In support of two of this spring’s most critically-lauded albums, Rocketown Records recording artists Watermark and Ginny Owens head out this fall for a string of co-headlining dates in September and November in partnership with Compassion International. Markets to be hit during the first run include Jacksonville, FL; Norfolk, VA; Minneapolis and Houston, while the tour’s second leg targets Birmingham, AL; Charlotte, NC: Memphis, TN and Dallas/Fort Worth, among others. Spring Hill recording artist Gersh (Mark Gersmehl, formerly of White Heart) will be the special guest on all dates.

Owens, who toured this spring with Rebecca St. James and Michael W. Smith, heads out in support of her sophomore disc, Something More. The album’s first single, “I Am,” peaked in the Top 5 on R&R’s Christian Adult Contemporary, Pop/CHR and Inspirational charts, one of the only singles this year to thrive on such diverse formats. Owens' new singles, "With Me" (AC/CHR) and "All I Want to Do" (INSP), went for adds at Christian radio last week, while a music video for “With Me” mails to video outlets at the end of the month. Owens 1999 debut album, Without Condition, spawned three No. 1 songs, sold over 300,000 copies and paved the way to Owens winning a 2000 Dove Award for New Artist of the Year.

Watermark’s Nathan and Christy Nockels spent their spring touring with Fernando Ortega in support of their third album, Constant. The group’s latest radio single, “Friend for Life (More of Thee),” is off to a tremendous start with over 25 percent of stations at both AC and Inspirational formats on the song within the first two weeks. The Dallas Morning News noted, “Combine one of Christian music’s absolute best voices with a rising-star producer… and you’ve got Watermark’s Nathan and Christy Nockels. Her voice, his production and their writing are a head-spinning mix of talent, shown off in yet another must-hear record.”

Following the fall tour with Owens, the Nockels will again perform a few dates with Ortega in late November before heading home to await the late December birth of their second child. As a longtime member of veteran rock band Whiteheart, Mark Gersmehl (Gersh) garnered two Grammy and 22 Dove nominations. On his solo Spring Hill debut, Awakening, Gersh engages his more acoustic side with what CCM Magazine calls a “piano record of intimate thinking man’s pop, full of hope and passion and struggle."