Holly Gleason

Jan 12, 2025 | news.pollstar.com | Holly Gleason

Pauly ShoreJan. 4, 2025Boca Black Box, Boca Raton, FloridaTo understand the power of persona, one must only consider that Pauly Shore could put an off-the-cuff stand-up set in a strip mall club that mostly hosts tribute bands in Boca Raton, Florida, on sale on New Year’s Day and sell it out four days later. No massive tour machinery, no long walk-up promo or built-in following for regularly scheduled comedy, just a man, an off-kilter brand and the power of the Weez at $60 a ticket.

Oct 10, 2024 | hitsdailydouble.com | Todd Hensley |Holly Gleason

When Jon Loba made the move to Broken Bow, independent labels weren't considered "in the game." But the kid raised in Southern California and on a Michigan dairy farm liked the idea of coloring outside the lines and calibrating to see small wins as real victories. Through his passion for music and work ethic, he took the indie and created a label group that stands toe-to-toe with any of the majors, leading to his being named BMG president of frontline recordings, North America.

Oct 8, 2024 | hitsdailydouble.com | Holly Gleason

music has never been part of the larger that started the dialogue? But with certainly got it. Add in "Somebody Save Me" and Light On" from the Having always been a niche category, country Grammy conversation.

Sep 23, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Holly Gleason

“All the press ever cared about,” he said, forcefully, but threaded with a whine, “was who I was dating.” It was a challenge, a bit of a punchdown on the media. The dismissal was stupid, petty, especially uninformed. My ears pinned back. “Well, you put it out there too much when you weren’t doing interviews. You made it a point.” He was elegant, lean. Cheek bones and fast eyes; sandy, copper-colored hair a bit full, but well-sculpted. This was a man of refinement, who knew how to present himself.

Sep 9, 2024 | hitsdailydouble.com | Holly Gleason

Morgan Wallen gets seven. Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton notch five apiece. But the real swing factor for the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards is brand-new country force and first-time nominee Post Malone, who pulls in four nominations-in Song, Single, Video and Musical Event-for "I Had Some Help," his exuberant duet with Wallen.