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Chadwick Stokes hits the road for his fall tour in support of his solo debut Simmerkane II (Ruff Shod/Nettwerk). Beginning in Boulder at the Fox Theater, the tour includes stops in Minneapolis, Columbus, OH, Nashville and Atlanta.  For west coast fans, the rescheduled tour dates resumes early 2012 with shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

Inspired by Stokes’ freight train jumping adventures across the U.S. with his brother and cousin, Simmerkane II was produced by John Dragonetti (of The Submarines) with guest appearances from Carly Simon, Matt Embree (Rx Bandits), The White Buffalo and Blake Hazard (The Submarines).

Directed by Sam Cohen (of The Yellowbirds), the video for “Rainsong” was premiered by Huffington Post. Collected from books and magazines, everything in the video is paper collage animation and arranged by hand.

Huffington Post caught up with William Fitzsimmons to discuss the inspiration, process and success behind his current album, Gold In The Shadow (out now via Nettwerk Records).

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Gold In The Shadow marked a career high album debut, landing at #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, as well as #3 on the Folk Albums Chart, #41 on the Overall Digital Albums Chart and #161 on the Billboard Top 200.

Currently touring Europe, there are plans to return to the US later this year. Stayed tuned for more details in the coming weeks.

Punk rock trio State Radio announced today a 20-city US tour that kicks off on January 13th in Tucson, AZ. The winter 2010 “Let It Go: Lefty Rides Again” tour marks the band’s first major market tour since the release of Let It Go, which debuted at #96 in the Billboard 200 in October. The band recently wrapped up a 24-city North American tour and are taking a very short break before heading back on the road with 311 on November 22 (full list of tour dates below).

State Radio, who in addition to their hard-hitting live shows are known for their social activism, will continue with their pre-show community service projects via their humanitarian organization, Calling All Crows. Frontman Chad Stokes--who recently became a featured blogger on the Huffington Post’s new section IMPACT--wrote about the potential of musicians to inspire their fans to public service not only with words but also by example. (Check out the full piece HERE.) There is already pre-show action planned for the upcoming 311 dates; find out more by visiting the Action Calendar. Stay tuned for more information on pre-show action for the 2010 dates.

State Radio's Chad Stokes has become a featured and regular contributor to the Huffington Post's Impact -- a new featured section in association with Causecast.org that is dedicated to cause-related news. Other contributors include Huff Post creator Arianna Huffington, Blake Mycoskie of TOMS shoes, Rosario Dawson, and many more with the goal of focusing its readers on being active within their communities.

Check out his first posting on music and public service HERE.

More information and tour dates below...