PULSE Music Group and Concord have launched a new label, dubbed PULSE Records. The label is the latest vertical for PULSE Music Group, which already boasts a music publishing and artist management arm. The venture will capitalize on PULSE Music Group’s ability to invest in the highest levels of creative talent, supported by Concord’s existing label services platform and administrative teams. PULSE Music Group principals Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham, along with Ashley Calhoun, President/Head of Creative, will lead PULSE Records. With the launch of PULSE... Read More

(via Billboard) Lori McKenna, one of country music’s most revered songwriters, has sold her catalog to Concord Music Publishing, which will work in partnership with Creative Nation and Pulse Music Group going forward on her music. McKenna has won three Grammy Awards for best country song — for Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” and The Highwomen’s “Crowded Table” — and has written other hits for Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill and many other artists, as well as co-writing “Always Remember Us... Read More