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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CattSue’s “A Whisper on the Wind” Turns Personal Loss Into Quiet Revelation

The most striking thing about CattSue’s “A Whisper on the Wind” is how little it tries to impress you. At a time when so much emotional music arrives wrapped in oversized production,...

Cathleen Ireland Turns Daily Pressures Into a Pop Anthem on “Breathe”

Pop songs often promise escape. Cathleen Ireland's new single, "Breathe," offers something more practical: endurance. Drawn from the realities of balancing family, career, creativity, and personal identity, "Breathe" transforms everyday pressures into a...

See Your Shadow’s ‘Another Saturday’ Finds Quiet Drama in Emotional Survival

In an era when much of mainstream country music favors broad gestures and polished slogans, See Your Shadow’s “Another Saturday” succeeds by doing something far less common: observing human vulnerability with patience,...

Eddy Mann’s “I Will Never Know the Desert Again” Turns Revelation Into Intimacy

In the contemporary Christian music landscape, where certainty is often marketed as a product and triumph arrives prepackaged inside polished choruses, Eddy Mann offers something quieter — and perhaps more radical. “I...

Billy Ray Rock’s ‘I’m Happy’ Finds Grace in Everyday Joy

There is a particular courage in writing a song that insists on happiness without disguising vulnerability underneath irony. In contemporary pop and R&B, emotional complexity is often measured by darkness—by how convincingly...

Loving The Sun Releases New Single “I’m So Excited”

Acclaimed multi-genre ensemble Loving The Sun is proud to announce the official release of their latest single, “I’m So Excited.” Released on May 1, 2026, under the Fuego label, the track marks a...

Cello’s “Stay Here” Is a Beautifully Damaged Collision of Romance and Ruin

There’s a particular kind of song that doesn’t ask to be understood immediately. It asks to be felt first—to wash over you emotionally before your brain catches up with what’s actually happening....

Richard Lynch’s “Why Me Lord” Finds Quiet Power in Country’s Deepest Question

There’s a long tradition in country music of artists circling back to the songs that shaped them—not to reinvent them, but to understand them better. With his rendition of “Why Me Lord,”...

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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