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American management and production company CEO, concert producer, podcast host
Jonathan Shank is an American artist manager and producer of live entertainment events geared mostly toward the family market. He is the founder and CEO of artist management and production company Terrapin Station Entertainment,[1] a joint venture with
Sony Music Masterworks,[2] and hosts the music industry podcast "The Jam."[3][4] His career in music and entertainment has included collaborations with members of the
Grateful Dead, the
Bob Marley estate,[5] many other artists, and American Idol.
Shank is known for pioneering application of the touring business model favored by jam bands – "strategic touring in volume," or turning a live act into an ever-present, ongoing experience[6] – to family entertainment.[1] He is also a music manager and producer known for his work with
Victoria Justice,[7]American Idol winner
Maddie Poppe,[8]Coco Jones, members of the
Grateful Dead,[9] and others. He managed Mickey Hart's
Global Drum Project whose album won a Grammy award[10] in 2008.
Early career
Shank was born November 8, 1975 and grew up in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. While attending
Tulane University in 1994, he got an internship at House of Blues New Orleans.[11] He then interned for producer Kim Fowley and in 1997 left
New Orleans for
Los Angeles, where he got a job in 1998 at booking agency American Artists.[12] At American Artists he was the agent for The Marshall Tucker Band, Jefferson Starship, Dave Mason, Robby Krieger, Sally Taylor, Stargunn, OKB, Backbone 69, and AJ Croce, and he went on to run the agency from 1999–2001, beginning at age 22.[11]
Artist Management, Mickey Hart Collaboration
Shank worked stints as an artist manager at agencies including Avenue Management Group and Direct Management.[13] At Azoff, Geary, Paul Management, part of Front Line Management Group,[14] where he began working in 2009, his roster included
Paul Oakenfold, Eve, and Jerry Hannan.
From 2010 to 2020 Shank worked at Red Light Management[21] where he led the family entertainment division. Initially the company was mainly in artist management,[22] but beginning with one show, a live performance by the
Fresh Beat Band,[23] Shank started producing tours for family and children's entertainment brands[24] such as Peppa Pig.[25]
In 2018 Shank began working with the rebooted American Idol. He managed and launched the careers of finalists and winners,[29] including Idol winner
Maddie Poppe and runner-up
Alejandro Aranda (Scarypoolparty).
Terrapin Station Entertainment
Shank left Red Light Management in 2020 to form Terrapin Station Entertainment, which after two months[30] became a joint venture with
Sony Music Masterworks when Sony acquired a majority stake.[31] He took with him to Terrapin his Red Light Management team and the roster of acts he had represented at Red Light.[28] These include Scarypoolparty,
Maddie Poppe,[8]Victoria Justice,
Laura Marano, and
Sam Tsui.[32]
He continues to produce large family event series, such as a 250-show run of Disney Junior Live on Tour in 2022-23, and other entertainment brands such as Gracies Corner Live and Deal or No Deal Live.[21]
In 2020 Shank received the T.J. Martell Foundation's Trailblazer Award.[28]
In the 2020s he directed and produced The Bob Marley One Love Experience, a multi-room, multi-sensory exhibit, in London, Toronto, and Los Angeles.[33][34]
Expansion into sports venues, The Jam podcast
In 2022 Shank's Terrapin Station Entertainment began a sports division that books concerts at major league venues, such as a pair of
Billy Joel and
Stevie Nicks stadium shows in 2023,[35] with the aim of booking more events for sports venues to help the associated teams. In 2023 the division expanded from
Major League Baseball and
National Football League franchises to take in
Major League Soccer clubs.[36]
In 2023, Shank expanded Terrapin further by acquiring production services company Black Ink Presents.[37]
Shank often appears as a guest on podcasts and other media [9][38][39][40][41][42][43][7][11][32] as an industry expert in live music and producing large-venue, family-oriented entertainment events.[44]