Stephanie Smith EP and 'Jingle Bell Rock' single land on iTunes

|PIC1|Stephanie Smith's latest five-song EP released on Wednesday and is available to fans everywhere via iTunes.com and all other digital retailers.

The self-titled CD will also be offered at live shows as Smith performs on the 20-city Winter Wonder Slam tour, along with tobyMac, Relient K, and fellow Gotee Records’ new artist B Reith.

Stephanie Smith, the EP, heralds the producer handiwork of Mark Lee Townsend (Relient K, House Of Heroes, Deas Vail) with Smith co-writing all five of the tracks that include "Back To Innocence", "Heart Attack", "Pieces Of My Heart", "If You Really Want The World To Change", and "Joshua".

The first single "Back To Innocence" is currently impacting Christian Rock Radio formats nationwide and is the #1 most added song this week.

In keeping with the holiday spirit, Smith also went in the studio with producer Jamie Moore (tobyMac, Ayiesha Woods) to record the Christmas favourite "Jingle Bell Rock". This song is available at all digital retailers as well.

The Winter Wonder Slam tour, which kicks off this Thursday in Smith's hometown of State College, Pennsylvania, and will make stops in New York, Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, California, Nevada, with the final show in Phoenix, Arizona on December 20.

In addition, Smith will be featured online by Gospel Music Channel as part of their "Christmas Of Compassion" piece starting November 23. Fans will be able to get inside scoop on Smith, her involvement with Compassion International, and nab a free download of "Superstar" from her 2008 Gotee Records' debut album.

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