Big Machine Label Group has added Quinn Kaemmer as Senior Director, Communications, and has promoted Shelby Paul to Director, Communications. The department also welcomes Macy Kaiser as Coordinator, Communications.

“The Big Machine communications department has a long-standing reputation for being strategic and creative with strong execution,” notes Senior Vice President of Communications Jake Basden. “We are excited to welcome Quinn Kaemmer to the team, as she is a highly respected publicist with a fresh energy who further strengthens our media and industry relationships. Shelby Paul’s much deserved rise to Director is a result of her 7-year tenure at Big Machine where she has consistently delivered media campaigns for both BMLG and Big Machine Music publishing while Macy Kaiser’s tenacity and go-getter attitude makes her the perfect person to be the department’s coordinator.”

A member of MusicRow‘s NBT Class of 2022, Kaemmer joins BMLG from BBR Music Group, where she started in 2017 as a Manager and rose through the ranks to Senior Director. During her tenure, she handled publicity efforts for artists such as Elvie Shane, Frank Ray, Locash, Lindsay Ell, Jelly Roll and Blanco Brown. She was also responsible for the publicity launch of Best New Artist Grammy nominee Jimmie Allen, as well as ACM New Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year winner Lainey Wilson. The North Carolina native and Elon University alum also led the publicity efforts for Randy Houser’s Magnolia album and Parmalee’s return to the top of the charts. Kaemmer’s previous stops include NPG PR, Marlo Marketing and Reed PR. She can be reached at quinn.kaemmer@bmlg.net.

Since joining BMLG seven years ago as an intern, Paul has been key in the media campaign and development of ACM and CMA Awards Female Artist/Vocalist of the Year Carly Pearce. Contributing to opportunities for Thomas Rhett, Lady A, Brantley Gilbert and Brian Kelley, she also seeks out placements for Danielle Bradbery, Tyler Rich, Callista Clark, Conner Smith and songwriter Laura Veltz, as well as introducing newcomers Tiera Kennedy and Shane Profitt. Shelby graduated from Central Michigan University and previously worked in Los Angeles with the Academy of Country Music on PR and marketing efforts for the 50th annual awards show before joining BMLG in 2015. She can be reached at shelby.paul@bmlg.net.

Kaiser joins BMLG as a Coordinator, Publicity where she will assist in the public relations efforts for BMLG’s diverse roster of artists. She joins the team from CMA where she worked as a Communications Assistant, handling Artist Relations and Production for this year’s CMA Fest. She previously worked in digital marketing and partnerships in the diamond industry. She graduated with a Bachelor’s from Western Kentucky University and a Master’s from Southeastern University. She can be reached at macy.kaiser@bmlg.net.

Nina Jenkins Fisher has been promoted to Senior Director of Creative at Jody Williams Songs.

Rising from her post as Creative Director at the company, Fisher has helped double the roster at Jody Williams Songs. Her first signing came in early 2021 with Peytan Porter, resulting in the company releasing their first master recordings.

“Nina is a strategic thinker; every move she makes has meaning and purpose,” shares founder Jody Williams. “First, Nina has a real knack for discovering talent. Then, she tees up our writers’ calendars with goal-oriented sessions, expertly communicating their strengths with other publishers. Her efforts in the artist development area are equally impressive. She is as comfortable with Vince Gill as she is with a newly signed writer. I attribute much of our growth and the company’s future trajectory to her sensibilities and savvy.”

“Launching Jody Williams Songs has been, by far, the greatest joy and most rewarding challenge of my career,” reflects Jenkins Fisher. “I’m beyond grateful to continue working with Jody, whose ability to inspire creatives is truly without match. I walk into work every day completely in awe of my writers and my team. The hallmark of the company is our distinctive music and I’m excited to see where the music will take us next.”

Having recently celebrated their first No. 1 song with Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce‘s “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” JWS also represents a roster via traditional publishing deals with partner Warner Chappell Music, including writer-artist Jason Nix, Greg Bates, Jeremy Spillman, Nathan Chapman and Driver Williams. Vince Gill and Natalie Hemby are also represented by Jody Williams Songs.

