May 20, 2024 by LB Cantrell

Galaxy Label Group, the record label launched by country duo LoCash in partnership with Skip Bishop and Butch Waugh’s Studio2Bee Entertainment, has added four new staff members to create its Promotion team.

The group will be led by VP of Promotion Kerry Wolfe, who brings 32 years of experience as Senior VP of Programming for iHeartMedia Milwaukee as well as two years of experience as Director of Promotion Southeast for Stone County Records to the role.

“Kerry comes to Galaxy as one of the brightest of stars,” shares LoCash’s Preston Brust. “His encyclopedic knowledge of media and insight into the new consumer discovery patterns has already made Galaxy vastly more energized and ready to succeed.”

Wolfe will be joined by Cheryl Broz as Head of National Field Promotion. Prior to joining Galaxy, Broz rose through the ranks to become Music Director at KRBE in Houston before going on to serve as an independent radio consultant for Crave Records, Columbia Records, Arista Records, EMI, Island-Def Jam and Curb Records.

“Cheryl’s arrival at Galaxy is punctuated with a lineage of executive experience,” adds the duo’s Chris Lucas. “Both her radio and major-label resume includes leadership in country, pop, Christian and adult contemporary genres as well. Cheryl has always been a forward thinker, and is a pioneer in market research and how digital consumption is utilized for exposure. She is brilliant and tenacious.”

Additionally, Kristen Brust has joined the team to handle National Promotion Strategies. She formerly served as a promotion executive at Big Machine Records, and also worked at multiple major market radio stations including KBEQ (Q-104) in Kansas City, Missouri and WWWW (W4 Country) in Ann Arbor, Michigan as well as the iHeart Podcast Network.

“Kristen’s boundless creativity and innate vision of fans’ discovery habits made her a meteoric rising star during her early radio and label career,” notes Bishop. “Having her at Galaxy and returning to the industry is refreshing news to many!”

Finally, John Lessard has joined the team focused on the label group’s National Promotion and Touring efforts. Currently serving as tour manager for LoCash, Lessard spent 12 years in the same role with Chase Rice and is also a partner at artist development company Two Tone Music Group.

“John is the ultimate bootstrap, DIY master and student of the industry,” says Waugh. “He brings to Galaxy an extensive roadmap of relationships, knowledge and experience with connecting the dots between performance, airplay and consumer engagement. Johnny is a powerful mixture of intelligence and charm, and has a refreshing youthful vision of the current music marketplace.”

Wolfe can be reached at kerry@galaxylabelgroup.net, Broz at cheryl@galaxylabelgroup.net, Brust at kristen@galaxylabelgroup.net and Lessard at john@galaxylabelgroup.net.