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NASHVILLE, TENN. – Leading the charge in discovering groundbreaking new talent, independent music powerhouse Big Loud expands its A&R team today with newly-minted SVP of A&R, Sara Knabe. Effective immediately, Knabe will work in tandem with both the Big Loud Records and Big Loud Publishing A&R teams, leading across.
“When Seth reached out to me about this role the answer was a Big Loud YES,” Knabe shares. “The remarkable history of Big Loud speaks for itself. Joining their cutting-edge creative team and working alongside a roster of this magnitude, in both the Records and Publishing divisions, is a dream scenario.”
“This is one of the most exciting announcements we’ve gotten to make in a while,” says Big Loud CEO / Partner, Seth England. “Sara was the first person I meaningfully met in Nashville; I got my first internship with her, and she helped me meet (Big Loud Partner) Craig (Wiseman). We’ve been working with Sara in a freelance capacity for a while now, and have been continuously impressed by her professionalism, her collaborative approach, and her ear for finding outstanding talent. I’m not sure there is any one A&R person in Nashville who has brought me and Joey (Moi) more songs over the years. It is fitting and overdue that she joins our team.”
Knabe joins the Big Loud staff after spending just under a year founding and cultivating her own Cake Maker Music, a music publishing, artist development and A&R consulting company. Previous tenures include VP of A&R at BBR Music Group, VP of Creative at BMG Music Publishing, and prior stops at Bug Music, Windswept Holdings, LLC, and Harlan Howard Songs. Knabe is a Belmont University graduate celebrating 20 years of work in the music business this year.
Contact her via email here.
ABOUT BIG LOUD RECORDS
Big Loud Records’ head-turning success story began in 2015. Counting over 25 billion global streams, 17 #1 U.S. airplay and 20 #1 Canadian airplay hits, and 70 RIAA certified titles, the Big Loud Records roster is home to genre standouts Morgan Wallen, Jake Owen, Lauren Alaina, HARDY, ERNEST, MacKenzie Porter, Larry Fleet, Charles Wesley Godwin, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dallas Smith, Griffen Palmer, Shawn Austin, Lily Rose, Jake Worthington, Ashley Cooke, and Lauren Watkins. In 2019, the cutting-edge label partnered with award-winning songwriter Nicolle Galyon to form all-female label Songs & Daughters, signing critically acclaimed Iowa darling, Hailey Whitters. Records was honored as the #1 Billboard Hot Country Songs label in 2021 + 2022, the 2022 MusicRow Label Group of the Year, and was named Platinum Labelat the 2021 + 2023 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards. Learn more about Big Loud Records here, and connect with us on social media here.
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