Named Roots Music Association's PROMOTER OF THE YEAR since 2008:
Americana Radio Promotion, Roots Radio Promotion, EuroAmericana Radio Promotion, Publicity Services, Music Samplers, Festivals & Events... and mor
e!
   
 
  Pete Knapp defined Americana music. He's been voted Promoter of the Year by the members of the Roots Music Association since 2008.

Pete Knapp & Company is a boutique music marketing firm with offices in Atlanta and New Orleans. Pete has promoted music released by Jay Farrar, Bobby Bare, Sr., John Oates, The Small Ponds (featuring Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas), Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), Wrinkle Neck Mules (featuring Bonnie "Prince" Billy/Will Oldham), Warner Brothers (Nashville), The Steel Wheels, Matt Pond PA, Goose Creek Music, The David Mayfield Parade, Kaki King, Shut Eye Records & Agency, Arty Hill, The Greencards, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dualtone Records, Boca Chica, Midnight Oil, Act/Resist Records, BR549, Hoots & Hellmouth, TVT Records, Hacate Entertainment Group, Ambulance LTD, Clay McClinton, Guthrie Kennard (featuring Ray Wylie Hubbard), Blue Mother Tupelo, The D4, Tee Pee Records, Connor Christian & Southern Gothic, Mark Collie, Maverick Music Group, Rango Records, The Whipsaws, Emma Hill, Danielle Howle, Webb Wilder, Polyvinyl Record Company, Doug Burr, The Veldt, Mary Prankster, Flatcar Rattlers, Crankshaft and the Gear Grinders, Mark Brine, Heather Knox, Sarah Sample, Michelle Malone, Not Lame Recordings, Abby Owens (featuring Jason Isbell), Keyhole Records, Jeff Black, Hayshaker, Atomsplit, Nillah, X-Impossibles, 17 Years, and hundreds more.

In addition to our Americana/Roots radio promotion and publicity services, PK&C has managed music and promoted non-profit festivals/benefits for causes/charities special to us: Tunes from the Tombs at Historic Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, GA), Atlanta Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park (Atlanta, GA), Chomp & Stomp (Cabbagetown - Atlanta, GA), Cabbagetown Reunion Festival, and more.

Pete was recently hired on to the team as A&R (Artist & Media Relations) at
Goose Creek Music and Entertainment. Goose Creek Music and Entertainment captures, documents, produces, releases and promotes live Americana music. Goose Creek is currently seeking fine Americana artists for recording deals in the U.S. Contact Pete for more info.


Pete Knapp & Company
Pete's mobile phone | 678.986.5110
E-mail | pete(at)peteknapp(dot)com






 
Tunes from the Tombs (Historic Oakland Cemetery)
Don't whistle past the graveyard. Come in and delight in the sound of music at Atlanta's most historic park. This year, Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, Old 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra, The Bonaventure Quartet, Slim Chance and the Convicts, Wasted Potential Brass Band, and many more perform at Atlanta's most picturesque and unusual music festival. Tickets are on sale now. [Festival Website]
 
   
The Steel Wheels | No More Rain
This is the latest from Trent Wagler, Jay Lapp, Eric Brubaker and Brian Dickel. No More Rain was recorded live at Stonebridge Studios (Leesburg, VA). This album hit #32 on the Americana Radio Chart on May 13, 2013, and #2 on the Folk Radio Chart in April 2013!
[Artist Website]
 
   
The David Mayfield Parade | Good Man Down
Former Cadillac Sky songwriter/vocalist David Mayfield brings his second solo record to Americana and Roots radio featuring Seth Avett (Avett Brothers), country star Dierks Bentley, and legendary bluegrass icons, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and his sister, Jessica Lea Mayfield. This album tied for Top Adds at Americana radio on April 22, 2013. [Artist Website]
 
   
Mark Collie & His Reckless Companions
| Alive at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Collie's follow up to Rose Covered Garden featuring Kelly Willis, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Shawn Camp, David Grissom and more! Coming to EuroAmericana June 2013!
 
   

Guthrie Kennard | Cross Your Heart
Guthrie's latest collection of songs coming to Americana, Roots, and Texas Radio on April 29, 2013, featuring Marian Brackney on fiddle. The follow up to Kennard's Ray Wylie Hubbard produced Americana Radio Top 40 record, Matchbox. [Artist Website]

 
  Crankshaft and the Gear Grinders | What You Gonna Do?
At Americana, Roots, Blues and Specialty Radio now! Currently spinning at KAXE, KFAI, KVSC, WKCC, WGCS, WMUD, KDNK, KDHX, KOPN, KRCB, WDBM, WETS, RadioFreeAmericana, WFDU, WRRW and many more! [Artist Website]