Go Radio continues their stellar year by announcing they will be touring with Secondhand Serenade and The White Tie Affair this July. The dates come in support of the band’s new EP Do Overs And Second Chances, which debuted at #8 on the Billboard heatseekers Chart this spring. Full dates are as below!

GO RADIO - Jason Lancaster (vocals/guitar), Matt Burns (bass/vocals), Steven Kopacz (drums), Alex Reed (guitar/vocals) – Armed with an enviable combination of musical prowess and an impressive collection of honest, melodic songs, Tallahassee’s Go Radio is one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from Florida’s hotbed of rock n’ roll talent.Signing to Fearless Records at the start of the year, the quartet’s second EP Do Overs And Second Chances was recorded with Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Cartel) and debuted at #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and #179 on the Billboard 200 in April 2010. The band completed a sold our tour with A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, Silverstein and Enter Shikari.

Written by: Jenny Reader of Fearless Records

Published by: David Hitchcock

“We at Centricity Music feel like it is such a privilege to partner with Andrew Peterson,” says Steve Ford, Vice President of Sales/Marketing, Centricity Music.  “When he delivered ‘Counting Stars,’ it reminded the entire staff of why we love Andrew.  The twelve finely crafted songs are produced in a way that draws the listener into a place of revelation, a place where you see your life through Andrew’s eyes. This is a gift few songwriters have and that’s why we are excited about ‘Counting Stars.’”

The bulk of material for Counting Stars was recorded within eight days in Washington State during January 2010, as Peterson camped in a recording studio with Shive, Gullahorn, Gabe Scott and engineer, Todd Robbins.  They loaded up their guitars, hammered dulcimer, accordion, dobro and banjo, flew from Nashville to the Northwest and started collaborating.  The twelve new songs were written over a two-year period by Peterson, who is one of the most respected songwriters in several genres of music.  Counting Stars gives intimate glimpses of everyday life that is so important to everyone’s heart….family, friendship, community and home.

The first single from the new album is “The Reckoning,” which has just gone for radio adds and is already receiving airplay from such stations as, KCRN/San Angelo, TX and KNLB / Phoenix, AZ.  Peterson wrote the song while sitting on the porch of his home outside of Nashville when a severe thunderstorm was rolling into the area.

“I love the humility that a big, dangerous storm system gives us,” Peterson explains. “Everyone remembers they’re quite small and powerless in the scheme of things. In the twenty-first century, with jumbo jets and air conditioning and high-speed internet, we still sometimes have to run for our lives and hide in the closet under a blanket.”

“Dancing In The Minefields” is already becoming a favorite tune from the CD, as it is a thought provoking song that despite the title is a positive love song. And we’re dancing in the minefields/We’re sailing in the storms/This is harder than we dreamed/But I believe that’s what the promise is for. “World Traveler” addresses the wander-lust that lives in all of us and lets us know that the grand adventure can be in our own backyard. “In The Night” celebrates how hope lives on even through our daily pain and struggles, while “Fool With A Fancy Guitar,” reminds us that we are all priests who live in the Kingdom of God.

“The title Counting Stars ties the themes of relationship and hope together in the hope of God’s promise to Abraham,” says Peterson.  “We’re a part of the cloud of witnesses, passing the promises of God to our children and their children, building this Kingdom that has no end.”

About Andrew Peterson

Peterson began his career in 1996 and signed with his first label, Watershed/Essential records in 1999. His first CD, Carried Along made CCM magazine’s list of Top Ten albums of 2000.  In 2004, Peterson received his first Dove nomination for “Family Man” for Country Recorded Song of the Year.  Peterson’s first project for Centricity Music in 2008, Resurrection Letters, Volume II, became the highest Billboard charting album of his career.  Since 2004, Peterson has toured with several Nashville musicians and artists on his annual Christmas tour, Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tall Tale of the Coming of Christ. Peterson has also authored three children’s books, The Ballad of Matthew’s Begats, On the Edge of the Sea of Darkness and North! Or Be Eaten. For updates about Andrew Peterson please visit www.andrew-peterson.com or www.rabbitroom.com.

About Centricity Music

Centricity Music is an independent recording and publishing company based in Bellevue, Washington and Nashville, Tennessee.  The company’s mission is to enable our artists to create life-changing experiences for the world. Centricity Music’s artist roster includes Jaime Jamgochian, Downhere,  Jason Gray, Daniel Kirkley, Lanae’ Hale, Andrew Peterson, High Valley, Matt Papa, Sixteen Cities and Me In Motion.

Written by: Janet Bozeman

Published by: David Hitchcock

Behind the Songs With Stellar Kart..

Adam Agee shares the inspiration behind “Spirit In the Sky,” from Stellar Kart’s newest project,Everything Is Different Now:

“We put this song on the record as a tribute to 70’s rock and roll. The lyrics are spiritual in nature, but it was not necessarily written to be a religious song. We really enjoy putting our spin on classic songs, but would never attempt to compete with the original tracks. I feel as though the vibe of this song fits what we were trying to accomplish with the record and gives it a bit more depth.” –Adam Agee

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Tim Mahoney

But his music also offers a timeless quality, as evidenced by this fan, Dena Pasicznyk Rasmussen:  “Tim’s music was the soundtrack to my youth, and continues to be played in my home 20 years later, making it the soundtrack to my childrens’ youth as well.”

Further evidence of Mahoney’s magic as a live performer, local station Cities 97 has had his song, “Talk To Me,” in rotation for a few years, and it’s a live version of the song that they’ve been spinning.  Mahoney will be in studio that week for an interview and to promote the show with some ticket giveaways.  This is on the heels of another songwriting honor, literally.  It was announced late last month that Mahoney earned an Honorable Mention for the 2009 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for his song, “What are We Waiting For.”  Last year, Mahoney finished third in the Top 40 category of the ISC for “Theme Song,” which he co-wrote with Kevin Kadish.

Tim Mahoney is living proof that great music always speaks volumes, ultimately determining what the listening public wants to hear.  65,000 of those listeners heard Mahoney sing the National Anthem at the Metrodome more than once, but for an artist having this much success without the support of a label, Tim Mahoney’s career is still just getting started. Mahoney, who wins songwriting competitions regularly, won the grand prize in the Great American Song Contest in 2008, and he was also selected in 2008 as one of the Twin Cities’ 40 Under 40 by The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.  Mahoney has had songs from hisStay/Leave album licensed for eight TV shows last fall including MTV”s “The Hills” and “Life of Ryan,” and E!’s“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “Living Lohan.”  In 2007, Mahoney won the Ray-Ban Never Hide Music Contest, which landed him in a two-page spread in Rolling StoneMagazine’s 40^th Anniversary issue. Mahoney has sold over 125,000 units as an independent artist and continues to tour both with his band and as a solo performer. Stay/Leave was also selected by Target as part of its Emerging Artists Program, landing it on the end caps in music sections of 500 Target stores in the Midwest.

Written by: Mike Farley

Published by: David Hitchcock

Every Avenue and Artist Vs Poet has just been added to the bill, alongside previously announced bands The Maine, The Word Alive,Let’s Get It and Eye Alaska. The Bamboozle Festival will take place in East Rutherford, NJ on May 1st and 2nd. Other bands scheduled to play include Paramore, Something Corporate, Ke$ha, Angles And Airwaves, Weezer, MGMT and Motion City Soundtrack.

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