Music Industry Moves: Reservoir Acquires Travis Tritt Catalog; APG Ups Andre Herd
variety.comWilliam Earl Reservoir has acquired the publishing and recorded music catalog of Country singer and songwriter Travis Tritt.
Financial terms were not disclosed but the deal encompasses all of Tritt’s work up to and including the 2021 album “Set In Stone.”Tritt’s sales tally is impressive, with seven albums certified platinum (signifying one million units sold) and more than 30 million sold over his career, which launched in 1989.
He is a two-time Grammy winner and a member of the Grand Ole Opry and is best known for the hits “Help Me Hold On,” Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),” “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin,’” “Anymore,” and “Nothing Short of Dying.”+ APG, the independent music company founded by Mike Caren in 2004 that encompasses Artist Publishing Group and Artist Partner Group, has named Andre Herd senior director of A&R.
Herd has signed multiple creators to the label in recent months, including Ronin “All Girls Are The Same,” Octavio the Dweeb, Lexi Jayde and WZRD BLD (to Artist Publishing Group).
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