Returning to his indie roots with Reborn, releasing Oct. 2 through The Fuel Music, and with tracks that mirror the hunger and predominant hip-hop flavors accompanying this versatile artist's self-released debut a dozen years ago, Manafest's "Shine" is about living each day to maximum capacity and 'beaming your light' along the way.

"My artist name, Manafest, means to shine a light in a dark place, and when something is made manifest, it's because of the light," says Manafest. "I believe life is a gift and we owe the debt of love and to shine as bright as we can while we have breath in our lungs. Trevor nails it with the metaphors in the chorus: 'Shine in the light, glow in the dark, strike like a match on a burning heart.' That's what we do with our music in hopes of shining light into peoples' lives when they're in those dark moments."

As "Shine" begins to beam its light around the world, "Let You Drive" continues to climb the Christian Hits radio chart as the multi-format single further garners "New and Active" status at Rock radio this week. The song features Manafest along with the pop/punk rhythms of guitarist Jerry McPherson (Jewel, The Neville Brothers) and drummer Miles McPherson (Paramore) and is about taking your hands off the wheel and knowing that God's got everything under control.

The song "Reborn" is sort of a "Manafest meets Johnny Cash and Mumford & Sons" eclectic offering about starting over and having a second chance. "It's like hitting restart, but without having to go back in time and start from the very beginning," says Manafest. "This song is a confession that it's not easy, and that we can all have doubts, but just don't give into them. I fall down, but I rise and go!"

In addition to the musicians named above, joining Manafest in the process of creating Reborn are producers Seth Mosley (Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, Sanctus Real) and Joel Bruyere (Thousand Foot Krutch). Rappers Tedashii and Shonlock vibe alongside Manafest on "I Have A Dream," a track that carries on the message of peace and unity that Martin Luther King, Jr. began. Former Family Force 5 lead vocalist Soul Glow Activatur (Solomon Olds) joins Manafest on the rhythmic party rocker "Stick To Your Gunz," an all-out anthem for surviving the struggle and never going down for the count.

Taking the new music and messages of Reborn, along with his long list of fan favorites, on the road, Manafest launches his "Reborn Tour" Sept. 17 in Evansville, IN. The tour includes two events with Will Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, as well as an event with both Promise Keepers and Youth for Christ. See below for Manafest's current touring schedule:

Manafest 2015 Tour:
Sep 12 Hanmer, ON Valley Pentecostal Church Canada

Reborn Tour Begins:
Sep 17 Evansville, IN West Side Christian Church
Sep 18 Tipp City, OH Tipp City Church of the Nazarene
Sep 19 Greenville, OH Illumination Festival
Sep 23 Maud, TX First Baptist Church
Sep 25 Russellville, AR Russellville Second Baptist Church
Sep 26 Coffeyville, KS Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church
Oct 02 Ottawa, ON Revolution 457 - Living Waters
Oct 03 Waterdown, ON Youth for Christ
Oct 06 Ajax, ON SouthSide Church
Oct 10 Silverado, CA Test Fest
Oct 11 Homeland, CA New Life Fellowship
Oct 16- Oct 18 Whitehorse, YK Billy Graham Tour Canada
Oct 24 Calgary, AB Bow Valley Christian Church (Promise Keepers); Speaking only
Oct 25 Lloydminster, AB Living Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Nov 13-15 Fort McMurray, AB Billy Graham Tour
Dec 05 Parry Sound, ON The Stockey Centre

* Tour dates subject to change

For all the latest Manafest tour dates, music, videos and more, go to www.manafest.com

About Manafest:
Manafest (a.k.a. Canada native, Chris Greenwood) pushes musical envelopes, creating an uplifting, seamless blur between the spectrums of rap, hip-hop, rock and pop while selling 300,000-plus albums, playing more than 1,000 events logged over four continents and garnering four Juno and five GMA Dove Award nominations along with nine GMA Canada Covenant Awards. He has organically built his fan base since his seminal indie EP Misled Youth launched in 2001 followed by seven best-selling, award-winning studio albums and one live DVD/CD. His songs have been featured in video games, as well as on "CSI: Miami," "NFL," "Knight Rider," "NBC-GRIMM," "One Tree Hill," "Jockeys," "MTV Unplugged" and "So You Think You Can Dance Canada." He has also toured throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, China, Ireland and more, while sharing stages with artists like Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet, RED and many others.

About The Fuel Music:
Established in 2008, The Fuel Music & Management, LLC, is one of the leading independent distributors of music, CD's, tapes and vinyl records internationally and enjoys a growing base in artist merchandise sales. Based in Tennessee, the Fuel team brings nearly 70 years of combined music industry experience in record label operations, record distribution and marketing (EMI Label Group), and artist management for artists ranging from upstart bands to GRAMMY Award nominated, multi-platinum artists. More information on the company can be found at www.thefuelmusic.com.

For more info on Manafest visit the JFH Artists Database.

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