"Working with Shut Eye really helped to put The Steel Wheels on the Americana map. Our band was relatively unknown to radio, but with the help of Pete Knapp and the folks at Shut Eye, out album RED WING spent FIVE WEEKS in the AMA Americana Radio Top 20 and has spent TEN weeks in the Top 40, plus we hit #10 on the EuroAmericana Radio Chart! The amount of fans and exposure to new areas has increased as a result as well as an increase in our bookings. As a small independent label release it has been fun to watch Shut Eye help the album climb above and hang with major label releases and shoiw that it is possible. We have no doubt that with a quality album, Pete and the folks from Shut Eye can maximize your release and help it to reach its full potential. In the end, it's all about getting your music in front of your fans, both new and old, and that's what Shut Eye does best." -Brian Dickel, The Steel Wheels


Pete Knapp & Company promotes excellent Americana, Alt. Country, Roots Rock and Folk music to over three hundred Americana format radio stations, DJs, and syndicated radio shows in the United States, Canada and around the world. Since 1996, Shut Eye Records & Agency has proudly evangelized the heroes and anti-heroes of Americana music to the masses through our radio promotions services, press services, and promotional compilation releases.

If you think your project is right for Americana radio stations, contact us. We will be pleased to answer any questions you may have about our custom Americana radio campaigns.

We have promoted music by such esteemed artists as John Oates, The Greencards, Jay Farrar, BR5-49, Bobby Bare, Rich Robinson, The Steel Wheels, Guthrie Kennard, Jeff Black, Wrinkle Neck Mules, Connor Christian and Southern Gothic, Webb Wilder, Mark Collie, Blue Mother Tupelo, Clay McClinton, Mary Lou Lord, Kaki King, Doug Burr, Mark Brine, The Supersuckers, The Whipsaws, Hayshaker, Bucktown Kickback, Maree McRae, Cyndi Harvell, Hooverville, Brendon James Wright and the Wrongs, Jayson Bales and the Revival, Sara Petite, Danielle Howle, Heather Knox, Stephen Simmons, Derek Lee Bronston, The Wrenfields, The Wyatts, Steve Bice w/ Andrew Hardin and Fats Kaplin, The Munks, Ten Mile Tide, Michelle Malone, One Left, Marwood, Early Grace w/ Jason Ringenberg, Moore & Moore w/ Shawn Camp, An American Starlet, and hundreds more.

Americana artists and labels utilize our services over and over again because of our dedication to their projects. We never have more than one record a week going for adds at radio because every client deserves our complete attention. We always make sure our clients stay informed of their progress at individual stations and on the charts with professional weekly metrics and reports.

We track our promotions results via the Americana Music Association radio chart, the EuroAmericana chart, 3rd Coast Music Magazine's Freeform American Roots (FAR) chart, the Roots Music Report and its sub-charts, the FOLK DJ Radio Airplay Top 70, and with the individual stations.