Despite having to halt her own tour in March, Potter made her electric onstage presence hard to ignore: For six months, she livestreamed Twilight Hour concerts every Monday, attracting over 300,000 views more than 13 times the number of fans she would have reached by the end of her live tour. “To see her cover Led Zeppelin or get her Flying V [guitar] out, and then also concentrate on [new album
Daylight] it all came together to remind people of what a force Grace Potter is,” says Stephanie Hopson, project manager at Potter’s label, Fantasy Records.
Though HAIM had to cancel the majority of its shows set at Jewish delis across the country promoting
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Shawn Holiday attends the Billboard 2018 R&B Hip-Hop Power Players event at Legacy Records on Sept. 27, 2018 in New York City.
Columbia Records co-head of urban music,
Shawn Holiday, is launching a new label and publishing venture with
Irving and
Billboard can confirm. He will maintain an A&R capacity role with Columbia.
The news was first reported by HITS Daily Double, which noted Holiday will continue to work with Polo G, Chloe x Halle and other artists signed to the label. Holiday also held a dual role at Sony/ATV, where he was named head of urban music in January 2019.