Black River Entertainment
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Black River Entertainment is an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music.
Background
Black River Music Group started in early 2007 by Nashville session player, Jimmy Nichols (James Ginnetti), Tonya Cochran Ginnetti, and Terry and Kim Pegula. Black River’s first signing was former RCA recording artist, Jeff Bates, who previously reached Billboard top 40 [1] status with three of his songs, “The Love Song,” “I Wanna Make You Cry,” and “Long, Slow Kisses.”[2] Shortly after Bates signed with Black River, label president, Jimmy Nichols (along with Kenny Beard and Mickey Jack Cones) produced Jeff Bates’ self-titled album that was released in April 2008.[3]
During preparation for Bates’ release, Black River began their search for their next potential artist. Singer/songwriter, Sarah Darling, was discovered via her MySpace music page. Darling previously made her name known to the public when she was a finalist on E! Entertainment Television's reality show The Entertainer, hosted by Wayne Newton.[4] The label signed Darling and moved into the studio in the summer of 2008 to record her debut album, Every Monday Morning (released on June 16, 2009).[5] Her single, “Jack of Hearts” successfully made its debut on CMT's top 20 countdown.[6]
After much success with two artists, they signed their third, Emma Jacob, in February 2009. Nichols produced her album, along with her manager, Lex Lipsitz, who also manages Kate and Kacey.[7] Emma’s single, “Julianna,” has been an inspiration to teenage girls all across America.[8] Black River does the majority of their recording in the historic studio, "Ronnie's Place," which is located in their building in Nashville. It was previously owned by country music legend, Ronnie Milsap.[9]
Black River signed its biggest name to date in April 2011, when veteran singer Craig Morgan signed with the label.[10] Morgan, who has compiled fifteen top-40 singles on the country charts over the course of his career, had previously been with BNA Records, Broken Bow Records and Atlantic Records prior to joining Black River. Morgan gave Black River its first single to reach the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
Artists
Former Artists
Staff
- Rick Baumgartner- Vice President / General Manager
- Celia Froehlig- Vise President/ Director of Publishing
- Joe Carroll- National Director
- Jim Dorman- National Director of Promotion
- John Gusty- Online Marketing
- Kevin Monroe- Studio Manager[11]
References
- ^ http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1231
- ^ http://www.morrispr.biz/artist/bates.htm
- ^ http://www.top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=38808&string=Jeff
- ^ http://www.morrispr.biz/artist/darling.htm
- ^ http://www.musicrow.com/2009/03/black-rivers-sarah-darling-goes-to-video-school/
- ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/darling_sarah/bio.jhtml
- ^ http://www.lexmusicgroup.com/artists_writers__projects
- ^ http://www.musicrow.com/2009/07/photos-joeyrory-oshea-and-emma-jacob/
- ^ http://mixonline.com/studios/profiles/nashville-skyline-january/
- ^ "Craig Morgan signs with Black River". Country Standard Time. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ http://www.blackrivermusicgroup.com/about.php