Music News (11/30/22)

Kyle Coulahan Signs With Big Yellow Dog Music

Kyle Coulahan

Kyle Coulahan has signed a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music.

A Florida native, Coulahan got an introduction to Nashville from producer Chips Moman, who took him under his wing and showed him around Music City. Since then, he has spent time honing his songwriting craft and has written songs with Bobby Pinson, Clint Daniels, and others. He is working on new music for release in 2023.

“When I heard Kyle Coulahan’s voice singing the hits he walked in with, I knew immediately we had a ringer,” says Big Yellow Dog Music co-owner and CEO Carla Wallace. “His work ethic and charm are a nice addition to the hits. Thanks to Jacee Badauex for bringing this one to Big Yellow Dog.”
 

Liz Rose Renews Publishing Deal With Warner Chappell Music

Liz Rose. Photo: Courtesy of Warner Chappell

Renowned songwriter Liz Rose has renewed her global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music.

The Grammy, CMA, ACM, and SESAC Songwriter of the Year recipient is one of the first two songwriters to be inducted into the National Music Publishers’ Association, and was recently nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Rose also received the 2012 ACM Award for Song of the Year for Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl,” and in 2015, won Song Of The Year at the CMA Awards and the Grammy for Best Country Song for writing “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town.

Rose moved to Nashville in the mid ’90s and began writing songs at the age of 37. One of her first cuts was for Gary Allan, “Songs About Rain,” which became a top 20 country hit. She soon became a frequent collaborator to Taylor Swift, co-writing 16 songs with the superstar, including the No. 1 crossover hits “Teardrops on My Guitar;” “You Belong With Me,” which won the 2010 BMI Award for Song of the Year; “Tim McGraw;” “White Horse,” which won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Country Song; and “All Too Well,” among others.

In the midst of a career telling other people’s stories, Rose debuted an album of her own life story, Swimming Alone, in 2016. She serves on the board of directors for the CMA and Nashville Songwriters Association International. A successful publisher, she launched Liz Rose Music with her son, Scott Ponce, in 2010 as a home for burgeoning songwriters.
 

50 Egg Music Adds Gray Robinson To Writer Roster

Gray Robinson

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Gray Robinson has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with 50 Egg Music.

A Greensboro, North Carolina native, Robinson moved to Nashville in 2017 to attend Belmont University and has spent the past few years finding her voice as an artist.

Gray first appeared on The Bobby Bones Show in February of 2021 when her single, “Happy,” went viral on Tiktok. That single, and several that followed, were quickly added to the Women of iHeart Country playlists and made their way to both iHeart and other terrestrial radio stations across the country.

50 Egg Music is a publishing and artist development endeavor started by Canterbury, Jonathan Singleton, and Luke Combs. The company is home to writers Ashland Craft, Ben Simonetti, Erik Dylan, Jacob Lutz, Reid Isbell, Rob Pennington, Shane Minor, Rob Snyder, Tyler Braden and Wyatt McCubbin. Since its inception, 50 Egg Music has notched 15 No. 1 songs.
 

Jesse Murphy Signs With Peermusic Nashville

Jesse Murphy. Photo: Courtesy of peermusic

Jesse Murphy has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with peermusic Nashville.

Murphy is a Nashville native and the son of hit songwriter David Lee Murphy. He started writing and playing guitar at the age of 14.

His first recording project as a member of country-rock band House Whiskey was produced by Brett Beavers and received more than a million streams in less than 12 months. The band has performed at CMA Fest, the Houston Livestock Rodeo, and opened for the Charlie Daniels Band, Tracy Byrd, Frank Foster, and more.

The signing of Murphy marks the first under Michael Knox’s new role as President of peermusic Nashville, a position he took on in October of this year. In recent years, peermusic has published the 2016 SESAC Country Song of the Year with Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach” and the 2013 ASCAP Song of the Year with Randy Houser’s “How Country Feels.”