Mixing industry expertise and a drive for success, Galaxy Label Group has today (5/20) announced new staff hires – giving the emerging Nashville company a top-notch Promotion team.
Aiming for a dialed-in roster of proven music professionals, the group will be led by VP of Promotion Kerry Wolfe. Wolfe arrives with 32 years of experience as Senior VP of Programming for iHeartMedia Milwaukee, and also spent two years as Director of Promotion Southeast for Stone County Records.
“Kerry comes to Galaxy as one of the brightest of stars,” LOCASH’s Preston Brust says. “His encyclopedic knowledge of media and insight into the new consumer discovery patterns has already made Galaxy vastly more energized and ready to succeed.”
He’ll be joined by Cheryl Broz as the head of National Field Promotion. Broz brings a diverse range of experience to Galaxy, including a climb to Music Director at KRBE Houston, before going on to serve as an independent radio consultant for Crave Records, Columbia Records, Arista Records, EMI, Island-Def Jam, and Curb Records.
“Cheryl’s arrival at Galaxy is punctuated with a lineage of executive experience,” LOCASH’s Chris Lucas explains. “Both her radio and major-label resume includes leadership in Country, Pop, Christian and Adult Contemporary genres as well. Cheryl has always been a forward thinker and is a pioneer in market research and how digital consumption is utilized for exposure. She is brilliant and tenacious.”
Meanwhile, Kristen Brust has been tapped to handle National Promotion Strategies, offering valuable market insight. Brust formerly served as a promotion executive at Big Machine Records, and also worked at multiple Major Market radio stations including KBEQ (Q-104) in Kansas City, Missouri, and WWWW (W4 Country) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as the iHeart Podcast Network.
“Kristen’s boundless creativity and innate vision of fans' discovery habits made her a meteoric rising star during her early radio and label career,” notes Galaxy Label Group’s Skip Bishop. “Having her at Galaxy and returning to the industry is refreshing news to many!”
Finally, Galaxy’s Promotion team also welcomes John Lessard – another energetic fresh face who will focus the group’s National Promotion and Touring efforts. Currently serving as tour manager for LOCASH, Lessard spent 12 years in the same role with Chase Rice and is also a partner at artist development company Two Tone Music Group, using lessons from the road to help guide young acts through touring, booking, and building relationships with radio programmers and concert promoters.
“John is the ultimate bootstrap, DIY master and student of the industry,” says Galaxy Label Group’s Butch Waugh. “He brings to Galaxy an extensive roadmap of relationships, knowledge and experience with connecting the dots between performance, airplay and consumer engagement. Johnny is a powerful mixture of intelligence and charm and has a refreshing youthful vision of the current music marketplace.”
All of Galaxy’s new hires will start immediately, as the brand-new label group ramps up its plans for growth.
Reach the Galaxy Label Group Promotion team here:
Kerry Wolfe - [email protected]
Cheryl Broz - [email protected]
Kristen Brust - [email protected]
John Lessard - [email protected]
Founded by Preston Brust and Chris Lucas of the PLATINUM hitmaking Country duo LOCASH in partnership with industry veterans Skip Bishop and Butch Waugh’s Studio2Bee Entertainment, Galaxy Label Group boasts distribution by BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, and features LOCASH as its first signed act.
Announced at the 2024 Country Radio Seminar and named for the infinite possibilities the team envisions, the label launched its first single to Country radio May 13. Earning a banner debut with the sweet romantic nostalgia of LOCASH’s “Hometown Home,” the anthemic standout landed as one of the week’s most-added singles, and the stars are now aligned for more news to come.
