About

Gold Village Entertainment is a music-based artist management company owned and operated by industry veteran Danny Goldberg. Gold Village Entertainment’s clients include The Hives, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, David Broza, The Cranberries, Peaches, Old 97s, Ben Lee, School of Seven Bells, Allison Moorer, Care Bears on Fire, Rhett Miller, Simone Felice, The Duke and the King, Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright and Dolores O’Riordan.

Danny Goldberg most recently was CEO of Air America Radio and was previously the President of Atlantic Records, Warner Brothers Records, Mercury Records and Artemis Records, which he founded. Getting his start in the music industry as a music journalist, Goldberg reported on the Woodstock Festival for Billboard Magazine in 1969. From 1974-76 he was Vice President of Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records (Goldberg also served as Zeppelin’s publicist in the early 70s.) In the early 80s, he founded Modern Records which released the first solo recordings of Stevie Nicks, after which he founded Gold Mountain Management and managed or co-managed the careers of Nirvana, Roy Orbison, Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers, Hole and many more. In the spring of 2008, Goldberg was named the Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Symphony Orchestra. Goldberg is also the author of the book How The Left Lost Teen Spirit, published by Miramax and RDV Books. In September 2008, his memoir about the rock and roll business, Bumping Into Geniuses, was released by Gotham Books.

Cyndy Villano, who previously worked for Interscope Records and Dave Stewart’s Weapons of Mass Entertainment, has joined Gold Village Entertainment as Vice President. Jesse Bauer, who previously worked for Artemis Records, has joined Gold Village as Vice President as well. Brady Brock, who previously worked for Island Def Jam, Artemis and Wind-up Records, is the Vice President of Media. Laura Benanchietti, who was previously with Mercury Records, is the Office Manager for Gold Village.  Toy Vano oversees New Media and Social Networking for Gold Village.