Michael Stover

A music industry veteran of over 30 years, Michael Stover is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with a degree specializing in the Music and Video business. Michael has used that education to gain a wealth of experience within the industry: from retail music manager and DJ, to two-time Billboard Magazine Contest winning songwriter, performer and chart-topping producer, and finally, award-winning artist manager, publicist, promoter and label president. In just 10 years, MTS Records has released 40+ Top 40 New Music Weekly country chart singles, including FIFTEEN #1s and 8 Top 85 Music Row chart singles. MTS has also promoted 60+ Top 40 itunes chart singles, including 60+ Top 5s and 40+ #1s, AND a Top 5 Billboard Magazine chart hit! Michael has written columns featured in Hypebot, Music Think Tank, and Fair Play Country Music, among others. Michael is a 2020 Hermes Creative Awards Winner and a 2020 dotComm Awards Winner for marketing and communication.Michael has managed and/or promoted artists and events from the United States, UK, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Australia and Sweden, making MTS a truly international company.
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Richard Lynch’s “Wait For Me”: A Country Ballad That Hits Harder Than Any Power Chord

There are songs that make noise, and then there are songs that make silence matter. Richard Lynch's "Wait For Me" belongs squarely in the second camp. It doesn't chase trends, flex production...

Sunlight as Resistance: Elvira Kalnik’s ‘Summer Time’ Makes Joy the Main Event

There’s an old assumption that seriousness wears darker colors than joy. That the heavy message always arrives in a minor key while happiness is somehow lightweight, disposable, a postcard instead of a...

The Holiday Inside the Heart: Gary Pratt’s “4th of July”

Country music has always had a peculiar relationship with American mythology. It borrows its symbols freely—small towns, highways, church pews, rivers, flags—and then quietly reshapes them into something far more personal. Gary...

Pam Ross Looks Inward on the Powerful “Who’s Gonna Save You?” (out on July 10th)

The strongest songwriters have a way of making intensely personal moments feel universal. That's a gift Pam Ross has refined over the course of her career, and it's on full display in...

A Song for the Long Road: Alex Krawczyk’s “When The Road Is Uneven”

The finest folk songs have never promised easy answers. They have offered company. From the old ballads carried across oceans to the songs sung on front porches, picket lines, and kitchen floors,...

Billy Ray Rock Brings the Good Vibes with New Feel-Good Single “I’m Happy,” Out May 15

LEWISTON, ID – MTS Records is proud to announce the upcoming release of “I’m Happy,” the brand-new single from “The King of Funk Rock,” Billy Ray Rock, arriving everywhere on May 15, 2026....

Top 10 UK iTunes Charting Folk-IndieBob to Perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND / PITTSBURGH, PA – Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter Bob Augustine, known professionally as Folk-IndieBob, will bring his heartfelt original music to the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe this August in Edinburgh, Scotland. Performing in the Cask...

Faith-Filled Hope: Eddy Mann Announces New Single “I Will Never Know the Desert Again” Arriving May 22nd

MELBOURNE BEACH, FL – Acclaimed Christian singer-songwriter Eddy Mann will release his powerful new single, “I Will Never Know the Desert Again,” on Friday, May 22nd. The inspiring track serves as the second...

Michael Stover

A music industry veteran of over 30 years, Michael Stover is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with a degree specializing in the Music and Video business. Michael has used that education to gain a wealth of experience within the industry: from retail music manager and DJ, to two-time Billboard Magazine Contest winning songwriter, performer and chart-topping producer, and finally, award-winning artist manager, publicist, promoter and label president. In just 10 years, MTS Records has released 40+ Top 40 New Music Weekly country chart singles, including FIFTEEN #1s and 8 Top 85 Music Row chart singles. MTS has also promoted 60+ Top 40 itunes chart singles, including 60+ Top 5s and 40+ #1s, AND a Top 5 Billboard Magazine chart hit! Michael has written columns featured in Hypebot, Music Think Tank, and Fair Play Country Music, among others. Michael is a 2020 Hermes Creative Awards Winner and a 2020 dotComm Awards Winner for marketing and communication.Michael has managed and/or promoted artists and events from the United States, UK, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Australia and Sweden, making MTS a truly international company.
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