Still reeling from the success of her debut album.
Still reeling from the success of her debut album, Open Book, Kalie Shorr has signed a record deal with tmwrk records. The news was exclusively announced by Variety earlier today, calling her "the most attention-getting DIY artist in country." Heralded by some of music's most esteemed critics, Open Book was named No. 7 on New York Times' all-genre Best Albums of 2019 list and #15 on the Nashville Scene's Critics Poll. Rolling Stone compares the record to a mix of "Shania Twain, Red-era Taylor Swift, Dashboard Confessional and Alanis Morissette," while Taste of Country calls it "bold," "raw," and "real." As for Shorr, NPR touts the singer/songwriter as "one of Nashville's most promising" and in the U.K., The Guardian dubbed Shorr "the new queen of country."
Based in New York City, tmwrk records was founded by Andrew McInnes, founder and CEO of tmwrk management - recently ranked as one of the top ten artist management companies in the world by music business statistics tracker rostr.cc. The record company is a partnership with Sony-owned music distribution and marketing powerhouse The Orchard and tees up some incredible new opportunities for Shorr including the release of Open Book: Unabridged, a deluxe version of her debut album that will include new music recorded this summer. "Signing with tmwrk records was so worth the wait," says Shorr. "I've always wanted my career to be non-traditional, and they love challenging the norms as much as I do. It obviously meant so much to me that they believe in me as an artist, but even more so that they believe in Open Book enough to re-release it. I never thought I would get a record deal on Zoom while I was wearing sweatpants."Videos