Thomas Rhett is taking his “Bring The Bar To You Tour” into Canada in February, extending the tour with 10 Canadian dates through Feb. 25. Jordan Davis and Kameron Marlowe will open the shows.

Tickets for the new dates will be available for purchase beginning Aug. 26 at thomasrhett.com/.

“It’s been an absolute blast being back out on the road this summer and we are so excited to take the tour to Canada next year,” Rhett shares. “It feels like forever since we were last able to play for those fans. They always bring an insane amount of energy and we cannot wait to get up there and see them again.”

Rhett is currently on the first stretch of his “Bring The Bar To You Tour,” which will visit Shoreline Amphitheatre, Toyota Amphitheatre, and North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre this weekend across the state of California.

“Bring The Bar T0 You Tour” Canadian Dates:
2/9/2023 – Vancouver, BC –  Rogers Arena
2/11/2023 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
2/12/2023 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
2/16/2023 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
2/17/2023 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
2/18/2023 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre
2/21/2023 – London, ON – Budweiser Gardens
2/22/2023 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
2/24/2023 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
2/25/2023 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre

Multi-media star Bobby Bones is now talking all things football with the launch of his new podcast, 25 Whistles With Bobby Bones (A Football Podcast).

The new podcast, sponsored by DraftKings Sportsbook, is a limited 25-episode series centered around college and NFL football. The first two episodes are available now and will be released every Friday leading up to The Super Bowl.

“It’s been about a decade since my last sports show, so this is me coming out of retirement, off the bench, back to first string…all the puns,” says Bones. “I have some of my friends chatting with me, so it’s like what we do normally, just with microphones and a lot of cool new guests.”

Joining Bones are his sports-obsessed friends, singer-songwriter Adam Hambrick, Kickoff Kevin and Producer Eddie. The inaugural episodes feature legendary sports broadcaster Dan Patrick, Bones’ home team favorite Arkansas Head Coach Sam Pittman, ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky, and Upperhand Fantasy Football’s Faraz Siddiq. Guests on future episodes will include Vanderbilt University’s head football coach Clark Lea and comedian Michael Rapaport.

Along with the new podcast episodes, fans can catch Bones every Monday night as the host of USA Network’s new series, “Snake In The Grass,” a show that tests the limits of participants as they complete challenges while aiming to figure out which person is the “snake” sabotaging the competition.

Bones is the host of the nationally syndicated iHeartRadio program The Bobby Bones Show, which broadcasts to over 185 stations and is the No. 1 country morning show with millions of monthly listeners. The show is a two-time CMA Award winner, four-time ACM Award winner and earned Bones the honor of being the youngest-ever inductee into the prestigious National Radio Hall of Fame.

Eric Church fans everywhere can now enjoy the middle installment of his Heart & Soul triple album. The country superstar’s & album, which was previously available only to his Church Choir fan club, is now available on CD, black vinyl and digitally.

Along with the moving “Through My Ray Bans,” dedicated to the fans he played for at Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, the & album also features four new songs–“Do Side,” “Kiss Her Goodbye,” “Mad Man” and “Lone Wolf”–plus his latest single, “Doing Life With Me.”

Like the successful bookends Heart and Soul, & is the result of Church’s time spent sequestered in North Carolina, writing and recording a song a day for nearly a month. The project earned a Best Country Solo Performance Grammy nomination, and also landed atop the Billboard charts.

Church replaced himself at the top of the all-genre Top Album Sales chart in back-to-back weeks, with all three albums landing in the top 10 concurrently. He became the first country artist to simultaneously occupy the two top spots on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart since its inception in 2011 with Soul and &, respectively.

& Track List
Through My Ray-Bans (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
Doing Life With Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)
Do Side (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
Kiss Her Goodbye (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
Mad Man (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
Lone Wolf (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)