Pictured (L-R, top row): Ron Bradley & Gwen Foster; (L-R, bottom row): Matt Galvin & Traci Hite
Brown Sellers Brown, helmed by industry veterans Benny Brown, Paul Brown and Jason Sellers and home to Brown Sellers Brown (BSB) Management and Quartz Hill Records, has announced the launch of a second record label, Stone Country Records.
Country music entertainer Easton Corbin is the label’s first artist signing. Known for No. 1 singles “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It,” Corbin’s inaugural single for Stone Country Records will release in early 2022. Additionally, guitarist, songwriter, and artist Ben Gallaher also makes a shift from Quartz Hill Records to the new entity, with new music expected in early 2022.
In addition to signings, the label also announces a string of staff changes, hires, and promotions.
Quartz Hill Records National Director of Promotion & Marketing, Matt Galvin, has been elevated to VP of Promotion & Marketing for Stone Country Records. Prior to joining Quartz Hill in October 2020, he spent 15 years as the Director of RCA Promotion & Marketing for Sony Music Nashville where he worked to develop the careers of Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Old Dominion, Martina McBride, Chris Young and more. Galvin began his career in radio promotion with Sony Music Entertainment’s Arista Records. He will report to Brown Sellers Brown Sr. VP of Promotion & Marketing, April Rider. He can be reached at Matt@stonecountryrecords.com
Ron Bradley has been named Director of Promotion for Stone Country Records. Bradley’s career stops include Director of West Coast Promotion/Marketing for UMG/EMI Records Nashville where he was instrumental in the success of hit singles by Eric Church, Brothers Osborne, Eric Paslay and Alan Jackson. He also owned and operated independent record promotions company R. Bradley Artist & Project Development. Bradley most recently served as the Director of West Coast Promotions/Marketing for Show Dog Nashville. He can be reached at Ron@stonecountryrecords.com
BSB Management Director of Promotion & Marketing, Gwen Foster, has shifted to Director of Promotion for Stone Country Records. With over 25 years in the industry, Foster has worked with Luke Combs, Aaron Watson, Montgomery Gentry, Colt Ford, Don Henley and more. She previously served as the Director of West/Southwest Promotion for Big Label Records; the Director of Midwest Promotion for Thirty Tigers; and in West Coast Promotion for I.R.S./Capitol Records, Average Joe’s Records and Treehouse Records. Foster began her career in country radio having worked in the Phoenix, Dallas and San Diego markets. She joined BSB Management in July 2021 and can be reached at Gwen@stonecountryrecords.com
Radio promotion executive, Traci Hite, has been named Director of Promotion for Stone Country Records. She joins Stone Country from Curb|Word Entertainment where she most recently served as the Director of National Promotion. Her previous experience includes radio promotion at Capitol Christian Music Group. Hite also spent four years in radio as the Promotion Director at WAY-FM and KCBI-Dallas. She can be reached at Traci@stonecountryrecords.com
Bradley, Foster, and Hite report directly to Galvin.
As previously announced, BSB Management and Quartz Hill Records Promotion Coordinator, Denise Miller, also expands her duties to include Stone Country Records. Miller can be reached at denise@brownsellersbrown.com
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