Deep South Entertainment is a record label, artist management firm, talent agency, and concert production company with offices in Raleigh, NC, and Nashville, TN. Founded in 1995 by college friends Andy Martin, Dave Rose, and Amy Cox, the company began as a record label, operating out of a Raleigh apartment.
Deep South quickly obtained national recognition as the artists they signed in the first few years of business began to achieve world-wide success, most notably Five for Fighting, Butch Walker, Sister Hazel, SR-71, Far Too Jones, Athenaeum, and Marcy Playground with their #1 smash hit “Sex & Candy”.

Over the years Deep South has managed the careers of such Grammy- winning and Billboard-charting artists as Bruce Hornsby, Little Feat, Marcy Playground, SR-71, Vienna Teng,Stryper, Tres Chicas, Allison Moorer, and The Warren Brothers.
Deep South is also recognized for producing some of North Carolina’s most notable events, including Downtown Live, Raleigh Wide Open, The NC Governor’s Inaugural Ball, Out Raleigh, The Got to Be NC Ag Jam, and The Capital City Bike Fest.
Additionally, we provide full-service talent booking for weddings, corporate events, and parties.
When in Raleigh, be sure to visit our live music bar in downtown Raleigh, appropriately named Deep South The Bar. Deep South The Bar opened in 2007 and is a live music bar open 7 nights a week.