. Is It Worth A Penny To You (Michael Franti & Carl Young)
  13. Walking Into The Sun (Michael Franti & Carl Young)
  14. All My Friends (Michael Franti & Tim Myers)
  15. I’m On Your Side (Michael Franti & Sean McConnell)
  16. Daycation (Michael Franti & Nathan Chapman)
  17. Watching The World Go By With You (Michael Franti & Carl Young)

Collin Raye To Host CMT’s ’90 Minutes of ’90s Country’ On April 24

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Collin Raye will host CMT’s 90 Minutes of ’90s Country on Friday, April 24, beginning at 12 p.m. CT on CMT’s Facebook page. The program will also feature guests Aaron Tippin, Restless Heart’s Larry Stewart, Shenandoah’s Marty Raybon, Pam Tillis, Darryl Worley, Lorrie Morgan, Terri Clark and Billy Dean.

Raye, along with his guests, will perform acoustic renditions of their greatest hits, as well as discuss new music and projects.

“I am thrilled and excited to have the honor of hosting this event,” says Raye. “It will be an afternoon of top-shelf music and iconic songs performed acoustically by some of the greatest artists of our time, all of whom are dear friends of mine. For 90 minutes, we can all escape the stress and uncertainty of our current situation and simply hearken back to a time of fun memories and stellar music. It’s gonna be a blast!”

“We’re thrilled to team up with Collin and so many of our favorite ‘90s country artists to provide a much-needed respite for our fans at home,” shares Melissa Goldberg, Senior Director of Digital & Social, CMT. “We are so thankful to the musicians who are stepping up to share their talents on our platform so we can use the healing power of music to get us through these unprecedented times. We hope you’ll join us to dance and sing along to some great country classics as we stay #AloneTogether.”

Copperline Music Group Signs John Schneider

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Copperline Music Group has signed John Schneider to a multi-faceted agreement to include worldwide distribution, management, and booking.

“John is a diverse piece of American history–iconic as TV’s Bo Duke, an acclaimed singer-songwriter with multiple No. 1s, and a world-renowned Philanthropist as a founder of The Children’s Miracle Network. Our team at CMG is excited about representing John and continuing to grow his legacy,” says CMG Partner Rusty Harmon.

“I am very excited to be joining forces with Copperline,” Schneider says. “It’s nice in a world of conformity to be involved with people who think outside of the label! From distribution to management, videos to live performances, I am looking forward to great things out of this partnership.”

Copperline Music Group (CMG) will handle U.S. and International distribution for Schneider’s upcoming single releases including, “A Long Way From Lonely,” “Drinking Buddy,” “Cowboy’s Don’t Get Old,” and “Roy.” The first radio single slated to impact on June 5.

“John has an amazing talent that continues to entertain his fans worldwide,’ states CMG’s Head of A&R and Label Acquisitions Dewayne Brown. “With John’s upcoming projects we at CMG look forward to working with Alicia and the staff at Maven Entertainment as we continue to carry the true country music torch.”

Manager Rusty Harmon and producer Will Edwards founded Copperline Music Group in 2017. The company offers radio promotion, marketing, social media management, artist development and management. GMG Distribution represents Black Sheep Entertainment, Bristol Records, Cindy Blackman Santana, Lozen Entertainment Group, Maven Entertainment, and Rollin’ The Dice Records. CMG Management represents Cody Webb, Hudson Moore, and Schneider. CMG Records artist roster includes The Davisson Brothers and Cody Webb.

Schneider, best known for playing Bo Duke in Dukes of Hazzard, now appears on The Haves and the Have Nots on the OWN Network. In the 1980s, he earned four No. 1 hits, including “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know,” “Country Girls,” “What’s a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This,)” and “You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight.” His 1986 album A Memory Like You topped the country albums chart. In 2009, the picked up recording again, releasing John’s Acoustic Christmas, followed by 2014’s Home For Christmas, a collaboration with his fellow Dukes of Hazzard co-star Tom Wopat. In 2015, he released Ruffled Skirts, and in 2018, released a 52-song American roots music project titled Odyssey.

Elvis Duran To Host Stay At Home Ball Benefit For Project C.U.R.E.

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iHeart radio host Elvis Duran is hosting a Stay At Home Ball on YouTube April 24 at 8 p.m. ET that will feature performances by Thomas Rhett, Hunter Hayes, Bebe Rexha, Train, Alessia Cara, and many more.

The ball will benefit Project C.U.R.E. which has delivered over 271 shipments of medical supplies and equipment, including ventilators, throughout the U.S., which is over 6,400 boxes of medical supplies from Project C.U.R.E. distribution centers worth over $3,000,000. To augment the supply of PPE over the past months, Project C.U.R.E. has conducted supply drives across the U.S. Their efforts have provided 66 pallets of donated medical supplies that have been distributed to health care systems in the U.S.