Colebrook Road to Rockwood Booking

Brian Swenk, principal with Rockwood Booking, has announced the signing of Mountain Fever recoding artists Colebrook Road for exclusive representation.

The Pennsylvania group has been performing together since 2009, but have expanded their touring substantially in recent years since their 2019 album, On Time, their first with Mountain Fever. The title track from that project made it to #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. They have since released a second with the label, Hindsight is 2020.

Colebrook Road consists of Jess Eisenbise on guitar and lead vocals, Wade Yankey on mandolin, Mark Rast on banjo, Joe McAnulty on fiddle, and Jeff Campbell on bass. Eisenbise and McAnulty are the band’s primary songwriters.

Jess Eisenbise speaks quite highly of Rockwood Booking and says that the band is happy to join their ranks.

“We’ve known Brian Swenk (owner and lead agent) for several years, and getting to work closely with him now is the opportunity we’ve been looking for to take our music to another level, and continue to grow the band and expand our audience.”

Rockwood represents a variety of bluegrass, old time, folk, Celtic, and Americana acts. Swenk is an artist as well, playing banjo with Big Daddy Love, and is highly regarded for his ability to understand the needs of both artists and venues alike.

Rockwood acts that should be familiar to bluegrass lovers include Kristy Cox & Grasstime, Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, Hank, Pattie + The Current, and Aaron Burdett.

For more information about bringing Colebrook Road to your venue of festival, contact Bill Howard, who is handling their calendar for Rockwood.

Brian Swenk resurrects Rockwood Booking Agency

Brian Paul Swenk, a veteran of both the performance and artist representation sides of the bluegrass music world, has reopened his boutique shop, Rockwood Booking Agency.

For many years Brian was the banjo player with Big Daddy Love, an alternative, jamgrass group that performed extensively across the US. When they stopped touring so actively, he launched Rockwood in 2018 intending to keep things small, only serving a limited number of select clients. On the bluegrass side, he was representing Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Fireside Collective, Hank Pattie & the Current, and Aaron Burdett, along with a few rock acts.

But in 2019, he was invited to merge his business with Midwood Entertainment, a large event and venue services company in Charlotte, NC. Swenk brought his artists over, and everything was going well until Midwood recently decided to eliminate the booking side, primarily owing to the large growth in the other sectors of the company.

So Brian has brought back the Rockwood Booking Agency, while also joining the staff of Across-The-Way Productions, the folks that put on FloydFest, as their Media Director. There he is also assisting COO Sam Calhoun and CFO Jessica Taylor with promotions, partnerships, customer service, ticket sales, social media, and long-term strategic planning. 

Operating as Rockwood again, Brian is booking for the following acts:

  • Acoustic Syndicate
  • Big Daddy Love
  • The Contenders
  • Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
  • Hank, Pattie, and the Current
  • The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers

Until his Facebook and web site are revised to reflect Rockwood’s newly active status, Brian recommends contacting him by email for information on dates for any of the artists above.

Welcome back Rockwood Booking Agency!

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