Industry Ink Wednesday (4/13)

Producer Charlie Peacock, Erika Attwater, Jonathan Richards, and Twenty Ten Creative Director, Sam Ashworth. Photo: Allister Ann

Grammy winning producer Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars, Switchfoot), Sr. VP of A&R for Twenty Ten Music has signed new country band Attwater to an exclusive production and publishing deal.
The band, made up of Erika Attwater and Jonathan Richards, started recording with Peacock in January and the result is described as classic rock a la Fleetwood Mac with bluegrass flavoring. Among the Nashville tunesmiths who have contributed to the project are Luke Laird, Sam Ashworth, Trent Dabbs, and Matthew Perryman Jones. Peacock also recruited A-list session players, and engineers Justin Niebank and Richie Biggs. Attwater first met Peacock by following him on Twitter.

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Lindsay Bertelli

Tour production exec Lindsay Bertelli has launched Reach, LLC, an entertainment marketing agency. She has a long history of working with the star-studded CMT On Tour and will keep working with the tour as one of her first clients. Other clients include Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc, World Vision, and Calgary Stampede.

Bertelli began her career at Moore Entertainment Group, which later affiliated with both TBA Entertainment and AEG Live. As Senior Project Manager, she managed nine years of production and sponsorship for CMT On Tour. Other professional highlights include project management of Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson’s 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour, Brooks and Dunn’s Neon Circus & Wild West Show and Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Club Tour. Corporate clients with product and touring projects have included Nescafe, Crown Royal, Yuban Coffee, and Toyota.

Serving as President of Reach, Bertelli brings with her Director of Talent Buying Amy Bryan, Producers Lauren Keckley and Katie Sanders, and Executive Assistant Whitney Williams.

Reach LLC can be contacted at 114 30th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212, 615-340-5390, email addresses are firstinitiallastname@reachnash.com (ex. lbertelli@reachnash.com).

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WRVW-FM Nashville, TN was recently awarded the National Association of Broadcasters’ Crystal Radio Award for their outstanding commitment to community service.

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The radio tower of legendary Nashville station 650AM WSM has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. In more WSM AM news, the station set a ratings record last month according to Arbitron PPM ratings for the February 2 – March 2 time period. The station’s increase in share of the Nashville listening audience is the largest gain any country station in any market has ever generated between January and February.