Black River Music Group
| Black River Entertainment | |
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| Parent company | Pegula Sports and Entertainment |
| Founded | 2007 |
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| Distributor(s) | RED Distribution |
| Genre | Country |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Official website | blackriverent |
Black River Entertainment is an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music. The company is a partially owned subsidiary of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, which otherwise specializes primarily in professional sports team ownership in Western New York (including the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Americans).
Roster includes, Craig Morgan, Jacob Davis, Abby Anderson, and Kelsea Ballerini.
The company also contains Black River Publishing and Sound Stage Studio both out of Nashville.
Black River Entertainment was started in late 2007 by Nashville session musician Jimmy Nichols (James Ginnetti), his wife Tonya Cochran Ginnetti, and Pennsylvania-based oil magnates Terry and Kim Pegula. Black River’s first signing was former RCA recording artist, Jeff Bates, who had previously reached the Billboard top 40 with three of his songs. Shortly after Bates signed with Black River, label president Jimmy Nichols (along with Kenny Beard and Mickey Jack Cones) produced Bates’ self-titled album that was released in April 2008.
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 had already 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. 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). Her single, “Jack of Hearts” successfully made its debut on CMT's top 20 countdown. Darling's first top-40 country hit (and the label's second), "Home to Me," peaked in fall 2012, after which she left the label.
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