Rocketown Records recently announced the signing of longtime Christian recording artist Geoff Moore. His first CD with the label, Speak to Me, is due to release April 3rd. With 16 albums to his credit in a 22 year career, acoustic roots songwriter Moore brings an impressive creative legacy and an authentic passion to speak through his music for the least of these.

Moore says, “I believe this is what God has called me to do as my life’s work: to write and record songs that make Him known, and then travel and sing those songs, using the platform that they create to be a voice for the poor and oppressed who have no voice… I pray people will always find me doing what has sustained me these last 20 years: Loving God, loving my children and especially their mom, and taking advantage of every opportunity to make Jesus known.”

Rocketown President Don Donahue said, “Geoff’s music and message capture the imagination of listeners because he writes and sings from experience, and his songs have a timelessness that transcends trends. Geoff is also a very active spokesperson for Compassion, a ministry that strikes at the heart of who we are as well, and we see Geoff’s platform to sponsor children as another great reason to partner with him as he continues to speak up for the poor around the globe.”

Co-produced by Moore and Dwayne Larring (By The Tree), Speak to Me recalls Moore’s earliest days as a singer/songwriter, melding timely lyrics with rootsy melodies to create tracks in the vein of Bruce Springsteen or Bob Seeger. The album’s first single, When I Get Where I’m Going, was originally, a huge country radio hit for Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, the Rivers Rutherford and George G. Geren III-penned song is now featured as a duet between Moore and Watermark’s Christy Nockels. Other tracks from the album include Your Day, Captured, That’s What Love Will Do and the title track, a reminder that God speaks to His children through a variety of means, especially the poor and needy of this world. Moore has experienced this first-hand via his work with Compassion International and his family’s adoption of two girls from China, Anna Grace and Ashley Rose.

Geoff Moore opening for Audio A during AA’s last Canadian concert

On the touring front, Moore is scheduled to join Mark Harris from March through May for the “Every Single One” tour, a nod to Moore’s song of the same name that emphasizes the Christian’s call to care for the poor. The tour is sponsored by Compassion, which Moore has been a spokesperson for his entire career, accumulating more than 15,000 child sponsorships. In addition, Moore will be doing his own solo dates throughout the spring and summer before his August 9th appearance at the Kingdom Bound festival at Six Flags Darien Lake, New York for the 20th anniversary reunion concert of his former band, Geoff Moore and the Distance.

EMI/Forefront recently released The Very Best Of Geoff Moore & The Distance, a collection of the band’s most memorable songs. Fans in Southern Ontario had a chance to see him open for Audio Adrenaline, a band that he had mentored in their early years, during their final Canadian show. For more information on Moore, visit his YMZ artist page.