Promotion Party @ Columbia Nashville

• Columbia Nashville announced the addition of Lauren Longbine as Director, Southeast Promotion and the promotion of Lyndsay Church to Director, Northeast Promotion, effective immediately.

Longbine (left) starts on Jan. 1 and comes from Big Machine Label Group, where she was most recently Director of Southwest/Midwest Regional Promotion & Marketing. She was previously an account executive at Steel City Media.

Church (right) has been with Columbia Nashville since 2016 and was most recently Manager, Regional Promotion, supporting the label’s roster, which includes Luke Combs, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Mitchell Tenpenny and Tenille Townes. Her previous stops include Red Light Management, Capitol Records Nashville and Loomis, Sayles & Company.

Both Longbine and Church report to Shane Allen, Columbia Nashville SVP of Promotion, who said of his newest hire, “The entire Columbia team is extremely excited to have Lauren join our staff. Her reputation as a promotion all-star and sincere passion for her artists and their music is undisputed.” Longbine commented, “I’m very grateful to Steve Hodges and Shane Allen for this exciting opportunity to take on a new region in the next chapter of my career. The Columbia Nashville team is white-hot right now, and I can’t wait to hit the ground running!”