Date Signed: 2024
Label: Prescription Songs, Kobalt Music
Type of Music: Singer-Songwriter, Soul, Country
Publicity: Falcon Publicity
A&R: Katie Fagan, Chris Martignago
Web: andersoneast.com
The Southern soul singer Anderson East performed his first song, called "Brains” at his 7th grade talent show in Athens, AL. Inspired by the musician Ben Folds, East taught himself piano and started writing music seriously in high school. After attending Middle Tennessee State University to study to become a music engineer, East moved to Nashville.
East spent years gigging, recording and working in studios, with a great opportunity opening for Holly Williams (granddaughter of Hank Williams, daughter of Hank Williams Jr.), which grew to playing guitar, singing harmonies and writing with her.
East's major label debut album, Delilah, came in July 2015, released by Low Country Sound, an imprint of. It was produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton) and features a song by George Jackson recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL. In 2017, East’s track "What Would It Take" appeared on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack album.
And now, in 2024, the independent publishing company Prescription Songs, in partnership with Kobalt Music Group, has announced the signing of the Grammy-nominated songwriter, artist and producer.
“I’m very happy to be partnering with the talented and forward-looking team at Prescription,” Anderson shares. “Their ability to exist outside the box while still able to recognize and value a well-crafted song is rare and immensely exciting.”
The team at Prescription Songs are equally as excited to launch into this new partnership. A&R Chris Martignago shares, “I first met Anderson at one of his Troubadour shows in LA. I was obviously impressed by his performance as an artist and singer on stage but what really struck me was how he interacted with people off the stage. He brings the same excitement to conversation as he does to his show and it’s that passion for music and people that got me excited about him as a writer/producer in the room.”
This next chapter for the Nashville-based, Alabama-born Anderson will include a new album. The project, currently in production with longtime collaborator producer Dave Cobb, is scheduled for release later this year. Anderson’s last album release, Maybe We Never Die (Elektra/Low Country Sound) featured the Top 20 radio single “Madelyn,” and 2018’s follow-up album Encore featured the GRAMMY-nominated single “All On My Mind,” co-written with Ed Sheeran.
On the live front, Anderson has toured alongside Brandi Carlile, The Revivalists, and Chris Stapleton, among others, as well as festival performances at ACL, Lollapalooza, Stagecoach, Forecastle, Bottle Rock, Byron Blues, Mtn Jam, and Pilgrimage Festival. This summer he’ll be out on the road again alongside Whiskey Myers
